Emails are an important part of today’s business environment. The old “direct mail,” newspapers, radio and TV are great way to advertise, however building a list of interested buyers is todays way of growing any business.
Old Style Marketing vs The Internet For Quick Response
The Old Style Marketing is really non effective expectedly with home based business or business opportunity. Your message cannot be addressed with a short radio or TV 30 second ad. Newspapers are loosing readers and really expensive for the average home business.
The same for “direct mail.” People get mail everyday. The average “open or read” your message is around .25-.5%. That means if you mail 10,000 pieces of mail you may get 50 opens. The cost to mail 10,000 pieces will run $7,500 or more. Very expensive when email marketing is almost FREE.
The question then is, “does email marketing really work?” Well yes and no. Part of a good email, is knowing who you are targeting. Another part is good copywriting. Then there is “the scan rule.” You have only seconds to get their attention.
This leads to “headlines.” Take yourself. You probably get a hundred or more emails a week…correct? How many do you actually open? Then there is the “read rule.”
Of those that you actually open, how many do you “read?” You see most people are captured by the headline. Then they open the email and “skim” the email not actually reading the whole message.
If the message is of interest, they may go back and read the contents.
Does this sound complicated and tedious? Again the answer is Yes and No.
There is a company that will teach and guide you through Copy Writing and marketing. But before I go there, I found a great article on the subject of emails.
The article was written by –Vitaliy Dubinin. His article captured the very essence of emails in a simple business approach. So good I have included Vitaliy’s article. I did take the liberty to add a few lines of my own to his article.
Hope you enjoy!
“First I want to emphasize the difference between just copywriting and leadership. We know that writing good copy will allow you to make sales but what we really want to do is not have people to just buy from us or our products and/or join our business opportunity but we also want to INFLUENCE people to make better choices in their lives and become better at what they do.
Your overall intention when you are writing emails matters a lot. If you just want to make a sale or trick people into clicking a link so they watch the sales video and hopefully you get the dollars in your bank account, people will soon know it.
Set the intention to give to your prospects positive energy, share value with them in the form of stories and lessons so regardless whether they do business with you or not they will benefit from your emails tremendously.
‘I personally like to tell stories. Stories that give examples and help move my readers in a positive direction. Some stories are funny, realistic and heart-breaking. Like a good friend who was diagnosed with a life threatening issues that will take his life in less than a year. The story tells how he created a great home business so that the family would have a legacy after his death.’ – Bill Fletcher
Almost every word has should have an emotion behind it. When you write, transfer the feeling that you have inside your heart and soul and they will feel it.
Imagine that you are sending an email and there is an auditorium full of people. Some people real close to you will join your business opportunity, but the majority are on the sidelines at the upper levels of the auditorium, they are listening,
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following you and paying attention. When the time comes they will buy if you have been a positive influence in their lives.
Also it’s important that you BELIEVE in what you are promoting. If you don’t believe in the message, then no amount of tricks will help.
There are 4 reasons why people don’t buy from your emails:
- They don’t know what you are offering.
That’s why you need to write good headlines so people open the emails and get your message across well so they have a good idea what you are offering. - They don’t want what we are offering. It’s totally fine if people on our list don’t want what we are promoting. They can choose to stay subscribed if they get value from your emails, but don’t worry about catering to everybody. There are really 3 options that can happen to any of your subscribers – they are either going to buy, die or unsubscribe
Or continue to be subscribed if they want. - They don’t have the money – well there is not much you can do about it, business is a business.
- They don’t believe they can do it – here is where you shine and help people overcome their limiting beliefs that they can actually do it.
Are there more than 4 reasons why people don’t buy from your emails? Yes but these 4 are easy to review and fix.
The Power Of Storytelling
The Power Of Story Telling
The best way to write effective emails is always by telling an awesome story. People love real, emotional stories full of lessons and metaphors.
People don’t want us to just tell them that our business is the best, they want to figure it out on their own, and the best way to do it is through a story.
Remember that we want to build relationships with people on our email list and get them to know, like and trust us. What is a better way for someone to know, like and trust you then to send out stories about you and your life?
Russell Brunson in his book DotComSecrets calls it daily “seinfield” emails. Remember the T.V. show Seinfeld which basically was not about anything in particular just random happenings in people’s lives?
So you want to look at your life and find inspiration in it, some lessons you can draw from it. What is happening in your daily life pay attention to it cause you can use it in your emails! Kids for me are a never ending source of inspiration.
So when you are sharing a story, think about how it relates to what you want them to click on in your email and how you can transition your story to have people click on the link.
The more drama and emotions are in your story the better.
Get excited when you are writing your email, get into the right state of mind because excitement is transferable.
Also give people a reason why they should click on the link and what they are going to expect to see once they do click on the link. Is it a video they should watch, or read your blog post?
Tell them what they need to do and hyperlink those words.
The Cliffhanger
When you are writing an email it’s a good idea to invoke as much curiosity as possible in people. Let’s say you are telling a story and to get the most juiciest part they need to click on the link.
Or at the end of your emails have a P.S. line where you say what they are going to expect in your next emails and they will be waiting to open it once it comes!
Use Metaphors
The best way to get your point across is to use metaphors that relate to something that people can understand.
Let’s say that you want to convey that your compensation plan in your company pays extremely well. Instead of just bluntly saying it you can use a metaphor.
You can say imagine we are going to bake a big freedom cake and for that we need flour. One option is that we are going to take a small teaspoon and put it in the mixing bowl from the flour container or would you rather take the whole 1 cup measuring cup to get the flour to the mixing bowl? Well most companies pay teaspoon commissions and we are doing it in cups.
See how it better conveys the message?
Email Formatting Tips
Use skinny columns – it’s much easier to read and people prefer it when you have like a newspaper narrow width column.
Have Lots Of Space Between Sentences – when you write emails don’t do it in long paragraphs, it’s very hard to read. Instead write 1-2 punchy sentences and hit the ENTER button to separate the text. Most people are skimming the emails and not really reading every word so make it easy for people.
Be Short and To The Point – don’t write super long emails or long sentences that can be written in a much shorter way. The more clear and concise you can make the communication the better. Short, sweet and punchy is always better then long choice of words.
Emphasize key power words – you can bold, italicize or underline words that convey power like freedom, prosperity, success or whatever you want to really emphasize in your message.
Popular Email Subject Line Formulas
If they don’t open your emails, they will never even read them so it’s 70% of the game just to get people to open your email.
One of the most powerful headline formulas comes back to what drives human beings, we have 2 biggest motivators how to have gain and avoid pain. So how Frank Kern puts it:
- How To Get YAY Without Boo – what is the main benefit and what pain is avoided?
- Top ____ secrets, tips, strategies for [big benefit]
- Weird – if you can say things like poop in your subject lines it’ll definitely stand out!
- Special characters, emoji, brackets – you can add those signs, emojis that will really help your emails stand out in the inbox.
- Dramatic, emotional statements – for example here is the subject line – “I felt like he spit in my face”, “I wanted to punch him in the face”
- Questions – as a question in your subject line. People love to give their opinions on something.
- Create curiosity – when you invoke curiosity they can’t resist but open your email
But don’t promise people something in the email that you can’t deliver on just to get people to open your emails, because this is a good way to lose trust.
Final Thoughts
Email marketing is a very powerful way to build trust and convey your message to your prospects. You want to share stories in your emails, be interesting, exciting and inspiring. Get into the right state of mind before you write and follow the principles I shared in this post.
Above all be consistent. Nothing creates more trust then you consistently delivering great value from your heart and you are consistent with your overall messaging.”
–Vitaliy Dubinin
Again thanks to Vitaliy for this article. Take his ideas and use them in your marketing. The ideas are CORRECT…..they will get you noticed, build trust and will get your emails opened.
I mentioned earlier that Copy Writing is very powerful not only in emails, but in marketing in general. I highly recommend studying Copy Writing.
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Again thanks to –Vitaliy Dubinin for his email article. I hope you received value.
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