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Powerful Promotions through Email
Chapter Two
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Chapter Two
Direct Email MarketingPiggyback Email MarketingViral Marketing
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Direct Email Marketing
“A measurable system of marketing that uses one or more advertising media to effect a measurable response and/or transaction at any location, with this activity stored in a database.” from Direct marketing magazine
SimilaritiesDifferencesPromotionsNewslettersTiming
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Direct Marketing – Similarities
MeasurableMultiple contacts are necessaryMust manage operationsMessage construction is key– ADD tips FROM COX INET MKTG BOOK
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Differences – email vs. direct mail
Contains the whole story (and about 50 pages of collateral)Limited to printed materialsCosts = .35 – 1.00 per piece
Better to use short, fast-loading high-impact teasersCan use graphics, videos clips, etc.Costs may be as low as $.00075 per mailing
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Differences – email vs. direct mail
Not certain as to day or hour message arrivesResponses from mailings are delayed and more expensive
Can time the message
Responses may be immediate – action can be immediate
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Permission-Based E-Mail
User Reactions– 2% Delete Without Reading– 7% Open Somewhat Annoyed– 30% Were Indifferent– 48% Were Curious to Read– 13% Were Eager to Read
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Promotional E-mail
Order and Shopping Cart ConfirmationsSales of Add-on Products and ServicesMore receptive audience4% to 12% Response Rate
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Promotional Email Guidelines
Prospects– Include joke or fantastic fact– Regular mailings increase awareness
Existing customers– Acknowledge your appreciation of business– Only send emails if you have needed information
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How To Be EffectiveDon’t Use Traditional CopyUse An Accurate HeadingMake It PersonalGet To The PointGive IncentivesDrive Them To Your WebsiteBuild A RelationshipFollow Through
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Creating Email
Offer– Call to action– Live text link – graphic– Incentive to click-through
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Creating Email
Incentives– Promotional give-away– Special sale– Sweepstake, lottery, prize
Unique Information
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Creating Email
Header– Subject Field– Why the email is important– Be specific– Use the space for brand
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Creating Email
Body– Brief– Same look and feel– Easy to read and navigate– Personalize– Opportunity to opt-out
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Creating Email
Rich media– Better response rate
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Email – not SPAM
Frequency managementEmail alerts– High information value
Personalize the message– More than just a name
Mimic successful tactics from direct marketingAdd “immediacy and interactivity”
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Newsletters
Newsletters contains information that is useful to the prospect, whether they buy your product or not.Content is key– Specific to needs of your customers– See Table 2-1, pg 29 in Bergman text for ideas
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Timing
Newsletters – regular basisPromotional mailings– Once a month – rule of thumb– Too often = many opt-out requests– Consider customer needs– Product nature – Information intensive?– Split your list and test to determine frequency
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Piggyback Email Marketing
Definition: Renting space in someone else’s newsletter.Right newsletter = most cost effective methodNot appropriate for local businessesFrequency – similar to newspaper adsVendors – see CD
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Viral Marketing
DefinitionSuccessRequired elements
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Viral Marketing
Natural consequence of a positive experience– Word Of Mouth– 81% pass-along … 49% to 2+ people
Early examples– Hotmail– Dancing Baby
Speed up the awareness process w/out SPAM
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Viral Marketing
Both parties must gain something from the interactionWord-Of-Mouth Advertising
• Forward to a Friend Option• Quiz Results• E-Greetings
– Difficult to Measure
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Viral Marketing
Newsgroups/usenet– 20,000 discussion forums
Online groups– Browse the discussion – look for opportunity to contribute– Keep posts short, casual– Initiate discussion incognito
Don’t SPAM– Kicked off the ISP
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Chapter Two Assignment
Develop a Viral Marketing idea (related to your final project)– Submit creative and implementation plan
Write three emails– Attract customers to your site– Follow up email for 1st time visitor– 3rd email to entice purchase or action