Waiting until the last minute to put your holiday email strategy in place is like waiting until Christmas Eve to start your holiday shopping. You could probably get it done, but would it really be worth the stress and the missed opportunities?
If you’re a retailer or B2C that does a lot of business around the holiday season, now is the time to start planning (if you haven’t already). Read on to find out what you can do to ensure you’re set up for success as the holidays approach!
Traditionally, marketing has been about making noise, in one way or another, to stand out, get attention, and drive sales. And today’s marketplace is arguably the noisiest it’s ever been. People have information, messages and ads coming at them from everywhere – even at the gas pump and in line at the grocery store – every waking hour of the day. As a result, standing out amidst the clamor is becoming more and more challenging.
So what can we do?
Read More “Why you should incorporate storytelling into your email campaigns”
You know segmenting your email list can bring you exponentially better results by improving deliverability and increasing click-through and conversion rates. And you know that more and more consumers expect to receive emails that are personalized and tailored to their interests. But maybe you’re not sure where to start, because there are so many ways to “slice and dice” subscriber information.
Fear not: We’re here to help!
Here’s a little secret…
There’s a really easy way to build up your email list. It takes very little time to implement, there’s no learning curve, and it can get you results fast.
Read More “Simple Ways to Build Up Your Email List – Part 1”
You’ve probably heard a lot about “joining the conversation” and “building relationships” in the context of social media, but have you considered how these ideas could apply to your email marketing strategy? It might be time to give it some serious thought.
Periodic emails updating your subscribers about what you and/or your organization have going on may no longer be enough to get you the results you want. You need to start engaging your customers and prospects in an ongoing dialogue in order to create lasting relationships.
Read More “How to build great relationships with dialogue marketing”
Over the last two weeks, we’ve been talking about the first R: Reputation and why it’s important to build a good one (you can check those posts out here and here). Today, we’re going to focus on the next “R”: Relevancy.
You might be sending out well-written, beautifully designed emails every week, but are they resonating with your customers? Are you sending generic, one-size-fits-all emails, or are you segmenting your list and sending specific, relevant messages to each group?
You can probably guess which of the above choices is going to get you the best results.
Read More “One size fits all? Not when it comes to email marketing.”
Today I’d like to follow up on Friday’s post on reputation with a deeper dive into what it takes to build and maintain a great reputation as an email marketer.
Your sender reputation is one of the most–if not the most–important aspects of your email marketing program. It takes a long time to build a solid reputation as a sender, and it takes ongoing vigilance to maintain it.
Read More “Building a good reputation doesn’t just happen – it takes work”
Today we’re introducing a new blog series: Friday Fundamentals.
In these weekly posts, we’ll be going back to the basics of email marketing. We want to help folks new to the email marketing game hit the ground running – and encourage more experienced email marketers to revisit their best practices.
With that said, let’s begin with the four “R”s. In a white paper presented at the 2013 Email Evolution Conference in Miami, Karen Talavera, owner of Synchronicity Marketing, states that there are four essential “R’s” to good email marketing. Today we’re going to explore R #1 – Reputation.
Are you aware of how your customers and prospects perceive you and your email communication efforts? Have they consciously chosen to receive messages from you, or did you automatically sign them up via a pre-checked box?
Email marketing is still one of the most effective channels to nurture prospects due to its low cost, and the willingness of buyers to receive email from companies with whom they already have some kind of relationship. According to DemandGen Report, nurtured leads produce, on average, a 20% increase in sales opportunities versus non-nurtured leads. The following lead nurturing best practices will help you build relationships with your prospects:
The managing of customers in your database is of equal if not greater importance than the management of the products and services you generate. Careful monitoring and review of the relationship fostered between you and your customers plays a critical role in retaining their business. Consider how wants and needs might differ among them, and how those differences might influence their purchasing patterns and behaviors. Over time, it becomes apparent that some customers are more valuable than others and purchase more often and make larger purchases (and by that same logic, it may be revealed that other customers may not be worth quite as much as the attention they have been receiving thus far). So it’s important for companies to understand the needs of customers within different profitability tiers and adjust their service levels accordingly.
Email Marketing Blog 
You must be logged in to post a comment.