Email is apart of almost everyone’s daily life. It is being used as a mode of communication, particularly in business. Over the years, email has been a vital form of interaction and information exchange especially in this fast-paced world. Email has provided undeniable benefits to modern business communication.
People use email for the following.
- Transactions
- Confirmation
- Follow up
- File transfer
- Setting appointments
Almost everyone has at least one email account. Email is being used on a regular basis for personal conversation or business discussion. Moreover, email is required when doing registrations on websites – websites that people visit every single day.
Marketers have seen the advantages of utilizing this reality to grow business. Since people who are most likely to check their emails on a regular basis are the business or working section of the society, who has the ability to spend money, merchants have make use of email to advertise their products. This is what we now call as email marketing.
How it works:
Email marketing works as simple as sending emails to prospective clients. These emails contain advertisements that aim to endorse products and services, convince customers to buy, and develop or maintain relationships with existing clients.
Through email marketing, business promotion has become a more direct and personal approach of selling. Since your ads will go straight to people’s mailboxes, you can be sure that your promotion has reached its target.
Why Email Marketing?
So what really makes email marketing one of the most popular methods of making money online? Let me show you why you should start to make use of this remarkable marketing technique today.
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Cost-effective
Advertising through email means you do not have to pay for publicity on television, radio, billboards, and printed materials like brochures, flyers, newsletters, and posters. You do not have to pay for a bunch of workers to help you run advertising campaigns either.
Marketers may pay for some expenses such as email management software to track conversion rates, poster designs for a more visual approach, and email marketing specialists to create templates, but the cost for email marketing is far lesser than what you would suppose to pay with other promotional methods.
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It’s easy.
Once you have created and finalized a compelling email template and appealing photographs then you are ready to deliver it to your email list. All you need to do is select your target recipients.
Some marketers use email marketing software for assistance in managing, sending, and tracking emails. I recommend using autoresponders like Aweber, which actually comes with a $1 trial period of 30 days. After that, you can expect to pay $19/month.
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Targeted Market
People who signed up to receive emails are the only ones who will receive advertisements. This means that you are sending ads to people who already showed interest in your product. Otherwise, they would not subscribe.
Because email marketing is intended for a targeted group of people, it is most likely to deliver higher conversion rates. With this type of marketing, you know that you are making use of your time and effort efficiently and spending money on the right market.
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Extensive
Because of its simple operation, email marketing allows you to send messages to thousands of people around the world. Moreover, with the wide usage of the internet today, spreading information is just one click away.
Subscribers can share your promos and great deals to their friends. Take a moment to think about this. People are most likely to forward email ads if they know someone who might be interested, which means that your subscribers can help extend your reach as well.
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Option to stop subscription
Sometimes, people get annoyed with ads being delivered to their email addresses which might affect brand reputation. DO NOT SPAM PEOPLE!
Email recipients always have the choice to unsubscribe whenever they want. Though it is not really good to have “unsubscribers”, at least you have given options to let them know you understand.
Also, having an increase on your unsubscribe rate will give you an idea that your email marketing strategy is not good enough, making you recognize possible areas which need improvement.
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Instant results
Email messages are being delivered instantly. Through email marketing, you can see results right away. Purchasing products has become very easy by placing links to the check-out page. In just a few clicks, customers can purchase products in a hassle-free way.
Imagine sending an email to a list of 1,000 people and 50% of them bought a product which gave you a commission of $20. That would mean that you just made $10,000 with one email!
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Frequency of Communication
You have total control of your email list, so you decide how often you want to send messages to your target market. You may choose to send ads when there are promos, new offers, and new products. This way, they will be more updated about your brand.
Email Marketing Rocks!
Business has indeed taken a step forward in the marketing segment. Marketers have learned to improve advertising by adapting to innovation. Through technology, the way of communication has become not only accessible but also capable of providing surprising benefits to the business financial system.
The potential of building an email list and marketing to it is incredible, but just like anything else, you would need to take the time to really understand what it really is.
If you need help with email marketing or anything related to making money online, please feel free to contact me through my contact page, or simply leave a comment below.
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– John
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Hi John,
Great to be back on your blog.
I have been putting aside email marketing for one particular reason; I don’t like receiving them myself, even if it comes every 2 weeks or so. I kind of associate it with a lot of promotion hence a lot of up-sells and I dread doing the same thing to my beloved readers.
My questions;
1) How can I convince myself otherwise?
2) Are there any free email list software that I can try out first?
Thank you, John 🙂
It’s actually really simple to convince yourself. Just remember that you’re not everyone else and you’re good to go. Being that you’re most likely an online marketer, you’ve probably signed up to a couple of email lists and that’s what’s making you think that. You can build an email list on other niches, which will make tons of money. Even with the make money online niche, there is still a lot of money to be made. Just do me a favor and please don’t promote something that doesn’t work, ok? If it’s going to be about making money from home, give your readers a product that works. As far as software is concerned, I would recommend Aweber or Getresponse. Both work great and I know Aweber allows you to test drive their product for $1. I’m pretty sure Getresponse offers some type of special too.