Effective e-mail marketing. (New Media Marketing).Docu-Management Corp., Champaign Champaign (shămpān`), city (1990 pop. 63,502), Champaign co., E central Ill.; inc. 1860. It adjoins the city of Urbana and is a commercial and industrial center in a fertile farm area. The Univ. , Ill., provides technical service for e-publications by creating, managing and distributing e-mails in a variety of industries, including agriculture. The company also operates eNewsletterMaker.com and eMail-It.com, providing expertise in Web communication and tracking tools. Jim Burgauer, director of sales and marketing for Docu-Management Corp., has compiled five tips to help utilize e-mail marketing Email marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or fundraising messages to an audience. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing. more effectively: 1 Create a Teaser teaser an animal used to sexually tease but not to impregnate the members of the opposite sex. Usually males and they may be surgically prepared to ensure that they cannot mate or are not fertile. . Short teaser articles in the e-mail should be tracked and linked to a Web page that contains all of the information. Docu-Management encourages clients to create a short article of 100 words or fewer. If the teaser intrigues the recipient, he or she will click on the link leading to the full information. This also provides the source-tracking capability that details the individuals particular interests, allowing companies to focus marketing efforts. 2 Consistent Format. This is true not only for e-mail services See Internet e-mail service. but for all services. Your pieces should have a familiar look that provides instant recognition, such as a logo or font font or typeface or type family Assortment or set of type (alphanumeric characters used for printing), all of one coherent style. Before the advent of computers, fonts were expressed in cast metal that was used as a template for printing. . 3 Quick Download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. Time. Mailings that work best have clean, concise graphics and display fully in three to five seconds. Users want quick display, or they tend to disregard the mailing. Often you can develop a piece that appears graphical, but really has only small graphic embellishments added to a properly constructed page. Be short, sweet and to the point. 4 Know Your Readers' Interests. Things that people have a specific affinity to are far less likely to be turned away from. By using tracking capabilities, you can fine-tune a publication to specific groups who you know have an interest in your message. 5 Provide a Clear, Undeniable and Working Means of Removal. If you're you're Contraction of you are. you're you are you're be in this business in a legitimate fashion, you must provide mechanisms for people to ask to be removed from the list and actually remove them. At Docu-Management, there are three levels of removal: 1. Remove me from this specific mailing or publication; 2. Remove me from any publication from this company or client; 3. Remove me from any publication from any Docu-Management client. To contact Docu-Management Corp., visit www. documgmt.com or call 888/377-8112 or 877/662-8901. |
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