There are a lot of excuses for why people don’t have an email marketing strategy, and I have heard them all.
I don’t know what to say, I don’t have time, I’ve never needed to do this before.
The fact of the matter is, if you don’t have an email marketing strategy in your business then you are missing out on the most effective marketing technique around today.
Let’s look into these three excuses in a little more detail and why they shouldn’t factor into your vocabulary.
1: “I Don’t Know What To Say”
When it comes to email, you want to make sure you are delivering value with each message or newsletter you send.
There isn’t a handbook you need to follow where the first email should contain this and the 17th email should contain that. It is far less complicated than all of that.
Basically, you simply need to send the kind of content that your ideal client is going to be interested in reading.
Think about the questions you get asked frequently and answer them, discuss topical issues, or address the problems they have and show them why they don’t have to be problems any more. These ideas are just the tip of the iceberg. There is so much value you can send to the people on your email list.
With email marketing, it is less about the specific content you send and more about being consistent. Consistently staying in touch with information that is interesting and informative is the key to converting readers into paying customers.
2: “I Don’t Have Time”
I’ll admit that it can take a lot of time to effectively implement an email marketing strategy. But the question I ask is, can you really afford to not invest the time?
Email is the number one way to encourage referrals and repeat business. It is also the most cost effective method of targeted advertising you can use. You are guaranteed to reach everybody on your list with your unsanctioned message.
The really great thing about email marketing is that it is a process you can outsource. By outsourcing, you don’t have to invest much time in the process at all. AND, you know that it is in expert hands.
The team here at Big Rock are specialists in email marketing. That means we know the best content and strategy to engage your email subscribers, deliver value and prime them to buy from your business again and again.
3: “I’ve Never Needed To Do This Before”.
In this digital age, you are missing a real opportunity if you are not utilising this effective marketing technique.
It may be a method you have not considered using in your business to date, but this is now the way that people are used to receiving their messaging. You cannot possibly call every person on your email list to check in, say hi, deliver value and remind them of who your business is every month. It just wouldn’t be practical.
But, you can stay in touch with each and every one of them via email. Simply craft one valuable message and distribute it to your entire list in the blink of an eye. This one to many communication method will show a massive return on your investment.
For the small cost of email capabilities, you can get hundreds of enquiries in return.
You also need to think that people’s buying habits have evolved over time. They are bombarded by so many advertising messages from every direction each day that they have become cautious. It takes a lot more time before they are willing to trust a business. It can take at least seven different touch points and sometimes up to 20 before someone is willing to buy from your business.
Email is the most practical way to deliver those touch points on a consistent basis.
So, now that you know why you should be using email marketing in your business, would you like to know the foolproof system for implementing it?
Then download my free 15 point roadmap to learn the exact steps you need to take to introduce an effective email marketing strategy to your business. Click to download it here http://bit.ly/BRCRoadmap
Or, are you ready to dive in and get some help with setting up a strategy that will automatically deliver consistent leads to your inbox? Then book a free 30-min strategy call with me – Lara McCormick. After just 30 minutes you will have the marketing strategy to take your business forward for the next 12 months. Book a convenient time here http://bit.ly/MeetWithLara