A proven small business email marketing blueprint

A proven small business email marketing blueprint
by Dorian Reeds

When an email campaign is designed and executed well it can bring more subscribers and revenue than what was targeted. If, executed poorly it will get terrible results and also anger among recipients and not to forget answering your boss's innumerable questions.

Outlook is the most used email client, so it shouldn't be ignored, especially the Outlook Junk Filter. But many companies do not spare time to learn about keywords and symbols with the default filter searches for. Some of the common words and symbols, which are also the most widely used, used for filtering the email as spam are ‘free' and exclamation mark at the end of the subject line. But the word ‘free' does not always arouse suspicion like many legitimate email marketers think. It can be used correctly and in context with shipping or sample, etc. Nobody can disagree that it is still the most effective email offer. So the key here is to know the words and how to use them so that the email does not get caught by spam or bulk mail filters.

Certainly quality costs money, which also applies to email marketing. Some marketers say that even low cost email list delivers a respectable turn over, but experts advise that more expensive list produces even bigger returns because of high quality. Another point to be noted here is that when you are mailing to an inferior quality list, you are actually harming your brand.

The subject lines of your email newsletters must not be meaningless. Examples are ‘SE Update #101', ‘Career Journal Today' and ‘eClub Newsletter'. These subject lines say nothing at all, when it is the purpose of the subject line to entice the recipient to open the email. Things such as issue number and words saying that this email is a newsletter are of no value; instead they should include information which will grab the attention of readers.

Make the readers feel that they have a need for the product or service and you are giving them a favor by making such products or services available to them.

The magic word here is benefit; anything that would benefit your reader would persuade them to read and to make use of your product. Everyone wants to improve his beauty, his physique and his mind. Everyone wants to become a better person. Everyone wants to make money. Take your cue from these and you will not go wrong with the articles you supply your target market.

However, do not give the readers everything in the email. If your goal is to increase website traffic, then give them something to salivate on which will encourage them to click the link back to your website.

Give your readers a choice as to what you want them to do after reading your email. Most emails have great articles that are persuasive. However, they failed to include choices of what they want their readers to do after reading the articles. And even if you presented choices of action to your readers, why should they do that? What would be their benefits if they follow your proposition and call to action?

And while you have much information to reveal in your email, do not tire your readers. Make the email short and concise. Your readers are busy people and they do not have all day top read your email. And even if they do have the rest of the day, they would not spend it reading your email especially if you do not offer them something in return.

In my Effective B2B Email Marketing Guide, I show other examples of how you can use email marketing in your business. This guide is presented to you at no cost and can help you see the power of business email marketing if applied correctly in terms of new leads, sales and customers, so make sure to take a look on this link http://www.pureemailsales.com

Dorian Reeds may be contacted at dorianreeds@yahoo.com

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