How to measurably increase your email response rates webinar.041411.1

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How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response Rates

PRO Business Marketing Series

Tony MarinoPRO Business Marketing Consultant

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Purpose Driven: Email Marketing


Your reason for using email as a tangible marketing medium may be to teach, to advise, to inform, to encourage, to motivate, to inspire, to lead, or to sell.


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Actionable Plan


Please review the course in its entirety.

Don't just review the course, act upon it!

Understand that these practices and strategies really do work!

“Winners are those who convert their ideas to measurable action!”


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Historical Background


Ray Tomlinson


Larry Roberts

Since 19731.6 Billion People

247 Billion Messages Daily

SPAM 40% to 90%

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Permission-Based Email Marketing


Quality vs. Quantity


Prospect

ProspectProspect

QUALITY



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Email Communication



Email Communication Messages

Instant Messaging (IM)

Twitter Update Messages

93%Non-Verbal

Not TelephonicallyNot Face-to-Face

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Negative Email Communication



Dynamic

Cost-Effective

Accurate

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Email Messaging: Tone



WordsStructure

Tone is the quality in your writing that reveals your attitude toward your topic and reader.

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Email Messaging: Tone



WordsStructure

Why is tone so important in e-mail writing?



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Email: Format



TextHTML

Which email format works best?

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Email: Format



TextAdvantages

Easy to produce.

Allows you to focus on your copy.

Everyone will be able to view it properly.

Users of handheld email devices (a growing number) can read it easily.

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Email: Format



TextLinks must appear in their entirety. For example:

http://www.yahoo.com.

You can’t hyperlink words.

No graphics.

No font formatting such as underlining, boldface type, or color.

You can’t track the open rate.

Disadvantages

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Email: Format



HTMLAdvantages

You can track the open rate.

You can include images like company logos, product photos and other graphical enhancements.

Formatting options like boldface, underline and coloring can be included.

You can include forms and other more complex html features.

Colored text can be used to help words stand out.

Centering and other alignment can be used.

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Email: Format



HTMLToo many graphics can distract and turn off your audience.

Not everyone can view HTML ads properly.

Images appear broken when viewed offline.

Slower to load the messages.

Recognized as an “advertisement,” causing it to be tuned out.

Requires a background in HTML and graphics to do well.

Disadvantages

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Email: Format



So, which email format works best?

TextHTML

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Email: Format



Why “Text?”

Text







Why “Text?”

Email Components: Structure and Layout




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “From” Line

Set up, format, and purpose.




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “Subject” Line





How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “Letterhead”



How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “Date” Line





How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “Opening Salutation”


First Name Personalization Syntax

A.Hello bob,

B.hello Bob,

C. Hello BOB,

D.Hello Bob,




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “Upper Body Message”


The “Take Away!”




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “Live Links”


“Call to Action!”




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “Main Body Messaging”


“Short Paragraphs!”




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “Your Closing Salutation”


“Professional Warmth!”




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesYour Email “Brand and Credibility”


“Identity!”






Complete Contact






Complete ContactCompany Brand






Complete ContactCompany BrandPhysical AddressTelephone Number





Recipient’s Email Address




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesEmail : Ethics and the Law

Critical Email Considerations





CAN SPAM Act 2003

FTC: Bureau of Consumer Protectionhttp://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus61-can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business





Email “OPT OUT” Removal Links





Laws, policies, risks, and rewards.




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesEmail : The “65-Character Rule”





How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesEmail : “Proofing and Verifying”

Proofing and its purpose.




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesEmail : “Proofing and Verifying”

Verifying and its purpose.




How to Measurably Increase Your Email Response RatesEmail Marketing: “Working Smart”


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