February 5, 2012

Merry Christmas

Hi Everyone

Thank you for following me this year.

Merry Christmas to all.

Cheers and Great Selling

Kurt

Email Mastery

Email Marketing Spending To Rise In 2010

Hi Everyone

Email marketing spending is due to rise in 2010, according to email research firm Silverpop.

Read the full article by David Goetzel of Media Post underneath.

Read the article here.

Cheers and Great Selling

Kurt

“Email Marketing Statistics- How Much Is Good?”

Hi Everyone

Over the past few months I have been working with new clients on their email marketing campaigns.

I invariably get asked about open rates and read rates and “How much is good?”

i.e. What percentages do other people get?

Well it all depends really.

What I find is over a period of say five email campaigns we can get a fairly strong indicative response rate from a list.  It’s still in the testing stage but roughly we can get to see what ‘numbers’ they are pulling.

By using this information the strategy begins to improve THEIR numbers and not worry about anyone elses.

We can also see if they should continue using email marketing as a strategy.

I am finding by looking at individual client statistics I am able to determine a more exact marketing campaign which could include the use of direct mail, sms or the telephone.

All very useful marketing mediums.

but…

email marketing is still the most cost effective and immediate results known marketing you can do.

So the point of today’s post is don’t hooked on what other people are doing.

Worry about what you are doing and make it better.

Cheers and Great Selling
Kurt

PS: Although many businesses close down over Christmas don’t ignore the hugely popular retail-driven January sales.

Don’t stop marketing, people are in the mood to spend during this period.

Personalise Your Email Marketing Subject Lines

Hi Everyone

One of the tips I give in my email marketing is to ‘personalise’ the Subject line of your email.

Most people don’t and it is strange for me to understand why not.

It will increase your open rates.

To make a point one email jumped right off my screen today.

It read, Hi Kurt “Our Christmas Specials Are Waiting For You”.

now…

this on it’s own my not have been enough to get my juices flowing

but…

when it has been the only email I received today to say ‘Hi Kurt” it did.

and more so it came from…

would you believe…

NEWS Ltd.

Hey, if the largest Newspaper Organisation in the World agrees with me
then I am happy with that.

Cheers and Great Selling

Kurt

Email Marketing Shouldn’t Be A Nightmare

Hi Everyone

Email Marketing Shouldn’t Be A Nightmare !

To learn email marketing you need to do a bit more then just send an email to a list.

I mean it can be that simple

but…

if you wish real success you need to understand the intricacies of the media.

You need to comprehend:

* subject Lines;
* personalisation;
* content;
* segmentation;
* copywriting clicks;
* measurements and statistics and then

be able to ensure you don’t mess with the Spam Laws.

Gosh, it can be a nightmare if you don’t know what you are doing.

However, this should not stop you from proceeding and helping your clients by delivering timely and useful messages to them.

If you are unsure what to do, simply grab my book to the right of this post -
IT WILL HELP YOU.

Cheers and Great Selling

Kurt