Is
email marketing for you?
All
websites need to offer an opt-in newsletter &/or email enquiry form.
Having
invested all that time and effort getting visitors to your site, if
you don't get their email address once they are there, you may lose
them for good!
In fact,
if you account for the fact that email is the most popular application
on the internet, email marketing is probably even more important than
your website.
Before
you start a campaign, however, you should answer the following questions:
1. What
are your goals?
- branding/awareness?
- customer acquisition?
- customer retention?
- new sales?
- repeat sales?
- customer feedback?
2. Do you
have the resources?
- time?
- tracking capability?
- copywriting skills?
3. Are
you ready for a successful campaign?
- can you cope with a large number of queries?
- can you fulfill the orders?
- are your staff aware of your campaign?
- do you need to get extra staff in to help?
If you
are serious about your online business, you can not afford to miss out
on the benefits of email marketing.
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is Spam?