Franchise Marketing Strategy: Leveraging Email
In terms of franchise marketing strategy, email is effective, inexpensive and easy. It is important to know how to run an effective email marketing campaign or it can fall flat. Here are some guidelines to follow when launching an email marketing campaign:
- Respect your customers. Do not purchase a list. Collect customer email addresses by asking them to opt in and giving them opportunities to sign up for the list at your business location or external events. Make sure they know they’re signing up for an email list and how frequently they should expect messages. Once they’re on the list, make sure every email offers the opportunity to opt out. Treat your customers with respect, and they’ll respect your integrity.
- Be consistent with your campaigns. Frequent emails can keep your company name in front of the client and give them a deeper knowledge of your products and services. Two emails a month should be sufficient to inform without annoying your customer base. Consistency of design is important too; you want your emails to be instantly recognizable as a part of your company.
- Clarity of message is important. Your email needs to be concise and easy to read. Otherwise, it will end up in the trash file, or sitting unread in the inbox until the customer has time to wade through it. Neither of these is the result you want. The subject line is extremely important in conveying a compelling message to entice the recipient to open it.
- Use a provider who offers valuable data. There are several email communication service providers who can help you format your emails, as well as track opens and clicks, giving you information that can show you the success of your efforts immediately.
Used correctly, email marketing is a powerful tool. It can be a boon to your business for a fraction of the cost of traditional marketing techniques. The most important things to think about when launching an email marketing campaign are earning and keeping your clients’ trust and giving them information they can use. If you conduct your email campaign with the same integrity with which you conduct your business, the result will be mutually beneficial.
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