Email marketing is one of the most cost-effective and efficient ways of reaching potential customers, connecting with existing customers, and encouraging them to engage with your brand. If you’re unfamiliar, email marketing is the process of sending out mass emails to a group of people. These emails can contain anything from text to pictures attached in a tiny square, the “jpeg”. In this article, we’ll discuss how to create a great email marketing campaign in just 5 minutes.
Choose Your Email List
If you’re looking to create an email marketing campaign, the first thing you need to do is establish a list of your target audience. This is your group of people that you plan on sending emails to. The process of building a mailing list is very easy and there are a variety of tools that you can use to do so.
Depending on your resources and requirements, you may decide to go with a free tool such as MailChimp or Aweber or you can opt for a premium tool such as Mailbox or Jetpack. What you need to keep in mind is that building your mailing list is a long-term play and it requires consistency.
Set Up Your Email Template
Once you have your email list, the next step is to set up your email template. An email template is the barebones of an email. It consists of the heading, the message, and the signature. Some companies will even include photos in their templates so you can imagine how much cheaper it is to send out a template as opposed to a unique email to each person on your list. You can also download pre-made templates from various email marketing platforms such as MailChimp or Campaigner.
The nice thing about email templates is that they take a lot of the work out of creating and distributing emails. You can simply edit the template and send out a new one whenever you have new content to promote or a sale to announce.
Create Your Subject Line
When you’re writing your email subject line, you want to keep in mind that your line will appear in the subject line of your recipients’ inboxes. To get the most engaging and attention-grabbing subject line, you need to understand how people normally behave when it comes to email. You can view this as a traffic problem and solve it using behavioral marketing. To put it simply, people open their inboxes to read their emails and to see what’s new. If your email doesn’t appear relevant to their needs, they may delete it without even reading it.
From my own experience, I’ve found that the best way to get people to engage with my content is by using personalized subject lines. For example, instead of just using “Hey there!”, say something like “Hey Susan! It’s been a while. Hope you’re doing well. Just wanted to let you know about some exciting news…” That type of personalized subject line gets people’s attention because it’s tailored to them specifically.
Design A Great Email Marketing Logo
An email marketing logo is the image that will appear at the top of each of your email messages. Having a unique and eye-catching logo that stands out is integral to getting your emails to be noticed. There are many free logo generators online that you can use to create a logo that will fit perfectly with your campaign. You can also use your existing logo in different sizes and with different colors.
Find The Right Place To Distribute Your Email
Now that you have your logo and your subject line, you need to find a place to distribute your email. There are a variety of places that you can send your email including social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can also use platforms like MailChimp or Campaigner to create a distribution list and send your email to it.
The key here is to find a way to get your email in front of as many people as possible. If you have a specific group of people that you think would be interested in your content, you can use social media platforms to reach them. It’s also worth considering other methods of distribution including paper flyers, billboards, and email blasts.
Take Advantage Of Digital Marketing
If you decided to use email to promote your business, you can take advantage of some of the most effective digital marketing techniques. You can put a QR code (short for “Quick Response Code”) on your website, social media accounts, and even in your email signature.
A QR code is an image or a series of characters that can be scanned by a smartphone camera so that the device’s user can be taken to a website, social media account, or phone number. When scanned with a smartphone camera, a QR code will appear as a small box with a key in it. This key can then be used to access the item associated with the code. For example, if you have a business blog and you want to associate yourself with the item “blogging”, you could put “blogging” in the middle of your QR code and someone scanning the code with a smartphone camera will be taken to your blog for more information.
Add Additional Content
Once you’ve distributed your email, the next step is to add additional content. This could include anything from an announcement about a new product to an offer for a free trial of your service. The key is to add value to your email while staying consistent with your brand.
Adding photos to your emails can help make them more interesting. You can also use colors and fonts that are incorporated into your branding for emphasis. If you add an interesting anecdote or a fun fact about your product or service, you’re sure to catch the attention of at least a few people.
Editable Media Kit
A well-designed media kit is an important part of any marketing campaign. When done right, a media kit can be the tool that gets your creative content in front of journalists, bloggers, and other content creators whose work you want to feature in your communications. However, since most media kits are designed to be printed out and then mailed to a journalist, you may miss out on the opportunity to communicate with your audience online.
Fortunately, there are several options available that allow you to edit your media kit in real time while you’re sending it to a journalist. For example, the Campaigner media kit allows you to make changes as you go and to add/remove content as needed. Once your media kit is done, you can send it as a PDF document or an email.
Monitor Results
You may be wondering how effective your email marketing campaign was after you’ve already sent out the last email. To monitor the results of your email marketing campaign, you need to set up automated email replies that contain a simple “thank you” message and then monitor those emails for responses.
Depending on how you’ve set up your email marketing campaign, you’ll either need to monitor a specific inbox or you can set up automated notifications via email or a mobile app. In either case, you’ll need to monitor the results of your email marketing campaign so you can determine the next steps of the process.
Email marketing is one of the most cost-effective and efficient ways of communicating with customers. Because email marketing is a long-term play, you need to be consistent with your efforts to see results. To get started, simply take five minutes to send out an email and then sit back and wait for the feedback to come rolling in.