Gifs are a fantastic way to add a little bit of character and fun into your email marketing campaigns. Not only do they encourage more engagement, they can also be useful for recipients. Take a look at some of our favourite recent gif emails…
Topshop – What’s new?
This main feature gif from Topshop is a great example of how to promote recently launched products. On average users spend between 15 and 20 seconds glancing over an email, so being able to show them 5 items in under 5 seconds is a great way to show off multiple products in a short amount of time.
River Island – Free Express Delivery
This simple, yet effective gif from River Island is only small but it promotes an important message. It catches the eye and draws attention to the offer available. If this was a static image it’s quite possible it may not stand out as much and could easily be missed.
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New Look – Happy Pride! 🌈
The main feature gif within this email from New Look is striking and quite different to their usual corporate branding. Rather than promoting products, the email itself is promoting a blog post on topic to recent pride events. This gif is a fabulous way of standing out and is engaging from the moment the email is opened.
Graze – Your order is on its way
Everyone loves receiving an email saying their delivery is on its way. These confirmation emails are usually short and sweet so Graze have jazzed their email campaign up with a little cute GIF.
Top Tips
- Always ensure your first frame is chosen carefully as some versions of Outlook don’t support animated gifs and will only display the first frame.
- Don’t include a gif just for the sake of it. Track and measure engagement compared to static images to see which methods get the best results.
- As gifs are made up of frames so it’s quite easy for the file size to be large which may get blocked by some email spam filters.
- Don’t forget to link your gif as they can be very valuable call to actions.