February 6, 2012

Email Marketing: Plan Now For Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.  It just happens
to be a very big day in the buying/selling calendar and
also a great day to seque your marketing into it.

Make sure you plan a series of emails to take advantage.

Believe in Yourself
Kurt 

Email Marketing: Is NEVER just one email.

Email Marketing is NEVER just one email.  Plan a series of them.

Email Marketing: The Most Asked Question Is…

The most asked question I receive from my clients is:
“What Do I Write In My Emails?”

They get confused and anxious and some do nothing.

So let me add to the Email Planner and Email Step Diagram
I sent you in the last couple of weeks and give you your next tip
to writing money-making, dollar driving emails.

To overcome the difficulty of deciding what to write, simply look
at the 8 different emails report.
http://www.kurtjohansen.com/8emailoffer/

For instance, inside you will see:
Email Type Two:  Discuss a Special Event/Holiday. 

With this type of email you would discuss ‘Australia Day’ this Thursday or
prepare a series of emails for Valentine’s Day on the 14th February.

The idea is to seque into an event or a holiday and piggy back off the back
of it.

Knowing what to write can be daunting but if you follow my ‘There Are Only
8 Different Types Of Emails’ you WILL be Ok.

http://www.kurtjohansen.com/8emailoffer/


Believe In Yourself

Email Marketing: More Free Help In 2012

In my last email I included an email step diagram which
can be used to plan most of your email campaigns.

The feedback I received from the email step diagram was
phenomenal with many people asking for further assistance to
help them decide what to write in their emails.

Well, without getting into copywriting there is a report/e-book I
wrote which outlines there are ONLY 8 Different Types Of Emails
you can write.

The 8 different types are listed with examples of each.  It’s a no-brainer,
self help, easy to follow email marketing manual which will make your
email marketing results explode like the Sydney Harbor Bridge on
New Year’s Eve.

And…

I’m giving it away.

Here is a link you can get it from but you must subscribe first.
http://www.kurtjohansen.com/8emailoffer/
It won’t cost you anything but you do go into a list so I can manage
how many fre.e reports have been downloaded.

Use this report in 2012.

It will help you when your mind goes all blank and you think you
have nothing to say.

If you would like more help there are coaching levels on my website.
www.kurtjohansen.com 
Feel free to check them and get yourself an email marketing coach in 2012.


Believe In Yourself

Kurt

Email Marketing: How To Plan A Series Of Emails

Hi and Welcome to 2012.

I have purposely refrained from posting about looking back at 2011 and writing
down what worked, what didn’t, and then to start writing what your goals for
2012 will be.

I mean to say all that is good but the reality is only around 2% of people actually
do it.

That leaves a massive 98% of people NOT doing it.

And I can see why.  It’s just too hard for most and the reward you expect to gain
is not worth the effort.

One motivation theory is all based on the reward you receive from the effort you
put in.  And I intend to agree.

Why would you go to exceptional lengths only to be underwhelmed by the
reward/the prize at the end.

But you do need to do something.

Don’t let the year just tick over like the clock in your bedroom, only making sense
for a fleeting 2 minutes a day when you get up and go back to bed.

The other 1,438 minutes in a day your bedroom clock is irrelevant.
Or in percentage terms, your bedroom clock is only relevant for 0.14% of the
time.

So what should you do?

What magical wand do you need to ensure your email marketing is successful in
2012?

You need to have a tool which makes total sense to you 100% of the time and
steers you in the right direction all of the time.

Well in actual fact you need two tools.

1. Is a simple Yearly Planner.  You can get these anywhere.  It’s  a planner which
allows you to program  email marketing campaigns throughout the year.

Here’s an example: 

Yearly Planner

Yearly Planner

 

You can buy one from a stationery shop, newsagent.

Gosh check out your diary.
It doesn’t matter if you use an on-line diary or an
electronic one.  A yearly planner would exist at the
front or the back or somewhere in a drop down box.

How you use it is very simple.  Look throughout the
year and program special dates you would like to target.  These could be holidays
like, Australia Day, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day etc.

It could be events like your birthday, opening of a store or launch of a new product.

Then…

Plan a series of emails backwards from that date.  I recommend you always look
at programming at least 4, 5, 6 and even 7 emails in a campaign.

Marketing meets Strategy

 

This is where you Marketing meets Strategy.

The emails are sent out in a logical, meaningful series
which takes the recipients on a journey.

A journey which ends at your pre-determined date.
 

To help program these emails it is necessary to have the second tool.

2. You need, what I call a Step Diagram.  This is a process whereby each email
campaign is specially crafted to link to the next one.

Email Step Diagram

I have included a picture of
what I mean here, and I find
this to be an essential
tool for all my email marketing
campaigns.

Why?

Because email marketing is
NOT about sending one email
and waiting for a response.

 

 

Email Marketing is about planning a series of emails to reach a pre-determined
goal.

Of course there is also another element to email marketing success.

Just as golfers, tennis players, swimmers or any elite professional knows; it’s best
to have a coach to help you achieve your desires results.

So if you need help check out my Coaching Plans in the middle column of my blog.

I’m sure there is one there to help you.

So there you have have: How To Plan A Series Of Emails.

It’s a simple as:

1: Planning your year.

2: Planning what you wish to say in four-seven emails; and

3: Engaging an email coach.

Happing Email Marketing in 2012.

Believe in Yourself
Kurt 

Email Marketing: How To Segment Using Price

When sending out emails to clients about your Christmas offerings this week try to
segment into price ranges.

i.e. Here are my less than $20 products -

Here are my less than $50 products -

Here are my over $100 products.

It will make it easier for them to choose a gift for their family and friends.

Believe In Yourself
Kurt 

Email Marketing: How I Made My Wife Cry

Hi

“How I Made My Wife Cry”

But first…

Life’s a funny game at times, isn’t it?

You strive to do your best. You attempt every imaginable trick
to gain knowledge, wisdom and success.

But sometimes it just alludes you.

You think, “Is it me?” “Am I doing something wrong?”
“Why is the world doing this to me?”

You ponder, “I am honest, I work hard, so what’s wrong with me?”

If you have ever been in this position then you are not alone.

Many people want more in life.

The successful one’s understand you cannot do it alone though.
To be successful you need to have people around you that can help
you achieve your dreams. People who can help you move towards
your passion.

If you are struggling to get where you wish to be it may be because
you haven’t reached out to the right person yet.

Look around you they will be there. If not; you may need to look further
afield or broaden your horizon. There will be a willing hand somewhere.

If it’s email marketing help you need a hand with take a look at the different
coaching plans I have:

Coaching Level KJ: Lite

Coaching Level KJ: Deluxe

Coaching Level KJ: The Motherlode

What I have discovered over they years as a business consultant is
it’s all about relationships.

For emailing you need to have three key elements in play:

  1. The List;
  2. The Relationship with your list; and
  3. The Offer you are making.

Life is so much the same. You have to have these three elements in
play too.

Let’s now seque back to the start.

So…

How Did I Make My Wife Cry?

I just used the three key elements I use for email marketing.

Eiffel Tower

1. The List in this instance is my Wife;

2. The Relationship is 25 years of Marriage; and

3. The Offer is 10 day holiday in Paris and a booking
at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant; including “privileged
seating by the window with Trocadéro view” on the
night of our 25th wedding anniversary.

 

Simple isn’t it.

Make sure you prepare to make your ‘list’ emotional in 2012 too.

Contact me now if you need help.

Just go over to the right and use the contact page.

Believe In Yourself
Kurt 

Email Marketing: If Your Marketing Is Not Working…

Hi
If your marketing is not working then change the words.

Believe in Yourself
Kurt

Email Marketing: How to build your list, quickly.

"How do I build my list?" is always on the minds of internet marketers.
It's by far the most puzzling riddle most people fail to solve quickly.
But for me...

This is the WRONG question to ask.

You should be focussing on:
'How do I get my name out in front of more prospective buyers quickly?'

Let me explain.
List building is fine but is everyone joining your lists going to be buyers?
It really shouldn't be about attracting a herd of people but attracting
the right people to your business.  Ones that are receptive to your
offers and ones who wish to create and maintain a relationship with you.
To actively seek the right people and the right connection take a look
around you and see if there is another merchant whom your clients could
do business with.
Because...

The fastest way to jump out in front of more people is to jointly
market with another like-minded and complementary business.
That is; to be introduced by another business to their lists in a
reciprocal marketing marriage.

You do this by approaching another business who has a product or
service which your client base should be attacted to and offer to send
out an email introducing them.  In return they do the same for you.

If you are into direct mail (and you should be as well as email
marketing) this is often done with the business being introduced
'writing and paying the postage' for the privilege.

The on-line world is agast with 'affiliate programs' and they work
wonders.  But I am not suggesting this is an affiliate program.
It's an introductory program whereby you are introduced as a sound
and responsible business person who has products and services which
may be of interst to another person's lists.

You will get exposure you never had before and if your offers are
valuable, than your lists will build.
Certainly faster than many methods being touted over the internet.

Old fashioned style marketing of reciprocal introductions still works
today.

It also helps overcome the biggest fear all new prospects have; which
is TRUST.

When you are introduced by someone who is already trusted by their
crowd your introduction will be welcomed.

So get to it and start writing out a list of businesses you know who
have products and services which complement your customers' desires.
It could be businesses in the same group of shops as you.
It could be businesses who have stalls in the local market.
It could be other internet marketing friends who could introduce you
as a trusted and honest person.
It doesn't really matter - they will be there if you look.
Believe In Yourself
Kurt 

Email Marketing: I can teach you to write emails that sell

Hi

One of the great achievements in the last 25 years is the creation of EMAIL.
It’s been used, abused,  buried, slowly killed off but still very much exists.

A recent report showed over 50% of people have fessed up they will read their emails
whilst on holidays in the coming weeks.

Why do you think this is so?

Most likely because it has become ingrained in them to do so and also because they
receive emails via their mobile phones.

Many of these emails  will be deleted but a few will resonate with them and force them
to take action.

Over the years I have been email marketing I have learned How To Write Emails That
Sell and I can teach you too.

Over to the right I have three different levels of coaching.  If you are ready to make
more money in your business using this cost effective means of advertising then click
on one of them.

My KJ Lite, KJ Deluxe and KJ Motherlode are aimed at helping everyone from the new
novice to more experienced business person.

And I can help you too.

Click on the links in the middle column of my HOME PAGE and start your journey
to email riches NOW.

Believe In Yourself
Kurt