Thursday, 12 December 2013

Simple Steps To Getting Started With Email Marketing

By Stavros Georgiadis


To help you achieve the best results with your e-mail marketing communications, you should construct each campaign to fit each group of customers. When you simplify the message to the needs of each group of consumers, the message you are sending out will be much more effective. The following paragraphs explain how to take advantage of market segmentation to get the most out of marketing via email.

Do your best to create emails that are personal. As with many other types of marketing, people are more likely to respond if they feel a personal connection with you. As an example, include the reason why they are getting emails from your business in your marketing materials you send to them.

Do not send out unsolicited email messages. Most people treat email from unknown parties as spam. People will not recognize your brand and will not trust you at all. Your emails will not even be opened. Do not waste your time emailing people you do not know.

Always obtain permission before you contact your customers via email. Most people just delete email that they have not requested. Sending mass emails may also break the rules set forth by your ISP, if you do not have customer permission first.

Do not send emails to random addresses or people who have not authorized you to do so. People consider emails that they didn't sign up for as spam so they generally just throw these messages away and don't bother reading them. You might be violating the policy of your ISP if customers begin receiving unwanted messages from you.

In order to ensure that every single customer on your list has given their permission for you to email them, you should have customers opt-in to your list twice before you send the first email. This may appear like an unnecessary extra feature, but this can, in fact, ensure that only those who sign up who are genuinely interested and this eliminates trouble for your company.

Limit your email communications to once a week. Your customers often will get several messages a day and are very busy in their lives. If you send too many emails, people will skip over them, and you won't reap the benefit of your hard work.

Make sure your emails contain your company logo and features your brand name prominently. For that reason, you should take the time to design a template that allows you to incorporate your company logo, colors and any special fonts also featured on your site or other marketing materials. This will make your emails unique and instantly recognizable. While e-mail marketing is effective, there may be problems you come across. Some business may have trouble collecting a bunch of email addresses. Others aren't sure how to create emails to send to their email list. If you use the tips here, your business can overcome many of the typical issues. Apply yourself and the knowledge you've learned from these tips and learn from your mistakes.




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