Leveraging the Power of Email to Grow your Business

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LEVERAGING THE POWER OF EMAIL TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS The in-depth analysis of newsletters and the science of developing highly targeted campaigns. By Jason Boehle www.austininbox.com

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  • 1. LEVERAGING THE POWER OFEMAILTO GROW YOUR BUSINESS The in-depth analysis of newsletters and the science of developing highly targeted campaigns. By Jason Boehle www.austininbox.com

2. OVERVIEW

  • 3 most frequently asked questions
  • Why should I be using newsletters?
  • How do I get into email marketing?
  • How do I grow my list?
  • Discuss myths and legalities
  • Show email stats and analytics
  • Feature Email 2.0

3. WHY NEWSLETTERS? ROI! 4. DMA: ROI IS$50FOR EVERY$1SPENT!

  • More than Double than any other form of online advertising
  • 6x return from print catalogs
  • Spending on the Rise

5. 6. WHY NEWSLETTERS EXPANDED

  • ROI
  • Fast
  • Globalized
  • Personalized
  • Tracking
  • Complimentary

7. HOW DO I GET INTO EMAIL MARKETING? Where Do I Start? What do I Market? 8. HOW TO:8STEP PROCESS

  • Database Program or List Manager
  • Defined Target Audience
  • Collect Emails
  • Newsletter Software
  • Well Written Campaign
  • Process Removes and Bounces
  • Accurate Stat Tracking
  • Rinse, Clean and Repeat

9. LIST BUILDING 101

  • How todevelopandgrowyour list
  • Onlinelist building strategies
  • Offlinelist building strategies

10. ONLINEMETHODS OF LIST BUILDING

  • Your Website
  • Blogs
  • Social Networking
  • Message Board Posts
  • Other Lists
  • Email Signatures
  • Online Paid Advertising

11. OFFLINEMETHODS OF LIST BUILDING

  • Networking
  • Incentives
  • Classified Print Ads

12. Mythsof Email Marketing Busting Theories and Fabrications within the Email Marketing Industry! 13. MYTH #1 Clicking the unsubscribe button verifies my email to spammers 14. MYTH #2 Tweaking content is the best way to improve deliverability 15. MYTH #3 The better my CTR the more money I will make 16. LEGALITIES OF EMAIL MARKETING WhileEmail Marketingis a highly effective marketing strategy, there are somerulesandlawsin place that you must follow to be compliant.

  • Discussing..
  • Can-Spam Act of 2003
  • Best Practices

17. WHAT IS THE CAN-SPAM ACT?

  • Federal law that makes it illegal to send out unsolicited email in the United States.
  • Created to prosecute criminal spammers
  • You can spam!

18. HOW TO STAY CAN-SPAM COMPLIANT

  • Valid From Address
  • Valid Unsubscribe Link
  • Physical Postal Address
  • Verified Opt-in Email Addresses

19. BEST PRACTICES

  • Relevant subject, body and from
  • Instant unsubscribe removal
  • Confirmed opt-in data

20. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!

  • Misleading froms
  • Mailing off hijacked servers
  • Mailing users who have unsubscribed
  • Purchasing data from unknown sources
  • Scammy or misleading content

21. Analytics :The Science of Stat Tracking 22. MOST IMPORTANTSTATSTO TRACK

  • ROI
  • Open Ratio
  • Click Through Ratio
  • Bounces
  • Unsubscribes and Complainers

23. Email Statisticsfor Dale Carnegie Training of Austin Date Sent Email Name Sent Bounces Spam Reports Opt-Outs Opens CTR 11/3/2008 HIP last minute 2556 4.1% (105) 0 0.3% (8) 16.2% (397) 7.3% (29) 10/27/2008 Cold Calling 11/08 2436 4.2% (103) 0 0.2% (6) 16.0% (374) 2.9% (11) 10/27/2008 Coaching for High Performance-Temple 990 4.9% (49) 2 0.6% (6) 16.5% (155) 2.6% (4) 10/14/2008 HIP08 3414 7.3% (248) 1 0.4% (13) 17.5% (555) 7.2% (40) 10/13/2008 Copy of Effective Sales Leadership 3227 6.2% (201) 3 0.3% (10) 17.7% (537) 1.1% (6) 24. 1/3 RDOPENS IN 1 STHOUR 25. TIPS TO INCREASEROIANDTRAFFIC

  • Clear and direct subject line
  • Use the same from address in ALL emails
  • Provide relevant content
  • Use clean, consistent templates
  • Test, test, and more testing

26. Email 2.0:The Future of Email 27. SOCIAL NETWORKSANDRSSOFFER ALTERNATIVES TO EMAIL

  • FB, MySpace, Twitter, Friendster provide messaging service like email
  • Spam is much less of a problem
  • Great for groups
  • Stats show users spending more time on social networks than email

28. SOCIAL NETWORKS ARENOTREPLACING EMAIL ANYTIME SOON

  • Social Networks = younger generation
  • Businesses still rely on email to function
  • Belief that social networks waste productive work
  • Email is much more private

29. 30. CONTACT INFO: Email:[email_address] Phone: 512-383-5684 Website:www.austininbox.com Twitter: @jboehle FB and Linkedin: Jason Boehle Blog:www.inboxtruth.com ThankYou!