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WHAT’S WORKING IN EMAIL MARKETING?

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What’sWorkinginEmailMarke3ngTodayToday’sPresenter:

Bob Bly, Featured Guest Copywriter, Internet Marketing Strategist www.bly.com Phone: (201) 505-9451 [email protected]

Twitter: @robertbly

[email protected] | @Pinpointe.com | www.facebook.com/pinpointe | (800) 557-6584

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AboutPinpointe•  “BusinessClass”EmailMarke*ng

•  6,000+companiesusingPinpointepla[orm

•  MostlyMid‐Sizedbusinesses–“B2B”and“B2C”

Products•  Feature‐richinterface:spamchecker,splittests,dripmarke*ng

•  Agency/Enterpriseversions:•  Dedicated,cloud‐basedinstance(so_ware,emailservers,IPs)•  5‐250+users,250k–5millionemails/mo

•  Yourbranding

•  “PinpointeislikeConstantContactonsteroids!”–Pinpointecustomer

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AboutBobBly•  InternetStrategist,Copywriter

•  Authorof75+books

•  HasappearedonTV,andradio

•  ClientsincludeIBM,MedicalEconomics,AT&T,BOCGasses,andothers

•  Helpsawiderangeofclientswithemailmarke*ng,copy,directmarke*ng&more.

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TheAgora(“Organic”)Model

  “Marketersneedtoentertheemerginginnercircleoftrustedcompaniesfromwhompeoplearewillingtokeepreadinge‐mails.”

‐‐QurisInc.Survey,reportedinDMNews

 TheInnerCircleandthe“Ruleof16”

  “Stopusinge‐mailtoacquirenewcustomers”

‐‐RobCosinukeandChuckDeSynder,DMNews

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Contextual Advertising

Banner Ads

Premium for other Offers

Blogging

Online Ads

E-mails

PPC

Free e-zine

Postcards

Co-Regs

Search Affiliate Deals

Pop-unders

Pop-ups

Editorial Mentions

TheAgora(“Organic”)Model

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  4.5millionopt‐insubscribers  5XhigherCTRthansoloe‐mails  Spend$60millionamonthatwww.hp.com  Tripledaveragerevenuepersubscriber  Subscriberchurn30%ayear

Source:BtoB

E‐ZinesatH‐P

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#1 – Free Touch

Online Conversion E-mail Series

Lead Requested Free Content

#2 – Free Touch

#3 – Conversion

#4 – Conversion

#5 – Conversion

Product Order Page Buyer

OnlineConversionModel

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1.  Writeforsurfersandscanners.

2.  Provideinforma*onquicklyandeasily.

3.  Thinkbothverballyandvisually.

4.  Uselotsoflistsandbullets.

5.  Writeinchunks.6.  Usehyperlinks.

Source: Don Ranly, www.ranly.com, presented at NEPA

6TipsforWri3nganemailthatPeopleMightActuallyOpenandRead

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1. AEen3on2. Problem

3. Solu3on4. Proof5. Ac3on

Mo3va3ngSequence

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1. Attention

2. Problem

3. Solution

4. Proof

5. Action

Mo3va3ngSequence

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From: Carol Smithfield, IBM, Director of Executive Education Subject: “Redesigning your company for e-business”

In a secluded wooded enclave just minutes from Manhattan, a private group of top-level executives and renowned e-business consultants will be having — on March 6-9 — what could be the most important meeting of their lives.

And if you click on [LINK] now, you may be able to get in on these sessions while there are still a few seats available. And when you join them, you too will learn — from some of the nation’s top e-business experts and

consultants — what it takes to compete and prosper in the new Internet era. Including:

  A framework for building your company’s e-business strategy.   The key components of e-business redesign.   Adapting your corporate culture to satisfy today’s Internet customer.   How to gain a competitive edge with customer-valued Web solutions and services.

If you agree that the Internet has irreversibly changed how business is done, and you want to successfully lead your company, I urge you to click on [LINK] to sign up now. Registration will close out shortly, and once that happens, no further attendees can be accepted.

If you prefer not to receive further e-mails from us of this type, please click here or reply to this e-mail with “Remove” in the subject line.

Link in First 2 Paragraphs

Subject Line (maximum 40 characters)

Bullets

Opt-out language

Close with link and offer

From Line *

AnatomyofanEmailMessage

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PuttheLink“AbovetheFold?”

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E-mail: One Link Placed Deep in Body

Many Throughout

Open Rate 55% 43%

Click-Through Rate 2% 37%

Placethe“Call‐to‐Ac3on”AbovetheFold

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Up to 81% of recipients will pass it on!

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1.  Boost Sales, Increase Profits, and Expand Market Awareness

2.  FREE Direct Mail Encyclopedia

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(+)

(−) Spam filter depresses response

“Free” or other selling word lifts response

Net effect is still a lift in response

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1.  Businesstravelgotyoudown?

2.  Travelingwellisthebestrevenge.

3.  Travel*psforroadwarriors.

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1. Urgent2. Unique3. Ultra‐Specific4. Useful

The4U’s

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“Free White Paper”

Urgent ……………………. 1 2 3 4 Unique …………………… 1 2 3 4 Ultra-Specific …………... 1 2 3 4 Useful ……………………. 1 2 3 4

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  “From”isblankorcontains:

◦  sales@,success,success@

◦  mail@,profits@,hello@

◦  @public,@savvy,

  “To”contains:

◦  friend@,public@

◦  success@

  Subjectcontains:

◦  $$◦  adver*sement,free

  Bodycontains:

◦  moneyback,extraincome

◦  cardsaccepted,forfree?◦  forfree!,guarantee◦  Sa*sfac*on,one‐*memail

◦  SpecialPromo*on,absolute

◦  $$,$$$,ordertoday◦  ordernow,100%sa*sfied◦  money‐backguarantee

◦  mlm,@mlm,//////////

◦  checkormoneyorder

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  Beginwithakillerheadline&lead‐insentence.Getinaterrificbenefitrightupfront.

  Paragraph#1:delivermini‐versionofyourcompletemessage.Statetheoffer,provideanimmediateresponsemechanism(Call‐to‐ac*on)

  Next,presentexpandedcopythatcoversfeatures,benefits,proof,andotherinforma*on.

  Repeattheofferandresponseinthecloseofthee‐mail,asinatradi*onaldirectmaille4er.

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  Usewidemargins.Limitto55~60charactersperline.

  Avoidall‐caps.WORDSINALLCAPSgivetheimpressionthatyou’reshou*ng.

  Beconcise.Readersskimabunchofmessagesquickly.

  Gettheimportantpointsacrossquickly.

  Thetoneshouldbehelpful,friendly,informa*ve,andeduca*onal,notpromo*onalorhard‐sell.

  Informa*onisgoldinemail.

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  Audienceusedtotext

  Informa*onseekers

  Imagenotimportant

  Productnot“visual”

  Messageisperson‐to‐person

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  Audience used to HTML   Image is important   Product is “visual”   Branding is key

  Message can be “B2C” or “B2B”

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  Looksliketext

  Allowsgraphics&fonts

  TracklikeHTML

  Idealfor“B2B”

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The Rule of “10/10”

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Link to order page

Link to order page

News

Benefit

Promise

Testimonial

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RESULTS:

•  Opened: 30%

•  Watched video: 46%

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Results: Open rate = 29%

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  Tieinwithcurrentevents–themore*melythebe4er.

  Yourbestprospectsarepeoplewhoalreadyknowyou.

  Workthefunnel:free→front‐end→premiumservices.

  Sellingisthesameonlineoroffline.

  Thereareafewsmall,importantdifferencesbetweenofflineandonlinecopywri*ng

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Bob Bly Copywriter, Internet strategist

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