What does it take to get started with email marketing?
First, you need a way to collect e-mail addresses. This can be from information you
have collected in the past, from previous customers, or you can buy e-mail lists
from a third party, however, the best way, is to add some type of e-mail opt-in form
onto your web site.
Adding a opt-in form, as they are called in the world of e-mail marketing, allows
you to take advantage of the traffic that your web site is currently receiving. It’s
not hard to understand that if a person opts-in to your e-mail list from your web
site, they are obviously interested in your product or service. Making them a highly
targeted potential customer.
These highly targeted email leads should over time, become a valuable source of business,
or referrals.
So, how do I take advantage of e-mail marketing?
Once you have created your opt-in form and begun to collect your targeted list, you
need to decide the best way to communicate with your list.
Some of the more popular ways to market to your email list are with newsletters and
coupons.
A newsletter can be about your company, it’s products or services, or it can be just
generic fun filled facts sent to your list to educate and entertain them, while keeping
your companies name in front of your targeted audience on a repetitive basis.
The word repetitive being the keyword here. Remember, the purpose of marketing is
being on your potential customers mind at the exact moment they are seeking a product
or solution to a problem they currently have. One that your companies products or
services will provide.
Everybody hate to receive spam, it’s just as bad as junk mail. Rest assured that
all of our email marketing campaigns are completely compliant with the CAN-Spam Act.
All of our e-mail marketing campaigns allow for the recipient of these emails to
opt-out of the list at anytime. This ensures that you will have a captive audience
that wants to hear about your company and it’s products or services.
Email Marketing is quick, efficient, and can bring immediate results. Email marketing
may well be exactly what your company needs today.
We can do as much or as little of the process as you want us to. The staff at Affordable
Lead Generation can input your previous customers e-mail information, we can write
your newsletters, we can even create custom coupons for your business.
All of our services are specifically designed to be as hands off for our clients
as possible.