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Content • What is marketing • E-Marketing • Targeting • Content • How to read stats • How to turn warm leads into sales
Marketing Strategy “The purpose of your marketing strategy should be to identify and then communicate the benefits of your business offering to your target market.” Source :- Business Link
What is marketing? • Identifying what your target customer wants • Pulling not pushing • Identify your USP • Looking good – Branding • Use emotion • Safety – healthy – environmental etc. • The step before a sale
Traditional Direct Mail • Last year the UK spent over 2 billion pounds on traditional direct mailings • A good direct mail campaign will get 1% open rate • Therefore 99% was wasted! • Imagine the energy and materials being wasted on each mailing and the lack of results
E-marketing • The most • Powerful • Flexible • Cost effective • Measurable • Time driven • Form of Marketing
Lets play the targeting game! • A clean and healthy way of understanding the difference between marketing and target marketing
Targets • Use your database to target the message • Use not only contacts but light touches! • Collect business cards – goldfish bowl! • Segment by marketing strategy • When and what they want to see Remember to update your database every month!
Legal requirements • Permission Marketing • Managed Unsubscribes • Legal, Decent & Honest • Advertising Standards Authority • Data Protection Act
Market research • Use e-newsletters as your market research • Create product/service subjects • Measure click throughs • Establish what people look at
Content • Well thought-out with punchy words • Relevant pictures • Links to your own web site • Spam words! - A must • Platform checking! - A must • Auto responders • Triggers 150 words per article is great
Timing • Timing is everything • Same time every time • Not Mondays or Fridays • 10.00 am to 4.00pm is ideal (Not lunchtime)
E – Newsletter stats • The only marketing which is totally measurable • Real time results • The ability to create warm leads • Salesman's dream!
Stats – the must have list • Unique opens • Links to your website and others • Bounces • Unsubscribe • Forwards • Triggers • Auto downloads
What next • Reap what you sow • Follow up calls they are warm now! • Seek feedback • Learn what people want to see • Plan next e-newsletter well in advance The follow up is so important as it is what seals the deals
Now what • E-marketing is the most powerful and cost effective tool in your business growth plan • Create a plan • Work the plan • Measure the outcome • Review and improve
Now lets break • Coming Up: Mark with the power of the internet and how to make it work for you