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Effective Email TipsPosted by Richard D S Hill on: 2007-06-21 00:58:19
Self SEO > Internet Articles How do you ensure that you hit the mark, rather than just becoming noise in the recipient’s in-box? There more to say about effective Email than we can fit into a newsletter, but the tips below are a good start. Objectives Like all business programs, before you start an email campaign, you must define what you are trying to achieve. Be clear about your objectives and track the campaign effectiveness against these at every stage. Sophisticated and affordable technology now allows you to monitor interest by each click-through so you can target your future mail more accurately. Actions • Links: if you want to sell products from your Email, make sure that the links on the Email go direct to the product in question. Always include links to your website categories to prompt a site visit, in case no particular item in the Email grabs the recipient’s attention. Make the email work hard for you. • Delivery: don’t send too late on in the afternoon, or too early in the morning, as your message will most likely get lost in the tidal wave of spam. Provide both HTML and plain text versions, some readers prefer the nicer HTML look while others won’t be able to view an HTML version due to firewalls and filters. Keep the file size to a minimum, without having to sacrifice good design as some customers are still on slow dial-up connections. • Test, test, test: test frequency, format, design, copy style, calls to action, subject line approach, offers, content types and personalisation styles, product categories, frequency and more. Begin with a simple A/B split and repeat each test a few times to validate results. Monitor open and response rates for each test. • Website: your Emails’ effectiveness will still depend on the quality and functionality of your website. No matter how good the open rates, it is your website that converts interested visitors to paying customers. Hook and barb An Email must have a good reason for being sent. Customers are less likely to act positively if they have to spend time working out the point of the Email and more likely to respond if the point is clear. The hook of an Email is the single thought or message, expressed clearly and simply, that makes it easy for a customer to understand the point of the Email and should be stated in the headline and repeated in first sentence. As well as the hook you should also consider a barb – something that prevents of makes it more difficult to get off the hook. This might be an offer – from extra information to a price discount, from a free trial to a free gift ……….. and many more. • Subject line o Whether or not a customer opens is affected quite a bit by the subject. If the subject line is relevant or informative enough, customers are more likely to open the Email. • Headline o Like the subject, the headline and first sentence of the Email should be explicit and include the benefit to the customer. If the headline and first sentence offers something the reader considers to be valuable, they are likely to continue. • Post Script (P.S.) o The P.S. is not an essential element but it can be an effective way to highlight a particular point. Headline and follow Customers decide whether to read an Email based on the title and headline and start reading from the beginning. These elements and any P.S. get more attention than other sections of an Email and may be the only elements read at all. Recipients read the introduction to see if it's worth spending more of their time and tend to pay less and less attention to what is written as they scan more quickly through the rest of the Email. To make sure customers read the most relevant information, put the most important information (the hook) at the top, followed by the most important supporting information (the barb). To promote the chance of more detailed reading use sub headings and visuals to illustrate the later paragraphs. It's important to make it easy for customers to scan the Email so use dashes or bullets to express lists of ideas. Tone of voice Using the right tone of voice for your audience is important. It's important not to be too formal nor to familiar. The right tone for an Email varies, depending on the customer being mailed and the topic of the Email. (e.g. an Email apologizing to a customer for poor service should be more formal than the weekly newsletter.) Keeping focused is important - each word and each sentence must provide valuable information and have something to do with the hook or barb. Avoid excessive use of ALL CAPS, ****, !!! and ? It is tempting to use these techniques for emphasis or urgency but overuse is ineffective. White space Whitespace or the ‘space between’ is as important as the text in effectively communicating an idea or message. The eye can comfortably take in a limited amount of text at a glance, particularly on a computer screen. Cushioning the text with space helps readers scan the text more easily. Mirror design elements from your website in your Emails. Always offer an option to unsubscribe Always offer the option to unsubscribe. As a convention, recipients can now typically expect to see unsubscribe instruction as the last item at the bottom of the Email. About The Author: Richard Hill is a director of E-CRM Solutions and has spent many years in senior direct and interactive marketing roles. E-CRM provides EBusiness, ECommerce and Emarketing and ECRM - http://www-e-crm.co.uk  Print this article  Tell a friend
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- Posted on: 2010-06-12 13:28:23
I get a much higher open rate when I add the person's name to the subject line. In fact, for me it increases the open rate by about 30 percent. ------------------------------------------------------- Kerastase Kerastase Reflection dillan598
- Posted on: 2010-07-01 15:46:59
Make your subject line catch the eye of the reader. If you don't have a strong or catchy subject line that causes the reader to open your message (and studies have shown that with the volume of email your customers and clients are receiving, they have to decide in a matter of seconds if they want to open your email), what you say in your message doesn't make any difference. ------------------------------------------ Hotel Italy Apartments Italy williams8899
- Posted on: 2010-08-04 11:18:02
When we are on mobile devices like the blackberry or our cell phones, we lack the fluidity of the computer keyboard, and as such, we get to the point really fast. Now, pretend you’re on a mobile device, what would your message be now? ------------------------------------------------- UPVC Doors UPVC Front Doors Timothy8797
- Posted on: 2010-11-06 17:14:20
Most of the time we do not give much importance to email etiquette which is very important to build the lasting relationship with others. Here are few tips for effective email communication: # Write in a good mood: # Use the right Subject line: # Body or Content: # Attachments: # Signature: ------------------------------------------------ Application Control david29798
- Posted on: 2010-11-20 11:48:14
Make your subject line catch the eye of the reader. If you don't have a strong or catchy subject line that causes the reader to open your message (and studies have shown that with the volume of email your customers and clients are receiving, they have to decide in a matter of seconds if they want to open your email), what you say in your message doesn't make any difference. ------------------------------------------ SEO Organic SEO nicholas795
- Posted on: 2010-12-04 17:45:11
1. Use both upper and lower case letters. It is considered rude to write in all caps. 2. Keep your messages short. People online are busy; don't waste their time. You can always follow up with those that need more information. 3. Watch your spelling. It's easy to let it go, but your sending out messages with misspelled words is a bad sign to the recipient. 4. Minimize your use of HTML email. Most people today still don't or can't use it. Give someone the option of receiving your message in HTML (if you have to do it). If you need to use HTML, consider providing direct links within the body of your email to the webpages to which you're refering (See below for some examples). ------------------------------------ firewall configuration analyzer aaarwin67
- Posted on: 2010-12-20 12:02:16
Email is one of the most effective and widely used methods of communication. Email allows you to send conversation, documents and pictures in a smooth manner. ------------------------------------------------------ Search Engine Optimisation SEO Services bond4126
- Posted on: 2010-12-29 11:47:27
Five important tips to remember when witting emails:- 1. Determine Your Desired Outcome 2. Quickly Answers, “What’s the Point?” 3. State Benefits Clearly 4. Save the Whole Story – Stick to the Facts 5. Pretend Face-to-face Intro ----------------------------------------- firewall management shandy7894
- Posted on: 2011-01-07 02:16:31
Tips for effective email communication are below:- 1. Make your subject line catch the eye of the reader. 2. Keep your messages short. 3. Watch your spelling. 5. Minimize your use of HTML email. ----------------------------------------- USANA phoenixp160
- Posted on: 2011-05-11 10:12:13
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- Posted on: 2011-05-16 08:11:51
# Write a meaningful subject line. # Keep the message focused. # Avoid attachments. # Identify yourself clearly. # Be kind — don’t flame. # Proofread. _______________ Seo Submission Services phoenixp160
- Posted on: 2011-05-30 06:20:22
1. Write a meaningful subject line. 2. Keep the message focused. 3. Avoid attachments. 4. Identify yourself clearly. 5. Be kind — don’t flame. 6. Proofread. 7. Don’t assume privacy. 8. Distinguish between formal and informal situations. 9. Respond Promptly. 10. Show Respect and Restraint. _______________ Heathrow Taxi Gatwick Taxi jerremy255
- Posted on: 2011-06-20 05:30:05
Generally speaking, the sender and receiver see things from drastically different points of views. And from the perspective of a sender, we often do not spend time understanding who the receiver is and what their inbox might look like. Let’s have a quick glance at both sides: ___________________ Seo Services Seo Service cagenicolus
- Posted on: 2011-07-08 12:55:24
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- Posted on: 2011-07-21 08:32:34
There are basic steps to take to ensure a good email experience: * Make email part of your multichannel strategy * Keep your customers in the loop from the time they send an email in to you to the time that they get an answer to their question(s) * Manage your email flow so that you can meet your SLAs * Streamline your response process using email automation tools * Teach your agents to answer email properly * Monitor, measure and optimise your email performance ______________ Web Design Glasgow Glasgow Web Design abodeofseo
- Posted on: 2011-09-02 23:07:38
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- Posted on: 2011-09-30 09:40:13
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