Friday, November 14, 2008

Email Marketing Tips and Resources

By Gibson Maseko

Today, email marketing is fast becoming one of the most popular techniques of Internet marketing. It has been proven time and again that email marketing is one of the most effective ways to distribute a message regarding a particular product or service. This is a short introduction that will reveal to you the obvious benefits and weaknesses of email campaigns.

To the 'Internet Savvy' mail marketing creates a certain potential not found elsewhere. This is a technique that can reach millions of prospects at lightning speeds. This is certainly possible with other types of advertising but traditional methods such as television, radio and the print media are not nearly as effective for reaching potential customers around the world all at once.

One biggest advantage to this form of marketing is the low running cost associated with a campaign. Other forms of advertising can be very costly but email marketing involves very low overheads. A list of recipients is imperative before you can start your campaign. The cost of email distribution is also very low and easily absorbed.

Email marketing does have some costs associated with it when you consider the 'copy' has to be created but these are only minimal. This is often used to pay writers and designers who will create some nice ads for you. The cost varied widely, and the more experience they have the higher the costs will be. The more experience one has the better the result will be.

Spamming is one of the biggest setbacks of email marketing. This will have a deadly impact on the business profits. Spam, infiltrating email boxes has become a serious problem for Internet users who are now cautious and suspicious about any email they receive which is unsolicited.

Email management systems have an uncanny ability to remove all messages that uses headlines that are similar to spam messages. Those which are not automatically deleted may be deleted without being opened simply because the recipient does not recognize the sender. With an email marketing campaign there is always a risk and people will show no reluctance to report your company to the relevant authorities for sending out spam.

Are you still interested to know how to implement email marketing for your own business? The most important factor to consider is your email distribution list. These would include your former customers, the current and all prospects who have agreed to participate in the mailing list.

It is also imperative you have nicely crafted content to interest the reader. Make it an effort to give valuable information instead of sounding like an ad copy. Maybe you can include some additional offers as part of your email marketing so at the end of your email it entices them to take the action 'now' to purchase.

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