E-mail MarketingThat Works

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The Agora Model

Ads in Free E-zine

Orders

Solo Promotional

E-mails

House e-listAds in Free

E-zine

Orders

Solo Promotional

E-mails

House e-list

Contextual Advertising

Banner Ads

Premium for other Offers

Blogging

Online Ads

E-mails

Pay per Click

Free e-zine

Social Media

Co-Regs

Search Engines

Affiliate DealsPop-unders

Pop-ups

Editorial Mentions

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Postcards

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The Agora (“Organic”) Model

• “Marketers will have to enter that emerging inner circle of trusted companies from whom people are willing to keep reading e-mails.”

-- Quris Inc. Survey, reported in DM News (10/16/03)

• The Inner Circle and the “Rule of 16”

• “Stop using e-mail to acquire new customers.”-- Rob Cosinuke and Chuck DeSynder, DM News (10/13/03)

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E-Zines at HP

• 4.5 million opt-in subscribers• 5X higher CTR than solo e-mails• Spend $60 million a month at www.hp.com• Tripled average revenue per subscriber• Subscriber churn 30% a year

– Source: B to B, 4/4/05

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4 Steps to Writing Stronger E-mail Marketing Messages

Matt Furey writes a simple e-mail message to his list each day. It takes him about 20 minutes, and he averages $10,000 in sales per e-mail.

What’s his e-mail copywriting secret?

1. Brevity – messages are 500 words or less.

2. Intimacy -- Matt makes his messages feel like they are personally addressed to the reader.

3. Informality – he creates a bond with his readers by writing like he speaks and using slang that his readers recognize as their mutual language.

4. Pace -- Matt varies the pace of his writing so you never feel like it is slowing down. It's always rushing forward and fun to read.

Source: AWAI, 3/15/07

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When Text is Better than

HTML• Audience used to text• Information seekers• Image not important• Product not “visual”

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When Text is NOT Better than HTML

Audience used to HTML Image is important Product is “visual” Branding is key

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Text in an HTML Shell

• Looks like text• Allows graphics and

fonts• Can track like HTML

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Anatomy of an E-mail MessageFrom: Carol Shoenfield, IBM, Director of Executive Education ProgramsSubject: “Redesigning your company for e-business”

In a secluded wooded enclave just minutes from Manhattan, a private group of top-level executives and renowned e-business consultants will be having — on March 6-9 — what could be the most important meeting of their lives.

And if you click on [LINK] now, you may be able to get in on these

sessions while there are still a few seats available.

In this unique IBM Advanced Business Institute (ABI) college, “Redesigning for e-business,” these executives will be doing nothing less than learning how to redesign and lead their companies to success in today’s digital economy.

And when you join them, you too will learn — from some of the nation’s top e-business experts and consultants — what it takes to compete and prosper in the new Internet era. Including:

A framework for building your company’s e-business strategy. The key components of e-business redesign. Adapting your corporate culture to satisfy today’s Internet customer. How to gain a competitive edge with customer-valued Web solutions and services. Making accurate financial assessments of proposed new e-business projects. Becoming a superior leader in the new digital economy. Opportunities and issues in global CRM (Customer Relationship Management). How to properly align IT with business plans.

If you agree that the Internet has irreversibly changed how business is done, and you want to successfully lead your company through these new electronic changes and challenges, I urge you to click on [LINK] for complete course details or to sign up now. Registration for this college will close out shortly, and once that happens, no further attendees can be accepted.

We respect your online time and privacy, and pledge not to abuse this medium. If you prefer not to receive further e-mails from us of this type, please reply to this e-mail and type “Remove” in the subject line.

Link in First 2 Paragraphs

Subject Line(maximum 40 characters)

Bullets

Opt-out language

Close with link and offer

FromLine *

* First 15 characters for Blackberries

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Put the Link“Above the Fold”

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Place “Call to Action” Above the Fold

E-mail:One Link Placed

Deep in BodyMany Throughout

Open Rate 55% 43%

Click-Through Rate 2% 37%

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81% of recipients will pass it on!

Proactive Viral Marketing

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Who’s It From?

From: When:

List Owner Requires It Community of Interest e-zine Popular Quality Site

List Owner

Frequent Visitors Well Known Company or Brand Market Leader Your Company Recipient May Think They are Your Customer

(e.g. Microsoft) Personal Message You are a Guru or Celebrity You Your Company is Not Well Known to Recipients

Team (e.g. The Adobe Team) Collaborative Effort

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Make it Look Like Valuable Information

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Make a Big Promise

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What Works Bestin E-mail Copy?

Short - always

Long - always

It depends

(choose one)

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E-mail Marketing ModelHouse Files

Customers E-zine Recipients

E-zine Ads

Landing Pageor

Micro-SiteRented Opt-In E-lists

•Short E-mail•Landing Page

•Long E-mail•Landing Page

•Short E-mail•Micro-Site

•Long E-mail•Micro-Site

Micro-site = longLanding page = briefer

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Link to order page

Link to order page

News

Benefit

Promise

Testimonial

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When do you use a picture?

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Tie in with current events

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Catalog Buyers Respond to Multi-Product E-mails

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17 E-Mail MarketingTactics That Work

1. Give valuable content.2. Appeal to a core emotion or desire.3. Tell a story.4. Appeal to the reader’s curiosity.5. Tease the reader.6. Write from the heart.7. Just say what it is.8. Ask a compelling question.9. Lead with the offer.

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17 E-Mail MarketingTactics That Work

11. Landing page “freemiums.”12. Lead with a benefit.13. Push the bait piece.14. Give news.15. Make it timely.16. Give them a pill.17. Sell the online video.18. One big idea.

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Statistics 30 Orders = $2,910.00 Clicks: 623 CTR: 1.6% Conversion: 4.8%

Subject: Is there a book inside you?

Dear NAME:

Do you want to write a nonfiction book and get it published?

Then don’t write the book.

At least not yet.

Publishers don’t want to read an unsolicited book manuscript from an unknown author.

If you send it, they’ll either mail it back unread . . . or toss your book in the trash.

What you need to do is write a “book proposal.”

A book proposal is a 10 to 20-page sales document describing the book you want to write.

It covers such items as the audience for the book . . . the hook or “angle” (what makes your book different) . . . the size of the market . . . competing titles . . . and your qualifications to author such a book, among other things.

Book proposals must follow a very specific format. And you won’t sell your book if you leave out critical elements.

E-Mail Marketing Tactic #1: Give a free tip in the e-mail itself

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Statistics 59 Orders = $6111.00 Clicks: 1,401 CTR: 3.44% Conversion: 4.5%

Subject: Want to quit working some day?

Dear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:

Are you looking for a way to “escape” the 9-to-5 rat race?

Do you feel chained to your desk – at a job you don’t like – by the reality of having to earn money?

Most of us trade our time for money.

We may make a very nice living doing that . . . but we are never truly free as long as we punch a time clock – or have a boss telling us what to do.

We have to get up early in the morning every day . . . commute in the cold and dark . . and put in long hours making money for someone else.

But now, I’ve discovered a safe, sure-fire way for you to completely retire – within 18 to 24 months from today – even if you haven’t saved a dime for retirement.

In my new audio program, “The Internet Marketing Retirement Plan,” I show you how I did it.

By following this plan, I went from zero to $4,000 a week in online income – in less than 8 months.

E-Mail Marketing Tactic #2: Appeal to a core emotion or desire

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic

#3:Tell an engaging

story

Statistics 25 Orders = $3,493 Clicks: 768 CTR: 1.86% Conversion: 3.25%

Subject: Get front-page PR this week

Dear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:

About 10 years ago, when “gigapets” were popular, I bought one for my son Alex, who was just 7 years old at the time.

A gigapet is a little electronic device, about the size of a watch fob, displaying an electronic animal or “pet” on the screen.

As the owner, you have to take care of your “pet” – feed it, water it, walk it – by pressing certain buttons on the device.

If you don’t take care of the gigapet, it “dies.”

Anyway, Alex was so excited about getting his new gigapet, within minutes, he took it with him to the bathroom … and promptly dropped it in the toilet.

I quickly fished it out. But the water damaged the electronics, and the device was ruined.

Upon seeing this, Alex burst into tears.“Don’t worry, Al,” I told him. “I’ll buy you another.”

“C-c-can we b-b-bury this one?” he asked me tearfully.Being a soft-hearted dad, I immediately took him to the back yard -- and with a shovel, we buried his dead electronic pet, using a brick for a headstone.

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #4:Appeal to

the reader’s curiosity

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #5: Tease the

reader

Statistics 102 Orders = $2958.00 Clicks: 1001 CTR: 2.5% Conversion: 10%

Subject: The 22 habits of financially successful writers

Dear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:

A recent survey revealed that writers who earn more than $60,000 a year consistently do 22 things that writers who earn less money don’t.

To get your hands on this list of 22 habits of highly profitable writers . . . and master dozens of additional strategies for earning six-figures as a freelance writer . . . click below now:

http://www.freelancewritingprofits.com/

Sincerely,Bob Bly

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #6:

Write from the heart

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #7: Just say what it is

135 sold @ $39/each = $5,265CTR: 3.2%Conversion: 10.4% A “teaser” e-mail.

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #8:

Ask a compelling

question

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #9: Lead with the offer

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #10:

Promise useful information on

the landing page

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Landing Page “Freemium”

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #11: Lead with a

benefit

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #12:

Push the Bait Piece

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #13: Give news

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Viral

Benefit

Solution

Problem

Offer

Convenient

Saves time

Act Now

5x higher responsethan their

regular e-mails!

Easy!

E-mail Marketing Tactic #14: Make it timely

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E-Mail Marketing Tactic #15: Give them a

pill

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3 Levels of Info Marketing

What to do

How to do it

Do it for them

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E-mail Marketing Tactic #16: Promote the Video

Clip

Subject: Zero-pressure selling

Dear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:

One of the techniques I teach for bonding with your prospects in my Zero-Pressure Selling classes is the “3-step elevator pitch formula.”

www. Zeropressureselling.com

An elevator pitch is a 60-second introduction to who you are, what you do, and why others might be interested in connecting with you.

You deliver your elevator pitch to strangers in networking and social situations – like riding up in an elevator together – to get the conversation going.

Taught to me by my friend, sales trainer Paul Karasik, the 3-step elevator pitch formula is a unique, no-pressure way of actually getting the other person interested in learning more about what you do.

I find it also helps alleviate the discomfort of approaching and talking to strangers.

To see a short video in which I explain and demonstrate the technique to you, click on the link below … and then click on my picture in the upper right of the screen to play the video.

It’s free. And you can watch as many times as you need at no cost:

Date: 1/8/09Orders: 50Gross revenues: $1,950.00E-mail sent: 47,833Number of clicks: 1,665CTR: 3.5%Conversion rate: 3%Opt-outs: 54

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E-mail Marketing Tactic #17: One Big IdeaDear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:

There’s no product easier to create or sell online…

…than a simple, straightforward instructional or how-to e-book:

www.myveryfirstebook.com

Why are e-books the perfect information production to sell on the Internet?

>> 100% profit margin.

>> No printing costs.

>> No inventory to store.

>> Quick and easy to update.

>> No shipping or cost delays.

>> Higher perceived value than regular books.

>> Quick, simple, and inexpensive to produce.

My very first e-book has generated $20,727 (so far).

My total investment in producing it: just $175

Now I want to show you how to make huge profits creating and selling simple e-books – in my January 2007 Selling Simple Information on the Internet 42

Date: 5/6/08Orders: 392Gross: $7,448CTR: 2.7%Conversation Rate: 32%

17 E-Mail Marketing Tactics That Work

1. Give valuable content.2. Appeal to a core emotion or desire.3. Tell a story.4. Appeal to the reader’s curiosity.5. Tease the reader.6. Write from the heart.7. Just say what it is.8. Ask a compelling question.9. Lead with the offer.

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17 E-Mail Marketing Tactics That Work

10. Landing page “freemiums.”11. Lead with a benefit.12. Promote the bait piece.13. Give news.14. Make it timely.15. Give them a pill.16. Sell the video clip.17. One big idea.

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Auto-Responder Series

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#1 – Free Touch

Lead Requested Free Content

#2 – Free Touch

#3 – Conversion

#4 – Conversion

#5 – Conversion

Product Order Page Buyer

Postcards

Search Engines

Online Ads

Direct Mail

Banner Ads

Co-Regs

E-mails

Affiliate Deals

Pay per Click

PR

Free ContentOffer Landing Page

Postcards

Search Engines

Online Ads

Direct Mail

Banner Ads

Co-Regs

E-mails

Affiliate Deals

Pay per Click

PR

Free ContentOffer Landing Page

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Offer: Free tele-seminar

CTR: 32.4%

Conversion rate: 24.9%

SUBJECT; Tiger Woods just got his @#$ kicked...

No, it wasn't me. The only thing of Tiger's that I could kick is his daughter's soccer ball.

But listen up--because I'm going to tell you EXACTLY who would whip Tiger like a red-headed stepchild.

It's like this...

Whenever Tiger hits a shot in a tournament, some beer-soaked schmuck in the gallery will inevitably scream "YOU DA MAN!" at the top of his lungs.

And let's face it--Tiger IS the man when it comes to golf. Not to mention endorsements, celebrity pals, and hot wives.

But as much as I like playing golf, it isn't what gets my blood pumping. Nope--my focus is on one thing and one thing only:

BIGGER PROFITS.

Truth is, when it comes to being THE MAN, there's only one guy out there who makes me sit up and pay attention.

And when it comes to making the cash register ring, he kicks Tiger's @#$.

LINK

You got it--Jay Abraham is the MAN if you're looking to build a successful business that plops cash into your lap 24-7...

And right now, you can have a 2 hour coaching session with this marketing legend...absolutely free.

See, Jay's fed up with this whole recession business, so he's doing something about it.

And during this call, he'll give you 42 strategies for conquering the recession mindset and not only making profits--but SERIOUS profits--during this economic downturn.

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More E-mailCopywriting Tips

• Begin with a killer headline or lead-in sentence. You need to get a terrific benefit right up front.

• In the first paragraph, deliver a mini-version of your complete message. State the offer and provide an immediate response mechanism.

• After the first paragraph, present expanded copy that covers features, benefits, proof, and other information.

• The offer and response mechanism should be repeated in the close of the e-mail, as in a traditional direct mail letter. But they should almost always appear at the very beginning, too.

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More E-mailCopywriting Tips

• Use wide margins. Limit your self to about 55-60 characters per line.

• Take it easy on the all-caps. WORDS IN ALL CAPS give the impression that you’re shouting.

• Be concise. Readers are quickly sorting through a bunch of messages and aren’t disposed to stick with you for a long time.

• Regardless of length, get the important points across quickly.• The tone should be helpful, friendly, informative, and

educational, not promotional or hard-sell. Information is the gold in cyberspace.

• Check your e-mail on spamassasin.

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