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Using SEO to gather subscribers

If I am asked about the details of Google search engine algorithms I paraphrase the late, great Douglas Adams: “If anyone discovers the reasoning behind them, they will be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. Many believe this has already happened.” The changes a year or so ago to the search engine’s systems … READ MORE »

5 Steps to Re-activate Subscribers

If a subscriber becomes inactive you have a choice of either investing in methods to become active or else investing in a campaign to gain new ones. If you follow these five simple steps for those not responding you might find it the better option. 1. Identify It is not a simple case of setting … READ MORE »

Incentives for Signing up to Your Email List

There is a temptation when planning a campaign to gain subscribers to your email marketing list, to wander down to the stock room to see what is not moving and then picking that as the offer. But if nobody wanted it when it was new why should they be overcome with desire now that it … READ MORE »

Encouraging Subscribers To Your Email List

When deciding on what to offer as an encouragement for people to signup-to your email marketing list there are two simple criteria: 1. You need an item that the demographic you are aiming for would value highly, have not already got and are unable to get elsewhere at that price, and 2. It won’t cost … READ MORE »

6 Email List Building Targets

It is always a good time to increase the size of your email marketing list. A vague direction to staff to keep an eye open for any likely candidates is not going to increase your turnover to any extent, so an initiative, with everyone aware of what you want to do, is the way to … READ MORE »

10 Email Marketing List Basics

1. Build an in-house email marketing list There is no easy shortcut. Buying-in lists is expensive and gives a poor return on investment. 2. Calculate how much obtaining each email address costs you It is tempting to throw everything at list building in the early stages, but take care. If you are just moving into … READ MORE »

The Final Check

The planning is long over and the email is ready to send. Before clicking the button, one last check can stop you wasting your investment in the campaign. Read through the email putting yourself in the frame of mind of the type of subscriber that that particular section of your email marketing list is aimed … READ MORE »

8 Email Marketing Design Essentials

Designing a marketing email is a creative exercise and one that can be very fulfilling. With the quality of current email marketing templates there is not even the daunting prospect of the blank white screen at the start. Whilst the templates are simplicity itself to complete, there are some things to bear in mind. 1/ … READ MORE »

Experimenting Can Be Fun

One essential in e-mail marketing is continuous improvement. Sooner or later, and most probably sooner, your competitors will catch up with you, probably by the simple procedure of copying. What works for you now will, most likely, hold you back in the future. We have discussed the ‘Subject’ and ‘From’ lines recently but, of course, … READ MORE »

Attention Grabbing ‘Subject’ Lines

The design of the ‘Subject’ line in direct email marketing will depend on the recipient to a great extent. If we take a subscriber who has been on your email marketing list for some time and is a regular, if intermittent, purchaser, then you will be aware what excites their interest. For those who have … READ MORE »

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