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Use Email Marketing For Effective Email Campaigns

E-mail marketing is a form of direct marketing which allows direct sales representatives to reach a large number of potential customers simultaneously. There are several different e-mail methods available and not all of them work the same way. This is why when it comes to sending out bulk e-mails, as you would an e-mail newsletter, you may not be reaching all your potential or current customers at the same time. Because of this, you might want to consider using an online service to do it for you.
Many consumer-designed e-mail systems are unable to handle the mass quantities of e-mail messages you might want to send. They lack the features necessary to successfully execute an e-mail marketing campaign and are not equipped for such tasks.

Effective Newsletter Analytics

While there are many different e-mail marketing and newsletter service providers available, many provide the same basic services. Analytics and statistics are important pieces of information to obtain. When you send out bulk e-mail messages, you have no way of knowing how many people actually received it or how many opened it. E-mail marketing services use separate tools that will track the number of e-mails received and how many are actually opened. Good analytics will also tell you how many clicks the email got that may take them to your sales page or website. This is accomplished for all separate e-mails and provides a way to keep up with who is receiving and reading your newsletters as well as their level of interest.

You can take a look at who opened and clicked through your messages and what links were accessed. You’ll also receive reports on bounces, unsubscribes and formal spam complaints if any should occur.  A good analytics package from your newsletter service provider allows you to see how effective your mailings are.

Using online newsletter services definitely has its advantages. The data you will receive concerning the statistics of your newsletters will help you improve future mailings, so you will be able to increase response open and response rates to your newsletters. It will also help you target your customers better because you will have the opportunity to analyze the statistics, and through this capability will gain a more thorough understanding of what type of information your customers want and need.

Another great benefit you will receive when using an e-mail marketing service is the ability to perform a/b testing. Many e-mail marketing systems allow you to test multiple subject lines so you can find the one that will be most successful for your campaign. For example, you can see two different subject lines on a random sample of e-mails. The system will then automatically compare the open rates you receive from each and send the e-mail with the subject line that garners the most success to the rest of your list. The sample that you choose for the testing purposes might be only about ten percent of your list, but it will be enough to show you what subject line will work and which one won’t.

Direct Sales Marketing

E-mail marketing services provide many benefits that would benefit direct sales marketing consultants. Now you can truly target your customers with what they want to read and keep up with the results. Also, sending out a newsletter through an e-mail marketing service is much easier than sending out bulk e-mails via groups and will net you a much more successful e-mail marketing campaign in the future.  When you can track your email marketing campaign and present a professional image your results will be greater and your business will grow!  I have used 3 different newsletter services and have found a wide variety of price points and services.  My favorite is MyNewsletterBuilder.  Learn more about effective email marketing newsletter campaigns so that you get the results you deserve from your emails and newsletters.

In all my years I have been working with network marketers I am still surprised how many of them still believe all they have to do is talk to people and you can build a real MLM business.

“Well I am here to tell you: nothing could be further from the truth!”

It simply breaks my heart because most of the time it’s a one way road to disaster. And the worst part is; it just does not have to happen.
If you want to avoid their fate (and I KNOW you do!) here are: The 3 skills you must master for massive network marketing success.

1.     Become an authority – Now if you new to the business you may think,”How can I become an authority when I am not making the big bucks?” The truth is you can. One of your first goals is to learn something useful to both you and someone else you might want to recruit. An example of this would be how to write articles, make videos or create a blog. Once you have done so make sure you have a process that can be duplicated and then teach it to the next person.  Then move from competency to mastery. Once you have proven results and start to share them you will be regarded as an authority.

2.     Demonstrate Leadership – You may have heard the saying.’Follow the leader.’ Well what most people don’t know is that if you want to build a team it is critical to develop leadership skills. People want to be sponsored by someone who they feel can help them get what they want. One way to do that is to create a plan for your business and your team. Make sure you have a clear vision for where you are going and how you intend to get there. Then you will be able to effectively share your vision with people who you might do business with. Read the rest of this entry »

Early on in my direct sales career I didn’t have a clear vision about my ideal customer and partner. During my first year in business I was so eager to get my business off the ground (and also quite needy) that I worked with anyone who had a pulse.  I pulled people along (who said they wanted a business, but weren’t taking action.) I found this draining and not very fun.

About a year into my business I had an “aha moment”- clarifying to me that I do have a choice about who I work with…and so do you.

After really connecting with a particular woman while out with my kids, I knew there was something different about her, she had great energy and drive. In sharing the details of this interaction with my coach she said “Kim imagine what your life would be like professionally if you only worked with women like this? She exemplifies you: she’s fun, clearly focused on being present with her children, yet it’s also important that she have other things going on in her life for personal and professional reasons. Kim… she is a Metromom.”

The light bulb went off! This woman, this Metromom, is who I’ve always been drawn to. She’s self-motivated, dynamic, fun, and she wants a lot of richness in her life.

In that moment I knew that to move forward with my own direct sales business (and enjoy myself) I would only work with women like this. “The Metromom” became the filter through which I began to meet people, to prospect and to surround myself. Read the rest of this entry »