Email marketing is process of promoting a product or service or an idea by sending direct emails to the target audience. It is an online marketing tool. Easy-to-use, low cost and effective, it enables dialogue with your customers in a personalized manner and involving relevant communication. Terminology used for copy and content of an email. Email creative can be in many different formats including HTML, text, images, etc
In its broadest sense, the term covers every email you ever send to a customer, potential customer or public venue. In general, though, it's used to refer to:
- Sending direct promotional emails to try and acquire new customers or persuade existing customers to buy again.
- Sending emails designed to encourage customer loyalty and enhance the customer relationship.
- Placing your marketing messages or advertisements in emails sent by other people
Advantages of Email marketing
Global reach: No matter where you are or whom you are needed to reach, targeted emails gave the way. Borders are no obstacles in email marketing.Lower cost: Costs incurred in designing, executing, testing, sending and receiving an email is up to 78% less for a run of 5000 over paper-based direct mail version. When you add e-mail to your marketing mix, you spend less time, money and resources than with traditional marketing vehicles like direct mail or print advertising.
Interactive: You can innovatively initiate campaigns using graphics, videos, music, quiz, game or whatever that will be of interest to your prospect, to grab his attention and interest immediately.
Round the clock marketing: With an email the audience can understand your offering even when you are out of office.
Measurable results: Special tools are available that accurately measure click-through rate, conversion rate, how a person one arrived at your website, and more, to enable you to assess the success of different email campaigns.
Targeted marketing: Since prepackaged and custom-built lists are available, you could reach only those who might require your services, solutions or products without bothering those who do not. You can select each one of your targets based on geography, age, income, spends, and many other parameters.
Opt-in or unsubscribe options: Emails contain opt-in and opt-out options which help you to shortlist your prospects and reach only the ones genuinely interested in your offerings.
Faster response: Time to receive responses through e-mail is one to three days, where you will get maximum responses on day one itself, while a direct mail campaign would take minimum 7 to 12 days to generate any responses. Further, responding to a direct mail is more cumbersome, while a person can respond to an email immediately.Simplest: Executing an email campaign is simple and you can do it sitting at home without any extensive resources. |
