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- MTN
“Working with the Bidvest team is a real pleasure. We've thoroughly enjoyed partnering with a local provider for our business' WhatsApp profile - invoicing is simple and our templates are loaded and approved speedily. Prepaid24 would highly recommend Bidvest. Such a seamless process from setup to production!”
- Prepaid24
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- Sanlam Retail Mass
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- Oxford
Discover essential steps to establish an effective email service with detailed reporting tailored for South African enterprises. Maximize your communication strategy with expert insights.
Setting up an effective email service is a critical component of any enterprise communication strategy, particularly for businesses operating within South Africa's dynamic market. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential steps to optimally establish an email service with detailed reporting features, ensuring that your enterprise can maximize communication efforts while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.
A well-configured email service does more than facilitate communication; it provides analytical insights that help businesses optimize their outreach efforts. By implementing comprehensive reporting tools, organizations can evaluate engagement metrics, track email deliverability, and enhance overall marketing strategies. Here, we outline the steps necessary for establishing a reliable email service with detailed reporting capabilities tailored to the needs of medium and large enterprises in South Africa.
Before diving into the technical aspects, it’s crucial to define what your email service needs to achieve. Consider the following:
Selecting the right Email Service Provider (ESP) is critical. Look for providers that specialize in enterprise solutions and offer features that meet your requirements:
Establishing a professional email domain fosters trust within your communications. The following must be completed:
Create visually appealing, mobile-responsive email templates that reflect your brand's values. Key considerations include:
Accurate measurement of email performance is paramount for strategic improvement. Explore how to integrate reporting tools effectively:
Before launching full-scale campaigns, execute a test campaign to assess deliverability and email effectiveness. Track these critical metrics:
Once you have sent out your emails, take the time to analyze the results. Use the insights gained to refine future email campaigns:
By following these comprehensive steps, South African enterprises can set up an email service that not only streamlines communication but also enhances marketing insights through sophisticated reporting capabilities. Establishing a robust email infrastructure empowers organizations to connect effectively with their stakeholders, uphold compliance, and drive business growth.
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We implement your designs, images and artwork for optimal delivery. We measure and manage spam ratings, and we monitor and manage blacklisting and reputation of sending domains.

PDF documents, HTML content, videos and animations can be hosted on our Zero Rated Data domains. Reverse billing of data on these domains ensure access for end users to content at no cost. Bidvest Data offers this service on all South African and Namibian mobile networks.

Bidvest Data offers custom-built, screen adaptive, HTML environments, enabling features like animation, rotating GIFs, and interactive buttons in the email body and built into the unique microsite.

Our service includes automated large file batch sending through sFTP data transfer. The data can selectively drive template messaging. Near real-time email sending is facilitated through our API, using templates or dynamic text.

Where another channel in our omnichannel platform is unsuccessful in delivering a message, we can automatically fail over to email. Priority and fail over channels are configurable.

Bidvest Data provides near-real-time and periodic aggregate batched reporting on consumer engagement, including link tracking, email delivery status, and customized reports on microsite access.
“Thank you Bidvest team for your great service throughout 2024.”
- MTN
“Working with the Bidvest team is a real pleasure. We've thoroughly enjoyed partnering with a local provider for our business' WhatsApp profile - invoicing is simple and our templates are loaded and approved speedily. Prepaid24 would highly recommend Bidvest. Such a seamless process from setup to production!”
- Prepaid24
“We're incredibly grateful to the Bidvest Data Team who go above and beyond to support us with vital customer communication. Their commitment and innovation has kept us at the forefront of electronic customer engagement.”
- Sanlam Retail Mass
“Dear Bidvest team, Just wanted to take the time to say a very special thank you to TEAM BIDVEST. Everyone at OUP thanks all the people involved over the last few weeks and trust me, everyone in our organization now knows how much we can depend on Bidvest and we're all truly grateful for your efforts. Your responsiveness to our changing needs and requests is truly appreciated”
- Oxford
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