| It reaches the target audience, bypassing | | | | incentive or discount to the first few customers |
| intermediaries. It is very personal, as the | | | | may be offered, for instance. Or, offer useful |
| decision-maker, the one who decides to buy, gets | | | | information that interests the reader. |
| to know you as a seller, and vice versa. It is | | | | If you have several points to make, instead of |
| virtually free and it is fast too. | | | | running them in a single paragraph, present them |
| Its spread is wide in that you can reach, at once, | | | | one by one highlighting them with bullets. Graphics |
| any number of buyers looking for your product or | | | | and photos will definitely embellish your email and |
| service. Best of all, email marketing allows you to | | | | attract the customer attention. Incorporating links |
| be in constant touch with your customers for | | | | to your website pages in the email is like providing |
| receiving feedback, for improving your sales as | | | | a life line for your business. Your sales |
| well as for modifying your email marketing | | | | presentation, to give an example, can be done by |
| strategies without much time loss. | | | | drawing the customer to your website through a |
| Sounds great, but it can appear much more | | | | link in the email. It is preferable to provide direct |
| different when you realize that you have to | | | | links to your website pages where the customer |
| outdo your innumerable competitors in order to | | | | can readily find the listings of your products and |
| achieve success in your business. For this, you | | | | services rather than give a link to your home |
| have to devise effective email marketing | | | | page. |
| strategies. Remember that what works for | | | | Keep it simple |
| others may or may not work for you. But there | | | | The basic principle is to make everything as easy |
| are some basic principles all follow in promoting | | | | as possible for the customer to get hooked to |
| their businesses. | | | | your business proposition. Also, put in place a |
| Finding out who your target audience is, making | | | | privacy policy that assures your customers that |
| an initial small subscriber list, determining when and | | | | their personal information will not be revealed, sold |
| how often you wish to send emails, identifying | | | | or misused. Despite your best efforts, however, |
| your major promotional goals, sending a few test | | | | if the customer would want to unsubscribe, give |
| emails and analyzing the results for future | | | | him the facility. Finally, include all possible contact |
| adoption or modification are usually considered to | | | | information along with your signature: name and |
| be important. But what is cardinal for the success | | | | address, telephone number, email address, fax |
| of your business is the design of the email itself. | | | | number etc. |
| What to include in your emails? | | | | You may consider using an email marketing |
| The subject and the very first line of your email | | | | software package for managing your website and |
| will make or break your customer- relationship. | | | | email lists. This type of software automatically |
| Make them short, simple and seductive. People | | | | organizes large email lists, subscribes website |
| are tempted to open emails only when the | | | | visitors, deletes unsubscribed persons, responds |
| subject line holds enough punch. Emails, like skirts, | | | | to emails and does many other things that make |
| should be long enough to cover the essentials and | | | | your email marketing management very |
| short enough to be interesting. | | | | convenient. Shop around for software to find one |
| Long and boring emails probably have not the | | | | that meets your needs. |
| desired effect. While a brief introduction to you | | | | The success of your business through email |
| and your products and services will be welcome, | | | | marketing strategies depends on your reliability |
| what actually rivets the attention of readers is | | | | and consistency as much as on the unique utility |
| your focus on customer benefits. A small | | | | of your product or service. |