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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Permission Based Email Marketing

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Spam or not a spam? This debate seems to be endless; but why take a chance and loose out on customers by going for standalone email marketing program when you have a winner in the form of permission email marketing? Permission email lists marketing is one of the most cost-effective tools marketers have ever known and has been found as the best email marketing solution accepted even by anti spam companies.

What is permission email?
A permission email is an email for which prior permission have been taken. In other words it's a solicited mail that the recipient has requested.

Tips for carrying out successful permission email marketing campaign

Get proper permission
A permission based email marketing campaign involves a company to gain necessary and active permission from the customer. This can be done by providing opt in boxes on web pages, newsletters etc. But the primary objective here is to make sure that the customer has actually opted in for the mail rather than trick him into opting in. So, as far as possible avoid those 'already ticked opt in boxes' or any other trick to may make the customer opt in without his actual knowledge.

Give a personal touch
Make sure that your email messages maintain an increased personal touch through out the body. For a much deeper personal effect it's always better to study customer profiles and other details and send a mail based on those details.

Always provide an 'Opt out' option
Provide an opt-out option in all of your emails sent and make sure that they are functional. A customer who has decided to opt out can be asked for a feedback on the reason for opting out, in order to analyze your email campaign.

Using Reminder Services
Provide reminder services to customers based on your actual newsletters or email which can include important event reminders, birthdays, functions, maintenance schedule etc. Reminder services are extremely useful in maintaining a good relationship with existing/new customers.

Finding the ROI
Measuring the ROI will help you in figuring out the actual result of your permission based email campaign that might further help you in deciding on future campaigns.
Permission based email marketing is fast becoming the most acceptable form of email based marketing. As new and strict laws are passed against spam, more and more companies are likely to follow this trend. So this seems to be a ripe time to start off your permission email marketing campaign.

 

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