{"id":54,"date":"2020-08-27T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/de.shorkart.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2021-03-30T20:10:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T20:10:06","slug":"collect-data-and-build-your-list-for-email-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jedinfotech.com\/collect-data-and-build-your-list-for-email-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Collect data and build your list for email marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Step<\/strong> <strong>three<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Build A List Of Information And Target Audience,<\/h2>\n<p>Successful email marketing starts with a quality list, after all, Marketing 101 tells us that we need to know our audience.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do you know your list?<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Take some time to note what information you have now and make a plan for how to capture additional information over time, the more you know about your readers, the easier it will be to provide valuable content within your communications, for our example company, their lists currently look like this:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>List Name<\/td>\n<td>Source of List<\/td>\n<td>Permission<\/td>\n<td>Status<\/td>\n<td>Known Fields<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Customers<\/td>\n<td>CRM<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Exported and ready<\/td>\n<td>name, address, phone, email<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Product A<\/p>\n<p>Prospects<\/td>\n<td>Trade Show<\/td>\n<td>No, need to invite<\/td>\n<td>Spreadsheet, ready<\/td>\n<td>name, email<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interested Prospects<\/td>\n<td>Website<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Text file, ready<\/td>\n<td>email<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Now think about what inform<a id=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>ation you have and what you\u2019d like to know about new prospects and customers, typical information below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demographics (marital status, income, location, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Interest area (product A or B, specific service, information, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Amount purchased, donated, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Business info (industry, title, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Time frame for making a decision,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Budget<\/h4>\n<p>The most powerful aspect of email marketing software is that you can segment your contacts based on known information, letting you send targeted and personal messages.<\/p>\n<h3>1- Collecting Data at the Right Time<\/h3>\n<p>After you have determined what type of data you have and what you need, the next step is to determine at what point you collect that information.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do you ask for it all up front?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Depending on your target audience, you may need to limit the amount of information asked initially so you don\u2019t put customers off, here are a few additional times you can collect information:<\/p>\n<p>1-Have the Thank You page ask for additional information post-subscription<\/p>\n<p>2-Include survey questions throughout the life of the newsletter<\/p>\n<p>3-Include a survey in the confirmation or welcome email<\/p>\n<p>4-Prompt subscribers to update their information periodically<\/p>\n<h3>2- Plan for a Growing Email List<\/h3>\n<p>An important element of any email marketing strategy includes plans for continuing to grow the list, below are ideas for planned tactics to promote each newsletter ;<\/p>\n<p>1-Include \u201cforward to a friend\u201d in all outbound emails<\/p>\n<p>2-Drive all prospects to the website from all advertising<\/p>\n<p>3-Have newsletter opt-in box in the checkout of e-commerce area of the website<\/p>\n<p>4- Put website on all basic company docs: stationary, business cards, etc.<\/p>\n<p>5-Have customer service ask all callers if they\u2019d like to receive the newsletter<\/p>\n<p>6-Include a link to the newsletter sign up form in email signature (all employees, especially support and customer service staff)<\/p>\n<p>7-Add sign up form for the newsletter on the website in a prominent area.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Note,<\/strong> <strong>If you have no list and are starting from scratch we suggest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Start collecting email addresses from website.<\/p>\n<p>-Appending email addresses to your existing prospect\/customer database<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46738\" src=\"https:\/\/jedinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/collect-data-and-build-your-list-for-email-marketing.jpg\" alt=\"Collect data and build your list for email marketing\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jedinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/collect-data-and-build-your-list-for-email-marketing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jedinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/collect-data-and-build-your-list-for-email-marketing-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jedinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/collect-data-and-build-your-list-for-email-marketing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jedinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/collect-data-and-build-your-list-for-email-marketing-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step<\/strong> <strong>Four<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Organize By Department Or Group<\/h2>\n<p>So far we have reviewed the purpose of email marketing and have looked at how it can complement existing marketing activities and provide a way to capture new leads and help build relationships, you know your audience now, so the next phase of building your email marketing strategy involves getting organized internally.<\/p>\n<p>After you have outlined how email marketing can fit into your own process and have identified your audience, you will start to see many opportunities of how to organize the information to reach your original goals.<\/p>\n<p>A simple communication chart will help you understand the role of each of your external communications and will help you get a feel for the resources required to produce each item.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an example:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Communication<\/td>\n<td>Owner<\/td>\n<td>Audience<\/td>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Purpose<\/td>\n<td>Frequency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monthly newsletter<\/td>\n<td>Marketing<\/td>\n<td>Customers, advocates, community, analysts<\/td>\n<td>Template<\/td>\n<td>Retention<\/td>\n<td>Monthly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Promotion update<\/td>\n<td>Product Marketing<\/td>\n<td>Prospects, customers<\/td>\n<td>Unique each time<\/td>\n<td>Acquisition<\/td>\n<td>As needed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Press release<\/td>\n<td>PR<\/td>\n<td>Journalists<\/td>\n<td>Stationary template<\/td>\n<td>Inform<\/td>\n<td>As needed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Industry newsletter<\/td>\n<td>Channel Marketing<\/td>\n<td>Prospects, customers<\/td>\n<td>Template<\/td>\n<td>Retention<\/td>\n<td>Bi-monthly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>As you can see from this example, opportunities for email communications exist among other departments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step three Build A List Of Information And Target Audience, Successful email marketing starts with a quality list, after all, Marketing 101 tells us that we need to know our audience. 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