Tag: email lists

How to word surveys

The one way to ensure an email survey is abandoned is to be thoughtless in your choice of language. Your returns from email marketing campaigns will help you to ensure the questions do not patronise or confuse the subject, and a little care will negate the chances of being ambiguous. To put it another way, … READ MORE »

Finding out what you want to know

There you are, wondering if you should increase your range of products. There’s a certain investment in money, time and credibility in your favoured option and you will want to know whether you will end up with egg on your face. Nothing can take the risk out of email marketing but the software available to … READ MORE »

Your response to an email marketing price war

How do you react to a perceived threat? Fight or flight is what covers most automatic responses. Stopping and having a think about it doesn’t have the same positive vibe but in the case of discovering that another email marketing company has undercut your price for a product it is the most logical way to … READ MORE »

Different ways to use an eNewsletter

We have mentioned on these pages many times before that for many companies an eNewsletter (newsletter) gives a good return on investment. There are many side benefits, such an acceptance of the From address giving a higher open rate for marketing emails. To make a newsletter work costs a significant amount of money and a … READ MORE »

Your first response to a price war

You will, of course, subscribe to the email marketing lists of your competitors. After all, they will subscribe to yours. So what should you do when you receive an offer for an identical or similar product to one you market which undercuts yours? The temptation is to react quickly and decisively, but we are a … READ MORE »

Email marketing copywriting heresy

You’d think that a professional writer would say that most people cannot produce satisfactory copy for an email marketing campaign. You would be wrong. I’ve taught a number of people how to write creatively. It is a skill. All it takes is application There is a truism that if you think you can write adequate … READ MORE »

Segmenting email marketing lists – the edge

Every company segments their email marketing lists, at least all those you regard as competitors. The only difference is how well they do it. Most will use the obvious criteria, such as age, gender, location, which means that if you want to gain an advantage you need to do something special. You will be able … READ MORE »

Can you write email marketing copy?

Ask any professional copywriter and they will probably tell you that using a pro for your email marketing campaign is the best option. I have any number of logical reason I could bring to the argument. However, most people can create copy suitable for an email marketing campaign. All you have to do is: 1/ … READ MORE »

Ways to segment your email marketing list

The one thing we all need in email marketing is a new way of doing things, at least, different to the way our main competitors are doing it. The constraints include taking the risks while others being able to copy you or that you try something that bombs and it costs you subscribers. Therefore we … READ MORE »

Thank you for subscribing

That first email to those who have just signed up to your email marketing list will probably have the highest open rate of any you send. It is your first interface with your new customers. This welcome email has a number of functions. You will want to: 1/ get them used to the From Address … READ MORE »

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