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Evolution of email to video email

The volume of Emails containing a video are growing at 225% year on year
Video Email / Evolution of email to video email

Why is video email now a possibility?

Video email has been made possible following a number of technology shifts, these are previewed below.
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100% of email clients now enable multi-media files to play within the email browser.

Connection speeds

The vastly improved connection speeds delivered by 3G, 4G and 5G networks enable video to be streamed into the email browser

Video hosting costs

With the advent of cloud computing platforms the cost to host large video files has reduced.

The email builder tools within the ESP's now all enable encoded video files to be added to email templates.

Improved compression technology

With advancements in compression technology 100Mb video files can now be compressed to 15Kb

The consumer preference is for video

Consumers prefer to consume video content over all other forms of content.

Who are the early adopters of video email?

Video email early adopters shared a common objective: To fully leverage their investment in video content and publish this across their most effective channel, email.

Travel and entertainment video email

Travel & Entertainment

As heavy investors in video content Airlines, Hotels, Theme Parks and Online Gaming where amongst the first industries to fully embrace the opportunities that video email presented.

Beauty and wellness video email

Cosmetics, Beauty & Wellness.

Tutorial videos have emerged as a highly effective form of content within video email, which is being used extensively to demonstrate product usage.

Shopify Merchants video email

Shopify Stores

Video showcasing collections, new launches and current ranges has become an integral feature of the apparel retailers customer communications.

Video email benchmarks 2024

From our insights and exposure we estimate how video email is growing and gaining greater adoption.

Key Data Point: The number of video emails sent in 2024 was 225%+ increase over 2023.

  1. Number of video email sent – 550 million
  2. Number of SMB’s using video email – 5,000+
  3. Most active sectors for video email – eRetail, Entertainment & Streaming.
  4. Video email most active regions – USA, LATAM & Europe.
State of Video Email 2024 Survey Results

The 3 steps to sending your first video email campaign

Drag a Text Block into your template

Step 1. Build your email template in your ESP

Create your email template as normal adding a HTML Block into the template where you wish to feature your video content.

Upload your video to Viewed

Step 2. Transcode your video content

Upload your video content to the Video Email Platform to transcode your video into a HTML snippet, it is this code that ensures your video plays in all inboxes and all devices.

Paste the HTML code into Klaviyo Source Code Pane

Step 3. Add your video to your email template

Paste the HTML code from the Video Email Platform into the HTML Block within your email template and continue to test and send your email campaign.

Video Email that works seamlessly with your ESP

Our video email platform works seamlessly with all ESP’s, with no coding or plugins required.

Adding video to your email template is as simple as copying and pasting your encoded video into your email template.

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How we help make video email a reality for marketers

Since the first video email campaign was sent in 2016 we have been at the forefront of this evolution in email marketing.

The combination of our time served as digital marketers, with a strong skew towards email marketing, and our more recent experience across video email, positions us as knowledge leaders, in this emerging discipline.

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