Despite the fact that email has technically reached middle age, many businesses still use it today as a marketing venue. In fact, many supporters of email marketing contend that they have earned a good living and there is no better time to incorporate email marketing into your current marketing strategies, especially in the B2B market. For smaller businesses, this is a very cost-effective form of marketing.
Continual blasting of content that is irrelevant – If you want to ensure that your audience reads the emails you send them, our specialists can help you with your content and ensure that it is relevant to what you are offering your readers. Simply blasting your audience with irrelevant, uninteresting content will defeat the purpose of email marketing.
Not providing an entry for dialogue – We know that an effective email is similar to an effective blog or a “tweet” on Twitter. If your readers like the emails you send, they will share them with their friends.
Not tracking the numbers – When you send out your emails do you have an idea how many of them get bounced versus how the number of those that actually get read? If you don’t have that information, you are operating blind. You have to track this aspect if you want to know whether or not your email marketing efforts have been successful.
Many small businesses have yet to incorporate an email marketing strategy into their website marketing while those who did have failed at it due to the above common mistakes. Just keep that in mind when you first start out.