Tuesday, May 19, 2009

9 Techniques to Writing Interesting Email

People do not want to be bored with your content. It is very important that you write your emails from the heart and in a manner that is not boring. People do not want to get an email that sounds like it was spit out of a robots mouth each week, so add a personal touch to your emails. Here are some ideas of things you can communicate with your list to achieve great results:

  1. Holiday Celebrations
    Many people like to celebrate holidays, and even more people spend money during these holiday periods. What about sending your dieting list a New Years Celebration regarding a resolution about losing weight. How about reminding your dating list that you are thinking of them on Valentine’s day? Keep the line of communication open and take advantage of every holiday as possible. Emotional connections are easiest during these times of the year.
  2. Industry News / Insight
    You can obtain industry news quite easily by doing a simple search within Google News or picking up the latest magazine or newspaper that would contain industry-related information. If you can continually deliver current information to your list, they will be inclined to open up your emails regularly, thus improving your chances of more conversions.
  3. Related Industry Info
    People that are interested in one thing are probably interested in many similar things. People who are interested in dog training dogs are
    likely interested in dog supplies. People who are interested in dieting may also be interested in quitting smoking. People interested in dating may also be interested in looking better. There are many connections that you can make between different industries and this gives you the ability to cross-promote to your lists. Do not limit your options!
  4. Expert Interviews
    Lining up Interviews with industry experts can be a great way to increase your credibility with your list. People love to learn information from experts. Other than the time it takes to line up an interview, the work on your part is very little. Many experts like to get their name out to as many people as possible and would be more
    than happy to do text, audio, or video interview for you.
  5. Personal Testimonials/Review
    Ready to recommend a product/service to your list? Give them some value and a reason to take a further look into what you are offering. There is nothing better than giving a candid review of a product, create a short little review page that outlines what you liked and did not like, or even put up a video review for your list to take a look at. The personal approach will be well received by your subscribers and they will be much more inclined to buy from you if you are honest and not overly “salesy”.
  6. Reach Out by Asking a Question
    Remember, often times people will see you as an imaginary figure and do not see that there is a real person behind the email. If you open a line of communication with your lists, it will give them the opportunity to contact you and will give you the opportunity to open up the dialogue with your potential customers. This will benefit you in many ways. If someone contacts you they are interested and are usually the easiest people to convert into paying customers. You will also gain valuable insight into the things that your consumers are looking for and you can in turn use this information as part of your marketing campaigns.
  7. Tips & Techniques
    People love to receive free tips & techniques, especially if they contain good information. If you prepare a “Top 10” list of industry tips, your list will be very responsive. How about delivering the Top 10 ways to create, improve, enhance, start, stop, remove, prevent, choose, select, run, reduce, make ___________.” This should give you ample ideas to get up and running with a Top 10 list.
  8. Guides
    Whip together a free guide or course and your list will love you! Looking for some information on what you could write on, just look through some of the article engines like ezinearticles.com or squidoo.com, take a few articles and put them together, re-write the content, and package it in a PDF. This is a great way to offer bonuses to your customers as well.
  9. Competition Hack
    Most people that would sign-up to your list have industry intelligence. By this we mean that they have an understanding of other products and chances are they have tried some of the other ones before. When a product has a lot of hype, it will be on people’s minds when they are contemplating buying yours. If you can give them reasons to buy yours instead with a real (and fair) comparison, you are likely to earn yourself a customer. Worst case scenario is that you earn a commission from the other product if they offer an affiliate program.

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