Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Email Marketing Tips and Resources

By Gibson Maseko

In the ever changing scenario of the digital landscapes, email marketing still has a respected place in the scene. There are many advantages to email marketing as a method of promotion which have made it one of the most sought after ways to promote a new product or service. This is a short article that will reveal to you some of the advantages of using email and how this method can be used to maximize your income and sales.

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.

It is also a very affordable way to reach large numbers of potential customers. Other forms of marketing come with a higher price tag attached than email marketing. It cannot be done without an email list to work from. There is almost no additional cost involved when distributing emails except server and bandwidth usage.

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.

The most obvious disadvantage to email marketing is the possibility of having your emails viewed as spam. This is one of the dreaded outcomes that continue to haunt modern day email marketers. Spam and infiltrating people's email boxes must be avoided at all cost.

email systems can and will remove all mail s that contains headlines that are similar to spam messages. Those that are not deleted will be deleted by the user for not recognizing the sender. There is a risk that the recipient will report your email marketing message to the relevant authorities for further action if they consider it as spam.

Now you have understood the benefits and risks of email marketing, you may be interested to know how to use this for your online business. The most important point to remember if you want to succeed in any email campaign is the list. The mailing list will be but not restricted to your former, the current and all prospects who have an interest in your products and services and have agreed to receive the emails.

It is also imperative you have nicely crafted content to interest the reader. It should put the message across without appearing to be a hard sales pitch. Most email marketers offer some form of incentive for responding to the message.

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