Confirmation or Welcome.
Confirmation and Welcome email are used for making the first contact with a subscriber or customer and the first contact makes the first impression and sets the tone for future dialogue. Usually, those kind of emails are automated and sent right after subscription or a similar event.
Informational.
This kind of email is always sent once per post, sale, discount, free trial , announcement to users who opted-in to receive emails. The Click to Action (CTA) buttons is a must-have in these type of email.
Announcement or Event invitation.
Similar to informational, announcement and event invitations are used to let subscribers know about your new product or you can send them invitation to a future event.
Postcards.
Postcards are a part of direct marketing and it is composed of a short text and image, used to send when certain occasions like birthdays, holidays, weddings etc or in regular intervals. These type of email are really important because the majority of users will devote time to read it.
Updates.
Updates are used to give notice to particular groups about events or product updates. Notification are sent only to event or product registrants so you could alert them about new feature, discount, changed time of event etc. This dedicated emails are usually sent as monthly welcome to the new members too.
Newsletter.
Newsletters or internal updates are usually simple emails, with not much design or overdone. They are used to be sent on a new occasion/information with highlights of your most important and critical message.
Finish shopping.
If a user used to fill in their own data during process of purchasing and have products in the basket, but didn’t finish shopping, these type of reminders are auto-sent so the user would be recalled to finish their purchase.
Thank You.
This type of emails are usually automated and triggered by user subscription or purchasing of a product. SO, whenever a lead or customer fills out a contact form, a kickback email is sent after their submission.
Transactional.
Transactional or conformation emails are email fired to one user triggered by their specific action such as purchasing a product, booking a room/flight/car or signing up for a newsletter. Usually they are automated.
Promotional.
Promotional emails are an essential part of effective email marketing strategy. Around 50% of customers said they would like to receive promotional emails on a weekly basis. Gmail created an annotations feature so that Gmail can filter and rank, based on the customer engagement, the most relevant promotional emails.
Lead nurture.
These type of emails are used to educate and nurture prospect after you recognise and identify particular group of contacts, usually you already knows, from the marketing funnel all the way into a position of sales readiness. Good example would be welcome email which becomes lead nurturing strategy. Usually these kind of email are not used to offer discounts but rather to educate and lead prospects to the next step, to give information on your products.
Dedicated.
Dedicated emails are used for monthly emails or updates to be sent to a certain group of users (registrants) which already attended your event or are a part of your community.
Co-Marketing.
Co-marketing emails are used when several companies are partnering together so the announcement could be the result of strategic planning, joint webinar or any other organised event which regards mutual benefits or collaboration.
Social Media.
Least used, these type of email are used to be sent after social media events, announcements, invites or posts.