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Benefits of Email Marketing to Your Business

Added benefits

Even if you are already running a successful business, you may be surprised to learn that your business can benefit greatly by launching an effective email marketing strategy which consists of targeted campaigns, digital newsletters and discount coupons along with other specialized (or niche-based) offers associated with such a strategy. Email marketing campaigns provide several advantages including, the ability to reach a worldwide audience, a variety of promotional options, and the ability to do a great deal of marketing with very little investment dollars.

In this article we will take a look at the various features and procedures your business can utilize in an effort to give you some insight into how email marketing can benefit your business.

For many business owners one of the most prominent advantages of email marketing is the ability to reach worldwide audiences with minimal effort and expense; and while traditional marketing methods (TV & radio ads, print media ads) are typically targeted to a rather small geographic area, email marketing can reach worldwide audiences.

It is possible to reach an audience of this magnitude with other marketing methods as well, but it would be much more complicated to do and would likely involve launching advertising campaigns in several countries which would require an intense coordination effort, at least a few staff members to assist you in the effort and, of course, an enormous budget.

Immediacy is a plus

On the other hand, an email marketing strategy would give you the ability to instantly reach targeted audiences with just a few simple mouse clicks after you have composed the message you’d like to transmit; even though creating the marketing materials for your campaigns can be significantly more involved. The simple fact is your business (you) stand to derive substantially more benefits via an email marketing strategy at a mere percentage of the cost to derive the same benefits utilizing other means.

Another advantage of email marketing is the multiple advertising options available to those who wish to utilize this marketing strategy, keeping in mind that the most commonly used method of email marketing is to send out group emails with product information and other promotional materials. Such product information could consist of any format or medium you choose, including a digital newsletter that you could publish and distribute to interested consumers, targeted audiences or both groups, depending on the type of promotion being conducted.

Added value

Additionally there may be some graphics, advertising and links included in the layout of such a newsletter that could enhance the message and or product being promoted. In fact, some marketers have successfully used email marketing campaigns to create and implement email correspondence courses which are typically focused on a specific niche subject and feature a few installments that provide detailed information on a specific aspect of the niche subject.

Finally email marketing can benefit your business because it is an extremely cost effective method of advertising in the sense that when you elect to launch an email marketing campaign you will likely invest money in hiring professionals such as writers and graphic designers to assist you in creating content as well as an appealing layout for your promotional emails. it is important to point out here, however, that this is typically not more than you would invest in hiring the same type of personnel for an offline marketing campaign. Unlike offline marketing methods there is not a great deal of expenses associated with implementing your email marketing campaign.

By comparison

For example, consider the creation of a television commercial where you will have to pay fees and purchase advertising space to allow your advertising to reach the public. By comparison, when you transmit your advertising via email, there is virtually no cost associated with this transmission, except the costs associated with maintaining an Internet connection and retaining employees to send these emails but these costs are minimal and can be considered part of normal operating costs which are often mere percentage points of achieving similar goals via traditional methods.

02/23/2018
To Build a List of Eager Subscribers

Business growth via email

The goal of every business (Web-based, home-based or otherwise) is to deliver great enough service that provides satisfaction among its customer base, with the primary objective being that, as each and every customer expresses satisfaction with products purchased or service delivered by the business, there is a greater chance that s/he will be transformed from just a casual customer to a returning customer and make more purchases. Better yet, they will recommend the business to other people that could generate even more sales – now and into the future – for that business and its representative website.

It is already a foregone conclusion that as more traffic is driven and attracted to your website the chances of enticing many of them to subscribe to your mailing list or opt-in list grows; and such a list will be comprised, essentially, of website visitors who agree to receive emails from you that include promotional materials such as newsletters, catalogs and other such content designed to keep them updated about your site and/or the topic or niche upon which that site is based. These promotional materials are sent via email to members of the list at different time intervals.

The low-cost marketing tool

When using email as the medium by which to broadcast your marketing and advertisement agenda, you accomplish two goals. First you eliminate the need for high costs associated with this activity, because email is free. And second, if you can manage to make your own promotional ads and content you can save a bundle there also, especially with opt-in subscribers whom you are pretty sure will be interested in what you are sending and therefore will receive it, open it and read it, instead of simply relegating it to the trash folder. All this is made possible because these subscribers have signed up for the service and have consented to receive your emails.

This means that you (your business/company) can deliver constant reminders to subscribers about all your existing products, any new products you create and your great service, as well as any promotions and special deals you are planning to introduce. There is also the chance that your emails can be forwarded to other potential customers as current customers/subscribers tell their friends and families about your business and website.

Of course, it is important to keep in mind that subscribers do have the right – by law – to unsubscribe, and may do just that when they feel that they are not getting what they signed up for or expected. This is the one aspect of list-building and email marketing that you must pay special attention to by making sure that they are satisfied with your opt-in marketing approach and overall strategy, thereby keeping them excited and eager to receive your newsletters and catalogs.

Begin the list-build process

The following paragraphs provide a few tips designed to help you build a list of eager subscribers.

Begin with the premise that most people are turned off by dull, uninteresting content – even if it is materially factual – that will put them to sleep; but by setting such a premise then you’ll find that will write in a way that makes your promotional materials interesting and fun to read. At the same time you might try to be a little creative without being too artsy; and when the extra work generates positive results and feedback you will probably agree that it’s worth putting in the time and energy to get it done. It is important, however, to build around your product or service and what your business is all about.

Building around your product(s) and service(s) should not be too difficult since you probably know more about what you do on a daily basis than something you do occasionally; so for example, if you sell refrigerators and other kitchen appliances, put some pictures of what is new in the world of appliances, like a new stainless steel unit with automatic ice maker; or a new dish washer that actually wash, dry and places dishes back into the dish rack (dish washers don’t perform all these functions…yet, but you get the idea). In other words, give your readers everything they need in order to be as informed as they can be.

Another important aspect of your email marketing should certainly be honesty and credibility; so while you’re trying to keep your content interesting and fun, make sure to do good (adequate?) enough research about what people are actually looking for in an attempt to stay one step ahead of them all the time, and by making this extra effort you will be their bearer of great new information that is both interesting and credible. Make a habit of doing these two things and your subscribers will be eager to receive what you are sending to them and they might also get in the habit of knowing that you always have fresh and new information and ideas to share with them.

Well written content pays

Keep this little tidbit in mind: Sloppy written articles can turn off readers as quickly as dull, uninteresting, dishonest content; so make sure to write good articles and never cut corners on the quality of your writing. Naturally, if your subscribers enjoy the articles you send them they will go to your website by clicking the links you include so they can read some more of what you write. You can provide articles that will connect to many people, but be diverse in your approach by inserting a little humor and then placing some informational eye-openers in the articles when possible.

Look, I understand that everybody is not fond of writing, and therefore may not be too eager to write even a paragraph of content; and if you are among this group of marketers, don’t worry too much because there are many professional and experienced article writers that can do the job for you at minimal rates. They know what they are doing and can fill the email marketing void that may otherwise exist in your marketing strategy. They can provide the content you need for your newsletters, and the money that you pay for your articles will probably be one of the best investment you make as measured by the many sign-ups and potential profit from sales will result.

The digital book

One of the many promotional tools that get overlooked by Web marketers is the ebook (what I like refer to as digital book) which can increase your exposure and boost your brand in ways that other tools cannot; so whether you write the digital book or pay to have it written, you should create and to your customers about anything that is related to your business or website. For its contents you should rely heavily on your knowledge and expertise in the field you have chosen to help other people with and those who are similarly interested.

Offer this , because you can write about anything informational and helpful to your subscribers, including how-to manuals and guides in so many different areas. Keep in mind that if you do a good enough job creating the digital book it may very well be used as a reference guide by many of your subscribers, as well as their family and friends. Share this digital book with everyone, even other sites; but make sure they don’t change the links you placed in the book that are designed to lead people to your website.

If you want, you can always mentioned earlier to write it for you just as with your articles. Your investment once again will be covered by the great marketing this will generate; and when coupled with ecoupons in your digital newsletters that help them take advantage of special discounts, subscribers will be delighted to receive your marketing emails, recommend them to others and come back for more. If your subscribers can derive benefits from your marketing emails and inclusions, they will be very eager to receive them as long as you don’t flood your mailing list with emails and annoy those subscribers.

02/01/2018
Creating Email Lists for Marketing Campaigns

Initial email marketing efforts

If you plan to do some Web marketing to promote your business endeavor, you should seriously consider email marketing as at least one tier of your Web marketing campaign. Many business owners shy away from email marketing because they believe all email marketing campaigns are purely spam. However, this is not true and not utilizing this type of marketing can cause your business to lose out on a great deal of new revenue.

By not appealing to potential customers via email, your business may lose a great deal of revenue and market share to competitors who are using email marketing campaigns to reach customers around the world. However, the first step of an email marketing campaign should be creating a subscriber or opt-in list. In this article we will discuss some popular options currently being used very successfully by other Web marketing professionals which we hope will help you to learn more about what is acceptable and what is not when it comes to email marketing.

Once you have made the decision to start using email marketing to promote your business you are likely facing the dilemma of compiling an email subscriber list. This is essentially a list of email addresses to which you will email your advertising and promotional materials. One common way to gain a list of email addresses is to purchase a list from distributors. However, this method is not very effective at all and we do not recommend it.

Avoid for-sale lists

The problem with purchasing an email list is you have no way of knowing whether or not the members of that list would have any interest at all in your products or services. This is very important because while you want to reach as many subscribers as possible with your email marketing campaigns you also want these subscribers to be members of your overall target audience. In other words, when you purchase an email list you may be sending your email messages to some users who might be interested but this is largely coincidental and is not likely to be well received since the message was not solicited.

Internet users are very quick to delete material they believe to be spam without even opening or reading such material. In fact some Internet service providers include spam filters which may automatically delete your emails if your messages are merely suspected to be spam. These filters run complex algorithms on the subject heading and content of the message to determine whether or not it is spam and are quite adept at weeding out spam and “suspected” spam. Therefore you run the risk of having your email marketing efforts result in a complete failure and an even bigger waste of time if the majority of recipients never even receive or open the message(s).

Build a list from scratch

A far better way to create an email subscription list for your email marketing campaign is to ask current customers as well as interested potential customers to register with your website to receive additional information and periodic updates about your products and services as well as other information which might be of interest to them. This provides you with a database of email addresses from current customers as well as potential customers who have a genuine interest in your products and services and who are interested in learning more about these products and services.

Once you have a list of interested customers or potential customers you can send promotional emails or create digital newsletters for distribution to the members of your email list. These documents should contain a wealth of valuable information as well as a soft sell pitch for your products and services. This is a better method of approaching email marketing, because the information you send will be valued by your list members and may help persuade them to try your products and services. You might also want to include useful links to your website as well as other websites which may be of interest to your readers. Content you provide should also contain a portion which urges readers to take a specific action such as making a purchase, or at least, learning more about a certain product or service.

01/19/2018
Email Marketing Strategies That Work

Effective marketing via email

Email marketing has become one of the more popular methods by which to effectively promote and sell products and services, but the popularity of this marketing technique is by no means an indication that all business owners have the ability to run an effective email marketing campaign. The simple fact is that those who are well versed in the functions and nuances of email marketing, while having the experience in utilizing popular strategies effectively, are likely to gain a huge advantage over their competitors who do not possess these skills.

In this article we will provide information which we think will be useful for business owners who are looking to improve their sales or website traffic via effective email marketing. So if you don’t have a great deal of information about email marketing and do not fully understand the principles involved, one of the best ways to initiate and launch an effective email marketing campaign is to hire a consulting firm to assist you in your goals and objectives using this marketing technique; but keep in mind that the consultant should have a proven track record in promoting business through email marketing.

The consulting firm

The consulting firm strategy may well be the most expensive of any that will be discussed in this post, but it is quicker than educating yourself through trial and error or taking a course on the subject, and may prove less expensive than one or both of these alternatives when the time it takes to accomplish either is translated into loss revenue. But that’s a conversation for another time. The fact is that any business in need of additional revenue can incorporate email marketing into its overall marketing strategy by immediately starting a search for a consultant who is well versed in email marketing and, with his/her help, launching a campaign in as little as two weeks.

Similar to traditional marketing methods like radio, television and print media, those strategies known to be most popular within the email marketing community have been subject to constant change over the years and continue to evolve today. Such change suggests that enough time must be devoted to studying new trends, best practices and most effective techniques; and as a business owner you probably already have enough to deal with just trying to stay up to date on your basic business practices and may not have the time, energy or finances to stay up to date on the latest changes in email marketing also.

For this reason it is certainly worthwhile to hire a professional in the email marketing industry who can devote himself full time to keeping up to date with the most effective email marketing strategies and designing an email marketing campaign for your business to help you achieve your business related goals. However, selecting a consultant from the many options available can be downright overwhelming; because you should look for a consultant who has a great reputation a proven track record and credible experience, who will also listen to your questions carefully and explain concepts simply while making your project a priority.

The hands-on approach

There are those business owners who prefer a more hands-on approach in their business’ overall marketing strategy, and if you are among this group then you would probably be eager to learn the proven strategies pertaining to email marketing, including this popular strategy pursuant to which is to offer an email correspondence course on a subject closely related to your business (website) or the products/services you offer.

These correspondence courses should include a number of short segments, provide useful information, be of interest to your intended audience and help to promote your business in some way. The simplest way to promote your business without having your correspondence course deemed as spam is to use a soft sell approach subtly urging readers to make a purchase or visit your website for more information.

The digital newsletter

You might also consider publishing and distributing a digital newsletter (or eNewsletter if you like), which is another proven and very popular email marketing strategy that has been deemed to be highly effective. An digital newsletter is very similar to a newsletter which is printed and distributed using conventional methods such as USPS (snail) mail delivery. The bulk of a digital newsletter should be quality content in the form of featured articles and shorter articles which includes useful tips and/or product reviews.

The digital newsletter may also contain graphical elements which can simply be graphic designs, or they may be graphics that also serve as links which direct traffic to your website, product pages or other interesting and useful information. Finally, your digital newsletter should contain some type of soft-sell sales pitch, but make sure of the subtlety of your sales pitch because if it appears to be too blatant you run the risk of your digital newsletter being considered spam. Finally, the newsletter should contain a call to action urging readers to either make a purchase or visit your website for more information.

Test and evaluate

Regardless of the method of email marketing you prefer to utilize, one of the most important strategies is to evaluate the effectiveness of your email marketing on a regular basis. This is critical because elements of any email marketing campaign that are not working should be weeded out. Likewise elements of your marketing campaign which are generating a high degree of success should be utilized more often. For example if you notice there is a spike in sales or website traffic each time you issue a particular issue, it might be worthwhile to begin issuing digital newsletter more often. This type of evaluation and feedback can turn a moderate success into a huge success.

01/12/2018
List-Based Money-Making Methods

Essence of the list

A subscriber list is essential to any website or Web-based company, even if the entity is a small venture specializing in a specific niche or a larger, more established general merchant; because such a list – also referred to as an opt-in list – can make a world of difference in the form of extra income (and profit?) generated for an online business, niche-based entrepreneurship or personal cause, even if that cause is non-profit in nature. In today’s business environment, rarely would you come across an eCommerce site – big or small – that is operated without a subscriber list.

The main purpose of a subscriber list is to allow a company, Web marketer or online merchant to promote websites, products and services to “opt-in” subscribers via a email. Such promotional emails are permitted because the subscribers previously “opted-in” to the list thereby authorizing the business or marketer to send email, newsletters and other promotional materials to their inboxes. The benefit of this arrangement to marketers and businesses is clear: they make money from any purchases. But there is also benefit to the subscribers: they can be kept abreast of latest trends, new product offers and industry news so they are able to make better and more informed decisions.

It is because there is mutual consent between the two parties that any email sent to a given subscriber list is not considered as spam mail, which is obviously illegal and unwanted. Overall, the volume of promotional material that reaches subscribers’ inboxes, successfully opened, and read is enormous; and this material includes catalogs, newsletters and other such promotions. But it is sent because the subscribers themselves have signed up to receive it; meaning that they do want it to be sent to them.

Subscription motivation

While building a subscriber list should be an essential task of any business, it is important to point out that only a small percentage of website visitors actually opt-in to a subscriber list because many people find promotional mails annoying; but if you are a business owner or marketer who wish to build a subscriber list you’ll probably have more success in doing so by providing a high quality newsletter or catalog which, in turn, would demonstrate the time, work and care you put into this material and therefore should work to create interest in, and attract more readers to, your content after which you can watch your list nurtured and grow.

You can also achieve such a list-building goal by having good and interesting content on your website, because if visitors like what they see and read on your site they are more likely than not to want more; and a newsletter would certainly be one way to attract them back to your website. Many businesses utilize little teasers, appetizers (in the case of restaurants) and samples to attract customers and your or entrepreneurship should be no different in its approach to building and maintaining a quality subscriber list.

That having been said, keep in mind that a subscriber list can be used for purposes other than marketing your products and services in the sense that, it can be a powerful tool to enhance an already popular and reputable brand, or build an industry brand and create a credible, sterling reputation when used properly in joint ventures (JVs) and community forums. Of course it would be good to first build a successful list with a huge number of subscribers, because the more subscribers your list is comprised of, the more money you can make and therefore the more of a demand that would be created for your list in JV arrangements.

Ads, affiliations & deal-making

The following paragraphs provide an insight into several ways your business can make money using nothing more than a subscriber list.

Place advertisements – There are many corporations who will be willing to pay to put their banners and ads on a list with many subscribers. Selling or renting out lists is not a good idea so rather than doing that, many companies would rather place ads with lists boasting a huge subscriber base, and as a result, your newsletter could be selected by these companies and rewarded with many ads, each of which spells money.

Establish affiliations – Affiliations with other companies that have at least a semblance or similarity to your site’s topic and content will encourage other companies to provide links and brief descriptions of what they offer, or their products and services. With every click made on the link that directs or leads a subscriber from your list to their site, the company will pay you. This is known as P4P or pay for performance.

Make deals with other companies – By asking for a small percentage of sales done through your list with these companies, every sale done by customers that have come from your list and have gone there because of your newsletter would trigger a payment to you by the other company by way of a smal percentage of the sales created via your list. Pursuant to this arrangement, the more members of your list that buy from them, the more money you make.

Creative monetization

Products from other sites – A quality, well-maintained list will help you to get products from other sites on a consignment basis and sell them to your list members via a newsletter, catalog or other email campaign. Simply place descriptions, articles and photos of the product in your preferred medium and when list members express interest in a given product – or even place and order – you can get the product from the other site and sell or deliver it to your buyer.

Sell – Selling ebooks and compilations of article content to your list is another way to monetize that list. Manuals and how-to articles are usually in great demand and many people will be willing to shell out money to gain knowledge about a certain topic or given subject. With your existing list trusting your expertise in that area, an ebook could be offered and sold or used as an incentive.

Create a network out of your list – Get people to invite more people to view your site and subscribe to your list. The larger your list is, the more people will be able to click on your links and affiliate links as well as make your advertisement rates higher.

Selling information

Selling certain types of information – Subscribers are willing to pay for information if they know that it can be trusted and relied upon. Use your list to get more and more people to subscribe to you as well as browse your site. Lastly, you can use your list to earn money by making them your partners. Your list will be the bloodline of your growth and success.

12/15/2017
Avoiding Spam in Your Ad Campaigns

A merge of 2 good things 4 great results!

A fine and distinct line

At one time or another we have all seen statements pertaining to spam which are admonishing in nature but designed to make us aware of the negative effects spamming can have on our promotional and marketing efforts. Such statements often appear in the form of short, two-to-three word directives like, “Don’t Spam,” “Avoid Spamming” and “Advertise, Do Not Spam,” along with other similar cautionary phrases. What is often left unsaid is what spam is and the various ways in which it is defined and interpreted; so in this article we will try to provide some clarification.

First and foremost it is necessary to point out that there is a fine line between advertising and spam, but unfortunately many business owners do not understand the things that distinguish one from the other, although understanding these distinctions is very important in the sense that a smart and well planned Web marketing campaign can help to attract new customers and keep existing customers loyal, spam will likely alienate potential customers as well as an existing customer base. Such alienation can be extremely damaging to profit margins for many business owners. So let’s begin by taking a look at three examples in which basic Web marketing activities – banner ads, email campaigns and message board posts – can quickly cross the line from smart advertising to spam and how it can occur in each instance.

Banner ads

Banner ads are some of the most popular ad placement strategies that can accompany a Web marketing plan. They usually appear at the top of websites, spanning the width of a standard website – which is how they originally earned the name ‘banner ads’ – but in today’s marketing environment banner ads can actually refer to ads of various different sizes and shapes (instead of the standard 468×60 and the larger leaderboard 728×90 versions) that appear in an array of different locations on websites throughout the Web. In many cases a business owner (merchant) might purchase advertising space on certain websites but the banner ad may also be placed as part of an exchange or an affiliate marketing campaign.

Exchanges of banner ads occur when one business owner (say merchant A) posts a banner ad on his own website in exchange for his banner ad being placed on the website of another business owner (say merchant B). These agreements may be made individually between business owners with complimentary businesses or as part of exchanges facilitated by a third party (an affiliate of one or the other). In the case of affiliate marketing it is often the case that an affiliate will post advertisements for a given merchant on his/her affiliate site in exchange for compensation when the banner ad produces a desired effect such as, traffic to the business site or product purchases. The terms of these agreements are determined and agreed to beforehand and are generally based on a scale of pay per impression, per click or per sale/lead.

Now that you have a better idea of what banner ads are it is just as important to understand how they can be overused and, as a result of such overuse, be interpreted as spam. For example, judiciously placing your banner ad on a few websites which are likely to attract an audience similar to your target audience is smart marketing; whereas placing your banner ad on any website that will display the ad regardless of the target audience can be construed as spam. Be assured that Internet users who think your banner ads are everywhere they turn regardless of the content they are pursuing will not likely take your business seriously, in which case they certainly will not purchase products or services promoted under that business name as a result of such pervasive distribution of banner ads.

eMail marketing campaigns

Email marketing campaigns can also be very useful tools in the industry of Web marketing as these campaigns may involve sending periodic eNewsletters filled with information as well as advertisements and short, informative email courses or discounts on product and service offerings. Loyal customers who opt into a marketer’s email list will likely not view these emails as spam and may purchase additional products and services from the marketer or merchant as a result of this marketing strategy.

Additionally, potential customers who have specifically requested more information on certain products and services will also find this type of marketing useful. However, email recipients who did not request information are likely to view such emails as spam. Similarly, harvesting email addresses in a deceptive manner and using these addresses to send out mass emails will most likely be always considered as spam. In fact sending unwanted commercial email to recipients who did not agree to receiving emails from the sender are considered one of the reasons for enactment of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, more of which are highlighted in the excerpt below.

The CAN-SPAM Act was implemented in the United States on January 1st of 2004 as a means of protecting the privacy of consumers. CAN-SPAM is short for Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act. The act prevents the use of misleading “to” and “from” headers in emails. The law requires marketers to include their physical address in the email as well as an “opt-out” link in every email designed to give consumers the ability to reach the marketer and tell them they no longer want to receive information from them after which the email sender must remove this email address from their data base within 10 business days. Any email that contains sexual content must be clearly labeled and identified before the recipient opens it. Marketers have to get permission from the consumer in order to sell their email address.

Excerpt taken from Web Connections website. More about the legal aspect of spam can be obtained from, www.cauce.org.

Message boards

Message boards provide an excellent opportunity for business owners to obtain some free advertising where it will be noticed by members of a particular target audience; and if the products and services you or other business owners offer appeal to a specific niche, it is worthwhile to join message boards and online forums related to your industry of choice. Here you will find a large population of Internet users who may have an interest in your products.

You might consider including a link to your marketing website in your signature or posting the link when it is applicable to the conversation. However, care should be taken to closely review the message board guidelines so you can avoid doing anything inappropriate while employing a technique which many consider to be smart marketing. Conversely, replying to every message with a link to your website when it is not relevant to the conversation is likely to be construed as spam by other members. Once they begin to view your posts as spam, they are not likely to visit your website via the links you post.

11/16/2017
A Newsletter Adds Value to Your Opt-in List

A thing of value

As the owner or possessor of a given item the one thing you would like to have happen to that item is its appreciation in value, in the same or similar way that your home appreciates in value. Well, consider for a moment that when you subscribe to a list the subscription, in and of itself, is something you in along with other subscribers, and you get an opportunity to increase its value. You would welcome such an opportunity, wouldn’t you? Of course you would.

And although the appreciation here is not in $Thousands as it would be in real estate, but rather, in increased knowledge and helpful information which you might be able to use in your own home or business to increase cash flow, the fact still remains that your subscription would become a more valuable commodity. My point here is this: If you, as a subscription owner, would welcome the opportunity to enhance its value, wouldn’t you also provide such a value enhancer to YOUR subscribers or list members if you had such a list? Of course you would because you know they would benefit from it.

Such a value enhancer to any opt-in list is a newsletter which, when provided to your opt-in list subscribers, provides many benefits, one of which is sharing your expertise and knowledge about a given topic – preferably the one in which you’re most adept – as well as industry news, trends and other informational pieces that may be beneficial to them. Providing such a newsletter will be helpful to you/your business also, since it will give you an opportunity to put your expertise on display, thereby making a positive impression on your list members, who in turn might respond with positive feedback.

Subscriber-to-customer conversion

One benefit you/your business might derive from this entire process is the conversion of your list members from subscribers to actual buying customers; and another is the probability that these newly converted customers will recommend their friends, colleagues and family to you based upon their satisfaction with your knowledge, expertise and other ways they’ve benefited from your newsletter. In fact, all of them could very well be future customers.

But there are indeed other ways in which you/your business could benefit from a newsletter that you publish and send to your subscribers, not the least of which is driving traffic to your website, which often results in boosting the sales and profits of your site and company. It has been said that sending a newsletter to a subscriber list is merely a marketing ploy that will not make a huge dent in the sender’s marketing budget since it does not require many man-hours to develop; but my response is, such an important value enhancer is much more than a mere ploy. It is an integral part of your list maintenance and servicing program.

Ask yourself this question about sending a newsletter: If I could inform the my subscribers – and through them, the public – about my company, products and services, while keep them informed with valuable info, market data and industry trends, would I do it? If you answered yes then you are certainly in agreement with “78 percent of respondents” to a Content Marketing Institute study who said that they used newsletters; and 90 percent of respondents to a Nielsen Norman Group study who, when asked “how they preferred to receive company updates,” cited newsletters.

Theme-specific consistency

Of course it is entirely possible that you are not currently publishing a newsletter or having one sent to your list of subscribers on your behalf; and if this is the case then you may have to start doing a little research so that you can be as well informed as possible about how to have one published, if not publishing it yourself. I must admit that this task is not as easy as it may seem, but if and when you get an idea of what the process entails, the difficulty of such a task will be greatly reduced. So try to take the time to learn what you need to learn and get the work started on a newsletter that will add value for your list members’ subscription and enhance your credibility at the same time.

Contained in the following paragraphs are a few suggestions you can take into consideration when you decide to start your/your company’s newsletter.

First – Make sure that the content of your newsletter pertains to, and is closely associated with, your business or the theme of your website; and even when you divert from your main theme make sure not to stray too far from your field of expertise. Obviously you’ve started a website and your theme for that site will always be a topic you are knowledgeable about, so make your newsletter content based on that topic as consistently as you can, even if you have to include content about your company, your own origin and that of your staff.

Remember that visitors to a given website are there because they are interested in the content offered by that website, and if they sign up for a subscription via an opt-in list or for a newsletter, it should be interpreted and understood by the business/marketer that they want to be updated and informed about the same subject. So be sure that when you publish your newsletter you are providing information that meet the needs, and satisfy the interests of your subscribers.

Professionalism throughout

Second – It is of the utmost importance that you create well written, informative, content rich articles. Articles will be the body (main attraction?) of your newsletter, so they must be written in a clear, concise and – when possible – compelling manner so that your readers can understand and appreciate the content and feel a sense of gratitude to have received them, while they look forward with some excitement to your your next issue. Make sure to fact-check articles and spell-check them for spelling and grammatical errors to keep them looking professional and believable. The trust of your client to you and your newsletter is at stake here.

Third – Make sure to provide fresh, new articles that consist of new information that subscribers can use and appreciate. If you publish stale and rehashed content in a newsletter that your subscribers have probably read and known about already you will lose their interest and they won’t get to read what is most important to you, the offers you are promoting. In most cases they might not open or read any of your subsequent newsletters which will result in erosion of your own credibility in their eyes, and the trust they placed in you, thereby defeating the whole purpose of the newsletter.

Plagiarism is taboo!

Fourth – Avoid plagiarism by never using copyrighted material (content created by others without prior written authorization) such as photos and articles. Engaging in plagiarism will get you into a lot of legal trouble, which often results in financial loss. You can lose your business and get sued over copyright infringement. So if you do not have the time to write your own articles, there are many professional article writers who are ready, willing and able to do it for you at reasonable rates. Such an investment in writing and publishing articles by capable professionals will be well worth it when you see your list-building pursuits paying dividends in increased traffic, profit and value.

11/02/2017