YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS!
Why is it when a new client comes to me and asks for help and we start to explore all the things they are doing and not doing that email is always so low on the list? It’s either they are not sending at all or they are sending so sporadically that their clients do not even know they exist? Arrgh
Guys, you want to grow your clientele? You want to make money? You want to connect with your audience? Then you have to start taking your email list seriously. Some of you are so stuck on the social media bandwagon that you are not seeing what is directly under your nose. There are people who want to engage with you outside of social media everyday!!!!
Get on the train, get on this bandwagon and come experience what so many of us are experiencing. Let me just say this. It does not happen overnight so do not booo hooo if you sent 2 emails and no one deposited 5k into your account. You have to build their trust. They have to know you are in it for the long haul. They have to know that you really want to help them. They have to know you are all in for them and with them. In other words you have to be consistent in providing value and asking for the sale.
Here are some things to consider once you start sending out your emails:
OPT-IN
I change my opt-in a few times a year and they are not always shared on my website. In my business, I have found that using an opt-in was the easiest way to grow my email list as well as stay connected with my clients in ways I could not using social media
What is an opt-in? An opt-in is one of the tools you use to grow your email. It is a valuable piece of information that you give your clientele in exchange for their email address. This is a free easy way for you to stay connected beyond social media because you own your email list whereas you do not own the content that you share on any of your social media platforms.
SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THEM
I work a lot with my clients in creating emails to send out to their audience and the first thing that pops out to me is how many are just struggling to speak authentically in your own voice. If someone opts-in to get valuable information from you…then they want to hear from YOU. They do not want to hear a bunch of recycled clichéd words and phrases. They want your thoughts and opinions in your own voice and your own words. Do not be afraid to speak to them like you would speak to a sister or brother if you were telling them about your business.
Speak directly to them in an authentic voice
CALL TO ACTION
Are you using a Call to Action in your emails when you do send them? What exactly do you want your readers to do when they have consumed the information that you have sent? Many people miss the mark when sending emails and just are concerned with showing a pretty picture. But like with everything else in business, you have to tell your audience what you want them to do!
EMAIL AWAY
This one always causes much controversy because some people hate sending and some people hate receiving emails. The truth is that it depends solely on you and your audience and the relationship you have built with them. But sending 1 email per month is many instances is not cutting it!
Do not let this marketing gold mine go to waste in your strategy arsenal. I see many people who send an email to me every quarter and what tends to happen is that I read it and say I will come back to them because I am busy. But because they are not going to email me again until 6 weeks from now, I forget about them and they lose the sale…. Of course your offer is totally irresistible then I would click on your link and buy right away right?? Lol
The truth is people need to be reminded of offers, sales, discounts, valuable information. They need to be reminded in order for them to take action. Especially if you are having a time sensitive event or sale, so do not be afraid to stay connected and email them often
WHAT DO I EMAIL TODAY?
Anything I want! That’s the beauty of emails. It is the opportunity for you to share stories about your business, your ups and downs, your sales and offers and just about anything you want.
For me, what ever I share with you here in DBS I usually also email to my list because trust me somebody in here would see it in their email and not see it as a post in DBS. So that’s the beauty of creating an email list. It can and should be repurposed and used over and over an over again.
What did you email today?
20% opened my emails today and I am ecstatic
No I am not mad. The thing is that most people don’t understand is that 100% of people may not open your emails for a number of reasons. But 20% is a great open rate!
I read an article this morning that said 24.79% is the new ‘great’ open rate but you get my drift. The point is you are always aiming for everyone to open your drool worthy emails but 24.79% is a great open rate to have. When last have you checked your open rate?
EMAILS ARE YOUR LOVE NOTES TO YOUR CLIENTS
You do love your clients, right? Even the one who have not even bought from you as yet right? Well because I love my clients, I send them love notes. That is what I think of my emails. It is my way to say to my clients everyday…Hey, I was just thinking about you. I love you and I know you need to hear this as much as me….Or I know you have told me in the past that you were struggling with this so I just wanted to share somethings that I use. Your clients feel the love in the emails that you send because they know you are sending it to share, add value to their lives and to put a smile on their face. At least that is why I send emails and boy does my love convert!
2018 is the year of LOVE so let’s start by sending love to the people we care about.
