2. Outline
• Why increase email list?!
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• Why use contests to grow email list? !
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• Why use landing pages to host your
contests?
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3. Benefits of growing your email list
Great ROI! !
For every $1 spent, average ROI = $44.25 (Experian)!
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7 in 10 people said they made use of coupons from emails the same
week (2012 Blue Kangaroo Study)!
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Higher CTR! !
Up to 20% CTR for email rather than 2-5% for display ads (Wordstream)!
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Quality leads! !
40% of B2B marketers rated the leads generated by email marketing as
high quality. (Software Advice Survey)!
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Email is #1 source of sales: 50% of our monthly sales come from email!
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5. Contests are Easy
• Easy to set up & moderate !
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• Very easy to co-brand with another
company by offering shared grand prize!
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• Soft sell, and simple for people to enter
(especially if it is a sweepstakes)
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6. Contests are Fun
• Strengthen company-consumer relationship!
– allows people to interact with brand!
–fosters positive feelings about products for
consumer!
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• Creates “buzz” around product or brand!
–Especially when rewarded for sharing !
(ex: more entries)
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7. ethicalDeal Contest Stats
• Average 1000 views per contest!
• Average of 60% conversion (entry) rate !
• In email follow-up, 40% open rate, 15%
CTR!
• 75% retention after 3 months
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8. Why use landing pages?
Versus:!
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• Hosting on your website !
• Hosting directly on a social media platform !
• Offline contests
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9. !
Landing pages have a clear goal & CTA
Clutter is conversion killer!
• Too many option = choose no options & high
bounce rate
Enter to Win $100 Prize!
Fill out form to enter to win
Name
Email
Enter Now!
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10. Easy to collect data
• Can collect the entries in an easy to
download .csv report!
• In sweepstakes form, you can easily pick a
winner using a random number generator!
• Provide market research !
– Ask questions during the entry process!
– Easy digested .csv report
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11. Easily connect to other media
• Can still utilize website, social and offline!!
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• Continue the sales funnel strategically !
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• Utilize thank-you page of landing page
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12. Website
• Use “thank you” page opportunistically by:!
– Encouraging people that are already
interacting with your brand to visit your site!
– Encourage sales by providing promo-code !
– Linking to other sales collateral like a free trial
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13. Social
• Work in Facebook “likes” into entry process
through landing page widgets!
• Spur engagement with your fans/followers
with contest!
• Give them an easy way to share contest with
friends! !
• Create Facebook ads linking to the page !
– Get the like & email in 1 = high ROI
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14. Offline
• Connect to an offline prize box! !
– By running same contest in store, then
adding pages together!
– Link poster with QR code !
• Give in-store promo-code on thank-you
page
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15. Keep your leads!
People are already interested and interacting with your company!
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Start emailing right away!
• Sending a customized welcome email to entrants, again with
promo-code or offer!
• A/B test! !
• Research shows that 35-50% of sales go to the vendor that
responds first. (Source: InsideSales.com)!
• 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales. Lack of lead
nurturing is the common cause of this poor performance.
(Source: MarketingSherpa)
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16. Summary
• Growing your email list is key part of sales
pipeline!
• Contests are simple means of acquiring
subscribers that also builds brand awareness and
trust !
• Landing pages:!
• Easy to set up and extract data from!
• When optimized, great for conversions!
• Easy to connect to other media
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