10/25/2011

Where to place email in your sales pipeline

It's all about using the correct: 
Placement / Planning / Metrics

Ask yourself, why are we sending these emails?
Is it for a sale?
To nurture the lead?
To drive website traffic?
To raise/maintain brand awareness?

You must quantify your ROI on your email campaigns! Find where you can get the biggest bang for your buck and then AUTOMATE. Take a careful look at your customer life cycle:

Attract
Acquire
Service
Retain
Refer

Consider reviewing / revising your life cycle emails and make sure you are doing the following:
  • Keep it relevant + interesting for your subscribers: "teach me, don't sell me"
  • Don't talk about your company through a megaphone- subscribers only care about their problems not yours!
  • Consider how you handle yourself when the sale is not imminent- this is speaks volumes about your brand.
  • Give guidance, share info, and always remain positive
  • Make sure your thank you emails provide:
    • Links to past content
      • webinars
      • video links
  • Provide the shoppers / "kicking the tires" leads with access to plenty of relevant info- make them into educated buyers.
    • Always offer links to unsubscribe or view your privacy policies
    • Ask the lead to whitelist your sending address
    • Show them what you will be sending and how often to set the expectations and BUILD TRUST
  • Consider building a welcome campaign instead of just a single email (ex. 4 part series over 5 weeks)

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Hi, I'm Stephanie

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I am an Email Marketing Strategist. I help people look at what they want to say and find the best way to say it. I specialize in Permissions Based Email Marketing and am professionally Certified in Email Marketing Best Practices for 2011-2012.