Hey {{ First Name | Founder }},
How many email campaigns did you send last week?
If your honest answer is "one" or worse, "we send when we have something to say" this email is for you.
Because here's what the data actually shows: brands sending 3-5 emails per week to a properly segmented list consistently outperform brands sending once a week.
Not by a little. By a lot.
And yet most ecomm founders treat campaign frequency like it's a risk something that might annoy people, burn the list, or feel spammy. So they play it safe and get scared to send more emails.
That caution is costing you real money.
The frequency myth, debunked!
Volume to the right people is not a problem. Volume to the wrong people is.
The reason high-frequency sending feels risky is because most brands are still blasting their entire list every time. Of course that burns people out you're sending promotional emails to subscribers who bought 6 months ago and haven't opened since.
The fix isn't sending less. It's sending smarter.
When you have even basic segmentation in place: engaged vs. unengaged, buyers vs. non-buyers you can send 3-5 times a week to your warmest audience and see better engagement, not worse. Your unsubscribe rate stays flat. Your open rates go up. And your revenue per subscriber climbs.
What "enough" actually looks like
The baseline for a healthy ecomm email programme is 1-3 campaigns per week minimum, scaling to 5 as your confidence and content grow.
If you're not there yet, here's the framework to get there without losing your mind.
Your content mix should look something like this:
40-50% Promotional: Sales, launches, restocks, limited offers. These are your direct revenue drivers.
30-40% Value-Add: Tips, how-to guides, product education, industry insight. This is what keeps your unsubscribe rate low and your list actually wanting to hear from you.
10-20% Story/Brand: Behind the scenes, founder moments, customer spotlights. This is what builds loyalty beyond the discount.
The most common mistake I see is brands going 80-90% promotional and then wonder why their list is burning out. Every email is "shop now" or "here's a discount" and subscribers start tuning out.
The fix: engagement on your promotional emails goes up when your list has been fed value-add content recently. The brands that send the most sustainably are the ones who earn the sale.
The 4-week campaign calendar that makes this effortless
One of the reasons brands under-send is they're making campaign decisions week to week, in real time, under pressure. That reactive approach kills consistency and inconsistency is one of the fastest ways to damage your sender reputation and train your subscribers to ignore you.
The fix is a reusable 4-week template you build once and rotate through.
Here's what it looks like:
Rotate A → B → C → D
Swap in fresh content each time, but the structure stays the same. Your team knows what's due, you're never starting from scratch, and "what do we send this week?" stops being a weekly crisis.
The quick-start move
If you're currently sending less than once a week, don't try to jump to five overnight. Here's the move:
This week, add one value-add email to your schedule. Don't promote anything. Just give your list something genuinely useful a tip, a how-to, a recommendation related to your product category.
Track what happens to your open rates on the next promotional email you send.
I'll bet you they go up.
Because you've reminded your subscribers why they signed up in the first place. You've earned the sale.
That's what a real campaign cadence does. Not just more emails the right emails, in the right sequence, sent with enough consistency that your list actually looks forward to hearing from you.
Jessie x
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