Email Marketing has become a very efficient method of advertisement. Two decades ago, before the age of the web, one of the principle mode of advertisement was through the post office. Marketers would be sending sales letters through the mail and expect a returned reply. This is still true, even today. In fact the Internet has not brought direct mail into obsolescence.

Print direct response is still very big. But in addition to this tool, the web has brought another tool, email marketing. For anyone who is on the web and who have mail account can see in their inbox a great number of messages. Beside the personal ones, there will be a wide range of advertisements from your favorite retailers or service providers. This is a way for marketers to keep in touch with you, the customers.

Email marketing strategies

Email marketing has become very popular specially with some small business owners. But the big ones are also using email marketing to promote their products. One can thing of Amazon.com or Staples. The fact is, that such kind of advertisement can be very targeted and can be done at a low cost. Very efficient split testing can be run to see what trigger prospect.

In the course of an email marketing, you need to keep in mind that people do not want to read long emails. We are in a world of rush, few people have time to read even long articles. Therefore, you have to choose your topic carefully. Your subject must be meaningful to your audience. Then write your topic as concisely as possible.

In writing your email marketing campaign,  make sure your come across your point quickly and keep the attention of your audience on your topic. Meaning, don’t be boring.  Give value to your prospect. And he will not delete your email.