Thursday, July 7, 2011

Email Marketing to Increase Traffic

It has become very easy to reach out to a huge range of customers in just a simple click. Email has changed our lives and has enhanced communication to a level that everyone is able to communicate with any one in any part of the world. People have started taking their businesses online and if they have not yet entered the online world operationally, they have a certain department online. It can be a finance department or a marketing department. If you are reading this article it means that you have an online business or a website.When you have a whole setup online, you have to put a great thought for developing your online marketing strategies because you can increase traffic through your marketing efforts.

One of the most effective online marketing strategies is email marketing. Email marketing is basically promoting your website/business or brand through emails. There are different kinds of email marketing strategies that you can do for getting more traffic to your website or business. Do not think that email marketing is just limited to sending an email. What matters the most is what you can do with your emails. The more differently you market through emails, the more traffic you are going to get. I will now tell you about things that you should not do in email marketing.

* Do not send too many emails. If you send too many emails, the receiver will mark you as spam and your emails will lie in the junk folder of the receiver's mail box. Once you are marked as spam, it is extremely difficult to earn your place back in the inbox. That is why it is better to avoid being a spam to any of your targeted web traffic.

* Do not send a generalized email. If you send an email that is generalized the traffic is not going to feel related to your promotional offer. If you send a personalized email with the name of the person you are sending the email to, he/she will feel personally related to your promotional offer and will benefit you more. Make sure that you address the person rightly. Attach titles such as Mr. Ms. or Mrs. Also make sure that you get the name spellings right. Sometimes though it can be a feasible option to send generalized email.This can happen only when you have a random address list and you do not know the names of the recipients!

* Do not send large attachments with email. If you send large attachments with email, the recipients are not going to open it. It is better to have small attachments if attachments are required. If you send only text as an email, you have to make sure that you have used the right content!

* Do not make your address list visible. Always add your recipients in the BCC option. Do not reveal your address list. You can add your own email address in the visible option.

To get traffic you need to implement various kinds of strategies but most importantly you need to avoid making mistakes.

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