E-Marketing 101: A Beginner’s Guide To Email Marketing

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Email Marketing First Step

If you've never created an email marketing campaign, you may still be wondering what email marketing is all about. You are right to be curious: email marketing has become the most popular form of marketing in the modern business world. It's cheap and flexible and has a global reach, and can turn a slow, sleepy business into a powerhouse.

So, now the questions start. How do you get started? What do you put in your campaign newsletters and emails? How do I avoid breaking the law? Keep reading to find out more.

How Should I Start my First Email Campaign? 

Defining Your Goals

First off, define your goals. Do you want your email marketing newsletters to sell goods and services or merely promote events? Who will you send them to? Once you've established what you want to do with your email campaigns, it's time to start looking for a service. Many online email marketing services offer sophisticated automation that will save you time. The top email marketing services not only allow you to manage and store your email list online, but create email campaigns, send them, and track your progress. Once you've found one that includes a ListBuilder or sign-up box, where customers can sign up for email or newsletters on your Website and the data is automatically fed into an online list, you can start building up a permission-based email list of interested customers. Remember that you should always get permission from your customers to email them or else you'll earn the label of a spammer and you'll ruin your online reputation.

What Should I Write in My Newsletter? 

Keep your e-mail copy relevant

The email newsletters that you are going to send have to be relevant to the products and the services you offer. Make sure your campaigns have a healthy balance of promotion and valuable info. For instance, one week you can send an email advertising products on sale, the next you can send an email of top tips that make your customers' lives easier.

Email Info From Other Folks 

Always be open to a 2nd opinon

Email Newsletter Templates
This is a great resource for understanding what features you should take into consideration when choosing email newsletter templates.
Video Email Service
This service allows you to send video / audio in your emails. This is a great way to convey all types of information without having your subscriber leave their inbox.
5 Tips to Improve your email campaign
Whether you are new to e-marketing or a expert email sender , these 5 tips will be sure to improve your on going email marketing efforts.
History Of Email
Ever wanted to know when "e-mail" began? This article exposes all of the wonders about the origin of " electronic mail". Pretty fascinating if you ask me.
Is your ip blacklisted ?
BlacklistedIP Service tracks for blacklisted IP, blacklisted E-mail server or blacklisted Domain. They monitor and keep track of any black listing issues as well as where the black list is located. Email deliverability is affected, if the IP is on blacklist.
Spam isnt just "canned meat"
Worried about being declared a " spammer " . Learn all there is to know about staying on the "light side" of online marketing.

When Should I Send My Campaigns? 

Schedual your newsletters

A good frequency to send emails is once a month. Once a week is too much, once a quarter is not enough. If you send emails once a month and you make your content the best it can possibly be, you'll never be accused of sending too many emails or spamming your customers to death.

What's in Your Inbox ? 

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Is Bulk Emailing Against The Law? 

Adhering to the rules

If you are a legitimate company and can adhere to the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, you will have no problems. The CAN-SPAM gives out penalties for the obvious abuse of email marketing, such as emailing customers without their permission. To comply you have to give your customers and clients and Opt-out option when they want to unsubscribe. As long as you gather permission first and make your emails relevant and valuable, and you give your customers an easy way to unsubscribe, you'll preserve your email marketing reputation and see your sales grow.

by DIY-Karl

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