8 Ways To Drastically Improve Email Open Rates By Using Local Email Marketing
General December 8th, 2009
Do you own a small business? Is it a continual struggle to get recurring trade from your existing customer base? If these are queries that you require an answer to, the following 8 local email marketing tips might just totally revolutionize your company.
Email marketing to your patron base has the makings to drive repeat sales, referrals and increase the lifetime value of your client. It is most affordable. However just because it’s affordable doesn’t mean its that simple. You see I consistantly come across small businesses making the same mistakes when it comes to doing local email marketing.
Here are a number of suggestions on how you can generate more responses from your email marketing list by using a a small number of targeted email advertising strategies. You will be flabbergastered by the results:
1. Folks at all times seem helpless to defend themselves against replying your your ad coupon if there is a give away. For the most part people get excited when they see or hear the word free, particularly when it is for something they have on their radar. This is why it is such a compelling word to include in your copy to your reader. Get some mileage out of your giveaway by not giving it away immediately.
2. Remind your target audience of the tribulations they may be experiencing. By offering them a viable solution to their problem you set yourself as the expert thus you become part of the key to their predicament. By asking questions they can only answer either yes or no.
3. A before and after story always gets attention. Folks like to read a decent success story and if your ad copy is compelling enough your target audience will actually envision themselves in the tale. By using photos so as to highlight the before and after when the problem was resolved after a client uses your product or service is particularly effective.
4. Making a hefty donation to a charitable institution always convinces folks that the act of buying from you makes them more generous and socially conscious.
5. Testimonials from a celeb will prove your credibility and quality. Include a photo along with their testimonial adds credibility. Including a photo of yourself with the famous person and you will have folks jumping to try your product or service. If you have a website or blog be sure your testimonials are on the middle of the front page. Use them openly as they are very very compelling.
6. Press releases and/or reviews are exceptional free promotion as is anything that is in print about you and your dealings. If they are good then that is for the better. If they are bad then how you cope with it will go on record and be noted by your customers. These stories will attach excellent value to your copy and build up your credibility in your target audience readers eyes.
7. Get personal and include a hand written note, letter or signature. This can boost your overall attractiveness to your target audience because they assume you are writing only to them. This is quite simple to impliment. Simply write out your note on a piece of paper, scan the document, and enclose it within your ad copy.
8. Make a list of all the celebrities and famous people who actually benefited from the use of your products and services. Including their names will add credibility and a touch of glamour to your ad copy. If you have photos or a personal note from them your response with be shot into orbit.
The next time you sit to create your targeted email advertising remember to include one or more of the local email marketing suggestions and watch as your marketing campaign generates numerous leads and bigger sales.
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