Drive new customers to your door with a great promotion. Holiday spending is higher than any other time of year – shouldn’t they be spending with you? Do not miss out on your piece of the holiday pie! Let us show you how to influence your potential customers’ purchases by making an offer they can’t resist. During this session, you’ll learn how to:
select just the right offer for your ideal audience
create a quick and effective promotional plan
design an offer that stands out, especially on mobile
reach new customers and spread the word using social media
keep the holiday momentum going through the new year
If you’re hoping to make this your best holiday season yet, you won’t want to miss this event. Join us to find out exactly how to achieve and exceed your holiday goals.
Why would anyone book a speaking engagement without prepping slides or notes? That’s a good question. Someone trusted you to come prepared so you could offer actual value to their audience. Time is valuable and no one likes having it wasted.
Did you know that drip campaign open rates are about 80% higher than single campaign sends? And, the average click through rate is 3x higher on drip campaigns when compared to single campaign sends.*
If you are not currently using drip email marketing, or just need a refresher on how to develop a successful drip strategy and measure its success, review this slide deck. WIthin it is the five things you need to do to develop a successful, profitable drip marketing campaign. View what elements you should include and how test to boost performance in your next drip marketing campaign.
Also covered - how to:
• Effectively identify and evaluate drip opportunities – so you can choose the one(s) that will have the most impact on your bottom line
• Strategically determine the right frequency and cadence for your program – so you are working in sync with the customer journey
• Expertly craft a plan for your drip campaign, including a flow chart, data brief and performance projections – so you can execute with ease
• Successfully track and report on the metrics that matter across the entire campaign – and identify areas for potential improvement
• Efficiently ‘clone’ successful campaigns for use with other target audience segments or other products – so that you can truly get the maximum benefit from your time spent
Why would anyone book a speaking engagement without prepping slides or notes? That’s a good question. Someone trusted you to come prepared so you could offer actual value to their audience. Time is valuable and no one likes having it wasted.
Did you know that drip campaign open rates are about 80% higher than single campaign sends? And, the average click through rate is 3x higher on drip campaigns when compared to single campaign sends.*
If you are not currently using drip email marketing, or just need a refresher on how to develop a successful drip strategy and measure its success, review this slide deck. WIthin it is the five things you need to do to develop a successful, profitable drip marketing campaign. View what elements you should include and how test to boost performance in your next drip marketing campaign.
Also covered - how to:
• Effectively identify and evaluate drip opportunities – so you can choose the one(s) that will have the most impact on your bottom line
• Strategically determine the right frequency and cadence for your program – so you are working in sync with the customer journey
• Expertly craft a plan for your drip campaign, including a flow chart, data brief and performance projections – so you can execute with ease
• Successfully track and report on the metrics that matter across the entire campaign – and identify areas for potential improvement
• Efficiently ‘clone’ successful campaigns for use with other target audience segments or other products – so that you can truly get the maximum benefit from your time spent
Do you know the true performance of your email campaignsPure360
In order to truly measure the success of your email campaigns you need to look beyond the open and the click.
By measuring other metrics that are specific to your goals you will not only be able to assess the value of your campaigns, but also justify your email marketing activity as a whole.
This will help you to achieve buy in from senior members and to improve your email campaigns moving forwards.
In our first roundtable, we held three presentations: 1. What Does Your Marketing Strategy Look Like? 2. The Importance of a Digital Strategy 3. Integrated Marketing & Sales
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Social media is here to stay! It has become something many consumers use daily and is how small businesses both stand out and compete in today’s marketing landscape. Managing social media activity can be daunting to a busy business owner. Here are time saving tools designed with you in mind to help manage the daily tasks of managing social media activity for your brand. We'll be covering:
1. Curating content
2. Social media management tools
3. Creating content at events
4. What apps can help you
5. The art of not over-thinking
6. Next steps
Do you know the true performance of your email campaignsPure360
In order to truly measure the success of your email campaigns you need to look beyond the open and the click.
By measuring other metrics that are specific to your goals you will not only be able to assess the value of your campaigns, but also justify your email marketing activity as a whole.
This will help you to achieve buy in from senior members and to improve your email campaigns moving forwards.
In our first roundtable, we held three presentations: 1. What Does Your Marketing Strategy Look Like? 2. The Importance of a Digital Strategy 3. Integrated Marketing & Sales
5 powerful social media tips for small businessesintrotodigital
Hello, small businesses owners! In this presentation, you'll find 5 essential tips to be successful on social media and take your business to the next level.
How to create email marketing plan for b2 b businessSherin Thomas
It is a real fact that B2B businesses are putting their investment in email marketing and delivering more emails, more regularly than ever before. In fact, email marketing in a business to business environment has emerged from simple email marketing software to more verbose, look after marketing programs with a communication strategy.
Social media is here to stay! It has become something many consumers use daily and is how small businesses both stand out and compete in today’s marketing landscape. Managing social media activity can be daunting to a busy business owner. Here are time saving tools designed with you in mind to help manage the daily tasks of managing social media activity for your brand. We'll be covering:
1. Curating content
2. Social media management tools
3. Creating content at events
4. What apps can help you
5. The art of not over-thinking
6. Next steps
You’ve thought about what social networks to use for your organization, and you’re ready to take the next step. Where do you go from there? This seminar offers a closer look at the popular social media networks – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+.
What is the first impression you give when they see you in their email inbox? And when they see you there, what do they do? This powerful seminar takes you step-by-step through the keys to effective email marketing:
What it really is (and isn’t);
What it can do for your business;
And the five easy steps you must take to harness the power of the inbox!
Grow a healthy list
Create great content
Customize a beautiful, mobile-friendly template that matches your brand
How to get your emails opened
Tracking your results!
Ignored or engaging? How are your subject lines working – or NOT working – to capture the attention and interest of your audience? This fast-paced seminar will take a deeper dive into the mechanics of truly effective subject lines.
You’ve thought about what social networks to use for your organization, and you’re ready to take the next step. Where do you go from there? This seminar offers a closer look at the popular social media networks – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+.
This interesting workshop will provide you with local networking by means of a need to know website that will get you access to a list of Houston's Hottest Business Networking! This workshop will be a fun interactive training. We will include a speed networking session in this event! Be sure to join us!
Give yourself the gift of new customers. Holiday spending and sales are going to be UP – so take action now to make the most of the months ahead & ROCK the Holidays!
You’ll learn:
-How to Create a Plan – with clear & measurable goals
-Select just right Offer for audiences
Select/create just the right lists (check it twice? you bet!)
-Ways to make your offer POP! — especially on mobile
-How to take it Social & make it Shareable
-Specific “how-tos” for every kind of campaign: deal, donation, downloads and more
Autoresponder campaigns do what YOU wish you had the time to do! Use them to follow up, inform,entertain, & provide incentives for action & engagement - they work automatically while you focus on your business. This seminar will help you:
Learn the difference between automated messages and autoresponder campaigns
Decide where autoresponders can help you do better marketing communications
Understand key actions that trigger emails to be sent
Identify what steps to take to design effective autoresponder campaigns
Design the “evergreen content” that works best for your audiences
We’ll also cover dos and don’ts, show a sample autoresponder calendar, and share real case studies of success with autoresponder campaigns. Join us!
Grow Your Business with the Power of Email Marketing Featuring Social Media E...Elizabeth Quintanilla, MBA
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Automate Your Marketing - Planning Ahead to Convert and KeepBria Sullivan
Do you ever find yourself sending the same information time and time again to new subscribers? Or have you ever wished that every subscriber who joins your email list received a personalized welcome? As a small business or non-profit you don’t have time to do all the things you want with your marketing. That’s why automating your email marketing can help you deliver a consistent, targeted message every time to leave a lasting positive first impression with new prospects when they are the most interested in what you do.
In this webinar we’ll talk about who should use email autoresponders and how to use them effectively to deliver a consistent message every time while you do what you do best.
You will learn:
-How to segment contacts to use with autoresponders
-The types of autoresponders you can use
-How to craft ‘evergreen’ autoresponder content
-Autoresponder design and scheduling best practices
All the online marketing tools you need for your small business or nonprofit.
Grow your business using Constant Contact®, connect email, events, surveys, promotions, and Facebook.
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In this interactive session, ideal for both new and experienced managers, Justin reveals critical KPIs, industry benchmarks against which to compare results, and the single most important factor to improve every number in your business. Learn the formula for designing a marketing piece, an interview schedule to find the best staff, and how to truly improve retention. Take away a marketing plan template covering internal, external, off-line and online marketing, and take the opportunity to question Justin on any aspect of fitness management
Ignored – or Engaging? How are your subject lines working – or NOT working – to capture the attention and interest of your audience? This fast-paced seminar will take a deeper dive into the mechanics of truly effective subject lines.
Customer Journey Based Marketing Plan
A marketing tactic for each phase of the customer journey including messaging and channel in the table provided
Budget Allocation- Budget allocated for media for the Awareness, Interest, and Desire phase of the Customer Journey in the tables provided. The overall budget for the campaign should be ROI positive.
• Market your Content: include your blog and social posts
• Run a Facebook Ad Campaign: Facebook Ad Images and Results
• Conduct an SEO Audit: Audit and Recommendations
• Run an AdWords Campaign: Ads, Keywords, Recommendations
• Evaluate a Display Campaign: Campaign Results, Recommendations
• Market with Email: Email Plan, Test Message, Recommendations
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Improving profitability for small businessBen Wann
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Marvin neemt je in deze presentatie mee in de voordelen van non-endemic advertising op retail media netwerken. Hij brengt ook de uitdagingen in beeld die de markt op dit moment heeft op het gebied van retail media voor niet-leveranciers.
Retail media wordt gezien als het nieuwe advertising-medium en ook mediabureaus richten massaal retail media-afdelingen op. Merken die niet in de betreffende winkel liggen staan ook nog niet in de rij om op de retail media netwerken te adverteren. Marvin belicht de uitdagingen die er zijn om echt aansluiting te vinden op die markt van non-endemic advertising.
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Sustainability has become an increasingly critical topic as the world recognizes the need to protect our planet and its resources for future generations. Sustainability means meeting our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It involves long-term planning and consideration of the consequences of our actions. The goal is to create strategies that ensure the long-term viability of People, Planet, and Profit.
Leading companies such as Nike, Toyota, and Siemens are prioritizing sustainable innovation in their business models, setting an example for others to follow. In this Sustainability training presentation, you will learn key concepts, principles, and practices of sustainability applicable across industries. This training aims to create awareness and educate employees, senior executives, consultants, and other key stakeholders, including investors, policymakers, and supply chain partners, on the importance and implementation of sustainability.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts that form the foundation of sustainability within corporate environments.
2. Explore the sustainability implementation model, focusing on effective measures and reporting strategies to track and communicate sustainability efforts.
3. Identify and define best practices and critical success factors essential for achieving sustainability goals within organizations.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction and Key Concepts of Sustainability
2. Principles and Practices of Sustainability
3. Measures and Reporting in Sustainability
4. Sustainability Implementation & Best Practices
To download the complete presentation, visit: https://www.oeconsulting.com.sg/training-presentations
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1. Have a plan
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Push content
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3. Set up a campaign
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Hello, I’m __________________ and welcome to today’s session, _________________. We’ll get started in just a few moments, but before we do, I have some housekeeping items to take care of. Thanks everyone for participating! Our class will be about 45 minutes. We’ll have plenty of time for Q&A at the end, and I encourage you to ask questions throughout.
How to get the slides Now I know you’re probably wondering how and when you’ll receive a copy of the slides. You’ll actually get a copy of them - I’ll share a file that will allow you to access a PDF of the slides.
[click to next slide]
We know that the holidays are a busy time for you, and we’re here to tell you that holiday marketing is easier than you think! You can increase your holiday sales this year with the tips and tools you’re about to hear in today’s seminar. You can be a holiday marketer. All it takes is Constant Contact.
Are you ready for the holiday season? Here’s what to expect for 2016:
[click to build] Holiday spending is expected to be at the highest its been since 2008. Consumers are expected to spend 10% more than last year.
[click to build] And online spending will go up too – digital shopping is predicted to increase by 25% (and mobile shopping is predicted to increase at the same rate).
So now you know – it’s going to be busier this year. People are willing to spend more, so now is a good time to plan your marketing to get them in the door.
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Source: PWC http://www.pwc.com/us/en/press-releases/2016/pwc-holiday-shopping-outlook-press-release.html
This is an important time of year for you. The National Retail Federation estimates that the holiday season brings in [CLICK] 20-40% of yearly sales for small and mid-sized retailers.
Now through the end of the year is a huge time for retailers of all kinds, so let’s make sure you’re planning ahead and ready to rock your holidays!
[click to next slide]
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Source: National Retail Federation https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/nrf-forecasts-marginal-sales-gains-this-holiday-season
Here’s what we will be talking about today:
[click] We’re going to start by making sure you are ready for the holiday season by creating a plan.
[click] Then, we’ll help you think through the best way to create a great holiday offer.
[click] Next, we’ll talk about setting up a campaign and 5 easy tips you can use.
[click] Our last section gives you some next steps to follow as you prep for the holidays and beyond!
[click to next slide]
Now let’s start off by talking about what you want to accomplish – you need to know your goal if you’re going to get anything out of your holiday promotion.
NOTE TO SPEAKER – if you have time, take this opportunity to ask people in the audience what they want to accomplish over the holidays for their business or organization. This will help you get the conversation going and will also supply helpful circle-back points to make later in the talk.
[click to next slide]
(Note for speaker – make sure you address needs of B2B, B2C and Nonprofits on this slide so that everyone in your class has an option. These goals should mimic or mirror what your audience has said if you did the discussion piece.)Identifying your marketing goal will help guide your holiday planning, whether you’re a B2C, business to consumer business, like a retail store or restaurant; a B2B, business to business, or a nonprofit or charity. What do you hope to achieve? Is it:
[click] Reaching new customers
[click] Driving repeat business from current customers/increasing customer loyalty
[click] Motivating donors and advocates to take that next step by giving or spreading word of mouth about your cause
[click] Or are you hoping to grow your membership numbers?
Once you know your marketing goal, you can focus your holiday planning on achieving that goal.
[click to next slide]
Think about how you will engage with your customers. Be creative! You can try traditional incentives like
[CLICK] Coupons
[CLICK] Free shipping
[CLICK] Gift cards
[CLICK] Gift with purchase
[CLICK] Exclusive content (like e-books, white papers, guides, etc.)
[CLICK TO NEXT SLIDE]
You can also experiment – try new ways to offer incentives.
La Provence, a gift shop in Rockport Massachusetts, had a 10-day preview sale before Thanksgiving to give their customers a chance to save before the major holiday rush. They sent an email with a coupon their customers could use for 20% off during the entire run of the preview sale, whether they printed it out or presented it on their phones.
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[click to next slide]
What kinds of holidays promotions are best to include in your emails?
[click] Exclusive deals, coupons, or discounts
[click] Suggest products or services
[click] Encourage customers to buy directly from your website. You can do this with links to individual products right in your email.
[click] If you’re a nonprofit and are running a donation drive, make your email readers aware, as the Baltimore Humane Society did with Giving Tuesday in 2014. They asked their audience to consider donating to their shelter on Giving Tuesday.
[click] You can also offer other promotions that increase awareness of your nonprofit organization, by hosting events and asking people to register or become sponsors. The Baltimore Humane Society did a fun social media outreach project to raise awareness about their cause, by asking their audience to take “selfies” with their pets and post them to social media with information about the humane society.
[click] And you can use email increase membership for a nonprofit or if you’re a retail organization and have a loyalty program, you can build it through email.
[click to next slide]
When you’re sending out your holiday email promotions, you have a lot of options. You should consider sending emails specifically about your promotions, but also make sure you’re mentioning them in any regular email newsletters you send during the holidays. It can be as easy as a 3-email approach:
Email 1 – Announcement
Announce your holiday offer (send when you have your offer ready). Let your customers know about your offer and why they should act on it. This should usually be sent two weeks out.
Email 2 – Reminder
Send a reminder just before your offer expires. This is when your holiday offer is almost up. Let your contacts know this is their last chance to take advantage. This should be sent a day or two before your offer expires.
Email 3 – Thank you
Send a “thank you” to your customers to thank everyone who came out to shop with you this holiday season. Expressing gratitude goes a long way in creating a long lasting relationship well into the new year. Send this a couple days after the holiday.
Email can be even more powerful when paired with other marketing options, like social media. You should be reaching your customers wherever they are with your holiday communications, and that includes through email AND social media.
[click] Share your email on your social media profiles to make sure you’re reachest people in your network, even if they’re not signed up for your emails. This is also a great way to build your list.
[click] Post updates about your offers everywhere you can, as Taza Chocolate does in this example on Facebook and Pinterest.
[click] Share photos that encourage action, like how to use the products, or customers who have purchased the products. Pinterest is a great platform for product photos, because users can click directly on the images to purchase from your website. If you’re a non-profit, use photos and videos that tell your organization’s story, and always link to a page where your followers can make a donation to your nonprofit. On Facebook, nonprofits can add a “Donate” tab to their pages, so their followers can contribute without leaving the social network.
[click to next slide]
You should be sharing your promotion anywhere you interact with your customers and clients. Facebook is a great way to get attention this holiday. Here’s a simple 3-post approach:
[CLICK] Post 1
Ask people to join your email list to get a special offer. Include a link to your sign-up form. Say something like: “Join our email list for a special holiday offer”.
Take this example from Seed Spot, a non-profit that supports entrepreneurs in their community. They posted the chance to receive their free e-book about crowdfunding when you sign up to their email list.
[CLICK] Post 2
Remind people they still have time to get your holiday offer. Post a relevant image to your FB page including a link to your sign-up form. Say something like: “There’s still time to get our special holiday offer. Join our email list to get it sent to your inbox.”
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Say “thank you” by posting an image of you and your staff. Say something like: “Thank you for shopping small this holiday.”
Take your Facebook marketing even further this holiday by promoting your offer using Facebook Ads. This is one way to expand your reach and make your offer visible to even more potential customers. Constant Contact has tools to make this easier than ever. Something to consider as you prep for your best holiday season ever.
It’s important to start planning your holiday offers now, so let’s look at some ideas.
Note to Speaker: If you are short on time, you can speak to this slide and discuss various types of offers. But if you have time to have some conversation with the room, use this with the following six slides to open up real conversations, provide good examples, encourage participants to share their own ideas and give people a chance to talk.
Once you determine your holiday marketing goal, and you’ve thought about your plan for the holidays, it’s time to think about what you will offer your customers this year. These are some ideas that you can use, depending on the goal you set. We’ll go through each type of offer in detail.
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[click] Downloads
[click] Event invites and updates
[click] B2B services
[click] Hints and Tips
[click] Support a cause – Nonprofit promotions
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With discounts you can provide a percentage or dollar off through a limited time period, a buy-one-get-one-free promotion, or get a gift for yourself when you purchase one for a friend. You can also offer coupons – Constant Contact allows users to create a trackable coupon that will tell you who redeemed your offer – making it easier to market to that specific audience in the future.
Downloadable content gives your audience some inside tips or information – you can use your expertise to provide a benefit for your customers. These can include tips, a study or guide related to your business or cause, an e-book, advice on what to do or not do while using a product or service, or any exclusive content you may have.
With events, consider offering an early-bird registration discount, buy-one-get-one tickets, or limited time offers for upgrades, like special seating, parking or admission.
If your business is a B2B – business to business – and you sell to other businesses, consider offering your expertise. If you’re a marketer, that might be giving them a free service, like a review of your client’s email newsletters, when they purchase a consultation at full price. You could offer a regular discount on services. Or bundle an offer – provide something extra for a lower rate.
Educational information is a great offer for customers – people love how-to information and insider tips. Consider giving them tips or steps to solve a problem. Give them insights on the latest trends in your industry. Or provide your expertise or best practices for how to use or maintain your products or services.
Nonprofits rely on support from donors and volunteers throughout the year, but the holidays are a very important time for fundraising and giving – and if you’re a nonprofit, you can use email marketing to help plan events and donation drives! You could give away exclusive access to an event in exchange for volunteer hours or donations. Or you can run a raffle for donors to win a sponsored listing for free advertising. You can also think about using limited time offers – for example: donate today to get involved and join our cause.
Now that we’ve looked at what to expect for the holidays and why it’s important to get ready now, let’s talk about how to create a campaign that will drive some real results for you.
Quickly let’s just go over specifically what a campaign is – it doesn’t have to be expensive, or elaborate. Simple is great. To run a campaign you [CLICK] push content out, like an offer, a free download, a promotion, whatever and then you pull a response. A physical, measurable response. You get them to react. And a campaign can be sent by email, as well as shared on social media (like the one you see here).
Let’s talk about how to make a holiday campaign work to get your desired response, and 5 easy practices you can use to prep for holiday success.
When you create your promotions, make sure they are answering the question
[click] WHY DOES THIS MESSAGE/OFFER MATTER RIGHT NOW?
That’s what your audience is thinking every time they receive any message in your inbox. You need to tell them what’s in it for them and get their attention.
[click to build] Think about your subject line. Use a strong subject line that tells them the most important information in this email.
You should also make it clear to your readers what your offer is [click]. When they know there’s something in this email that benefits them, that answers the question, Why does this message matter?, then they’ll be more likely to act on your offer. Talk about this in the subject line and in the top of the email so they’ll see it right away.
You can see in this email example from Bisque Imports that they have a strong subject line: Tis the Season for FREE… It’s a teaser subject line, because you don’t know exactly WHAT is free, but it’s an eye-catching subject line that would entice a customer to open the message. Once opened, the offer of free shipping is at the very top of the email, so there’s no question what the message is!
[click to build] Here’s an email from Taza Chocolate. They are highlighting a favorite seasonal ingredient, their peppermint stick chocolate, with a beautiful picture that pops right when you open the message. You don’t have to include everything you sell or every service you offer.
[click to build] This email from Gorilla Doctors, a nonprofit helping endangered mountain gorillas, is a very direct call to action. The large photo asks for donations on [click] Giving Tuesday, an annual, international call to give to charitable causes. This year, Giving Tuesday falls on December 1st. Gorilla Doctors’ email makes it easy to donate – the photo itself is a clickable link to a website where readers can donate, and further down in the email, another link brings readers to the same page.
Make it easy for customers to take advantage of your promotions. Your content should help them find the gift they are looking for and answer your call to action.
[click] This email from Happy Wine, a wine shop in Miami, makes wine shopping easy. They sent it to their list right before Thanksgiving, with just eight featured wines at different price points (as you can see in the background of the photo, they sell more than eight wines!), suggesting they go with traditional Thanksgiving foods.
[click] You should use images, and communicate through them. An email service provider like Constant Contact makes it easy to turn a picture into a clickable link, so if someone clicks on the image, they are brought to a designated website. This is especially important if you’re asking someone to purchase a specific product or service, or make a donation.
You should also use your design wisely. Make sure it’s well organized and spotlights a limited number of products or services, with room for descriptions and buttons or links to direct your readers to your call to action. Don’t clutter your space.
[click] This email from Rose and Dove gifts has a nice, clean design. It’s an email about the “scent of the season,” Frasier fir, and a beautiful picture displaying candles and other home fragrances, followed by a “gift-with-purchase” deal. Rose and Dove sells a variety of gifts, but by highlighting this one product, they are able to really focus their message.
Side note – try to avoid giving too many choices in your campaign. These are supposed to be quick decisions to act (clicking to shop in your online store or selecting an item and clicking to buy) Too many choices will reduce the number of decisions / actions a person can take. It’s a time limit thing. Think of your campaign as window shopping. You want to entice someone to come in right then and buy because of whatever got their attention.
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Video is a powerful way to engage with your audience. People prefer watching a video to reading long web pages full of text. You can make video work for your holiday marketing messages.
[click] The response to video is undeniable. Video content increases click-through rates by 300%. Make sure you mention the video in your subject line for readers to know about it right away. Videos are also a great way to share your organization’s culture or mission, recap a great event, or demonstrate how to use a new product. Rejuvenate Therapeutic Massage used video in an email to thank their clients for a great year and wish them happy holidays – simple as that!
[click] 88% of online shoppers use online reviews to help them to decide on purchases. Include reviews in your content – quote happy customers, link to them in your emails, post them on social media – and keep on top of what your most popular items and services are. These can help you plan future promotions, because your audience is telling you what works, and what doesn’t. If you do get a negative review, make sure you respond professionally, and, if possible, ask the reviewer how you can contact them so you can try to resolve the situation.
[click] Don’t be afraid to ask for feedback! Encourage your audience to write reviews for you – ask them to do it, and include links to relevant places on your website to create those reviews.
(Source: BrightLocal “Local Consumer Review Survey 2014”) http://www.brightlocal.com/2014/07/01/local-consumer-review-survey-2014/
Encourage your audience to share your promotions by using social media tools.
[click] If you are using Constant Contact, add the Share Bar to the top of your emails. The Share Bar allows your readers to post a link to your email on their social media profiles
[click] Use Simple Share – you can create posts for multiple social media profiles in the Simple Share editor and publish a link to your email to all of them at once.
[click] Use social media buttons to give your email audience an easy way to follow you on social media. Remind your audience to share your promotions – ask them to Like them on Facebook, retweet on Twitter or pin on Pinterest. Your audience has a lot of influence via word of mouth, and you can get your promotions in front of more people – their friends and family – if they help spread the word for you.
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Mobile has become prevalent in the world around us, especially for holiday purchases and interaction. Now we want to show you some tips you can use today to start taking advantage of mobile for the holiday season.
Avoid using tiny fonts [CLICK]
This one would seem to be pretty self-explanatory…but is no less important.
Yes, you can fit more text on the screen if the font is small, but who can read it? People will need to pinch-to-zoom the text, and then have to scroll around. They’re more likely to delete the message, as well as unsubscribe from future small-fonted emails. We’d recommend 14 point for body text and 22 points for headlines.
Avoid using too much text and too many images [CLICK]
Think about it – do you want to read long and complex messages on your phone? When you’re on the go? No. Which means neither do your customers or supporters.
Start to re-think your content. Long-form content (think newsletters that have more than a couple of short, to-the-point paragraphs) doesn’t work for mobile readers. So look at the content you’re building and start to re-think it: could it be condensed? Can a picture tell the story better? Can you turn one newsletter into a series by cutting it into pieces?
If you have longer, or more complex content or assets you want to share (like a product guide, or new regulations for your clients or a research report that supporters of your non-profit would be interested in), send an email with a clear call-to-action that directs people to where that asset lives (on your website, blog, etc.
Images are a great way to convey a message, tell a story, and create a connection, but they can be overwhelming on a mobile device for a couple reasons. First, some mobile email clients may not display images by default, so be sure to use what is called “Alt Text,” or text that appears if the image doesn’t, to uphold your brand and to let people know what’s there. Second, if your images are too large, or there are too many, the rest of your message will be pushed down. The reader will have to pinch and zoom out of the message. This large image has pushed the call to action all the way to the bottom of the message, making it less likely that the reader will actually click through.
Typically you should stick to 20 lines of text or less, and 3 images or less.
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You want to make it easy for your readers to take an action, to do something that keeps them connected to you – come to your website or event registration page, click through to a white paper you wrote, learn more about your services. You can increase the odds of them taking that action by carefully thinking through the design of your emails.
Here’s an email that works…notice how the call to action is a button that is clearly separated from the rest of the content, both visually and spatially? White space will make it easier for the reader to click on it. You should also consider making your images clickable…they’re ready-made buttons waiting to be clicked!
A note here on buttons versus text links. What you really want to do is make it easy for your readers to take the action you suggest. Whether you give them large text links (with clear separation from surrounding text) or easy to tap buttons, make sure that there is no confusion about what action you want your reader to take: learn more? Register for an event? Make a donation? Make it incredibly easy…
You should also be thinking about where that button or link takes them – will they be taken to a website that is difficult to view on a mobile device? That could derail the entire experience for them…
Overall, an easy formula for creating mobile emails (or any email for that matter) is: picture, paragraph, call-to-action. That’s it! Remember, before you send any message out to your customers or supporters, TEST THE EMAIL BY SENDING IT TO YOURSELF. And then view it with your readers in mind…and make changes accordingly. A few extra minutes of testing can save a lot of headache later.
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You have a lot on your plate. You do not need a complicated strategy to end the year on a high note! Think about some simple ways to engage people – look at this example…
I love this example. It couldn’t be simpler to engage people online and draw not only attention but real business in during the holidays. Donna’s Gourmet Cookies decided to let people know that there were holiday cookies available, so they snapped a photo and posted it on Facebook. [CLICK] It got some interaction from her fans and customers, and that’s great. But the best part is what happened next …
How can you get started with your holiday marketing? Let’s take a look.
Here are 3 important tips to walk away with for holiday marketing success:
[CLICK] 1. Know your goal – choose one objective for your holiday promotion – too many will confuse you and your customers.
[CLICK] 2. What’s the offer? You have a lot you could choose from – coupons, discounts, gift with purchase, and more. Make it a clear and compelling offer for your customers.
[CLICK] 3. Make it timely – remember that the shopping cycle for the holidays should take into account shipping time, prodding last-minute shoppers, and the deadlines that you and your customers face when getting ready for the holidays.
We know you’re busy, and you might not want to be – or can’t be – on your computer all day. Save yourself some time by using some automation tools that do the work for you. These are great for the holidays, and well into the new year to build ongoing relationships with your holiday following.
[CLICK] Start simple by setting up welcome or update messages for your email marketing. They can be triggered to send to your list when someone signs up. A great way to welcome newbies and give them a taste of what they can expect in the future.
[CLICK] If you’ve created a marketing calendar for the holidays, create your holiday emails in advance and then schedule them to send at the times and days you choose.
[CLICK] You can also try automated emails – these are emails that are sent out based on certain triggers, like birthdays or anniversaries. You can build relationships over the holidays that last throughout the year if you leverage emails like these. Plus, you can give more information about your organization beyond a simple holiday offer.
[CLICK] You can also schedule your social media posts – you don’t have to be sitting in front of your computer to post to your networks. Facebook has its own scheduling tool, but the other networks don’t. You can use tools like MySocialSuite to schedule posts for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. MySocialSuite also has an Instagram feature that makes it easy to share your images.
It doesn’t take a lot of time to keep on track with your marketing and planning. Try at least 20 uninterrupted minutes at a time, 3 to 5 times a week to make email scheduling, social media planning, posting and monitoring part of your regular schedule.
One of the most crucial pieces to your marketing strategy this holiday will be your reports. You’ve spent so much time, energy, and money to generate buzz for your organization this season, and what has it all been for? Use metrics to tie tangible benefits back to all of your hard work. This will include metrics outside of your email marketing, like donations, revenue, conversion, etc., as well as the metrics you’ll see for all of your campaigns within Constant Contact.
You’ll know who is opening your marketing emails, when and how many times – what they clicked on – individually and generally, percentage-wise. Know how many people respond to your surveys, sign up for your events, pay for your events or pay for a special deal or make a donation if you’re a nonprofit.
You have to know what is working and what isn’t – because you should do more of what is working and stop doing what isn’t. Simple but important to know what is helping you grow.
For example, you can use the list of people who opened your email to identify which subscribers are most engaged with you (and target or reward them later). You can pinpoint who has clicked on what information within your email so you can send them exactly what they’re interested in for the future. You can even compare up to 5 emails at a time to see if one strategy is working better than another. This is one example of how you can take what you’ve done during the holidays and apply it to your marketing for the new year.
Holiday marketing doesn’t stop at the holidays. Use this momentum to carry you through 2017 for even more success!
Don’t forget about your social media reports. All of the social networks – except Instagram – provide you with reports on how your marketing is doing.
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You know you need to be marketing and mailing to new and existing customers and subscribers, but you don’t know where to start. Well there are some truths to keep in mind as you embark upon your list growth journey:
[CLICK] - GROWTH TAKES TIME - By now you may have heard that ‘your organization lives and dies by it’s subscriber list’. You might look at yours and wonder if you have enough contacts or if it is turning over the results you were hoping for. You’re not alone. But it is important to understand that it takes time and that it should have no end. Learning how to consistently grow your list is something that you want to become a reflex or a habit.
[CLICK] - GROWTH IS AN ONGOING PROCESS - Think of growing your subscriber list the same way you think of building and growing your business or non-profit. You always want to be generating business even after you get the kind of consistent business you’ve dreamt about. There will always be periods of lots of business and periods of less than ideal business, and your contact list will be like this too. You want to always be collecting contacts every chance you get wherever you interact with customers or supporters because you’ll always want to be reaching fresh leads as some unsubscribe or opt out over time.
[CLICK] - EFFORTS MUST BE ORGANIZED & CONSISTENT – just like the meticulous bookwork that you keep for your business or non-profit, your contact list is most successful when it is organized and is maintained in a consistent and efficient way
[CLICK] - A COMBINATION OF TRADITIONAL AND MODERN METHODS – There is no wrong way to collect a contact (except of course if you buy or rent lists, that is! We’ll talk about anti-spam best practices a bit later) You should start with what you know and combine new and traditional methods of gathering contacts.
Once you leave this presentation with more ideas than you had to start with and a clear plan of action for collecting as many contacts in as many places as possible, you’ll find that growing your list is just another way of growing your business or expanding your organization.
By following the tips and best practices we covered today, you’ll be positioning yourself to take your piece (or two) of the holiday pie. This information will help you stay in touch with your customers and reach new ones this holiday season. You are ready for your best holiday season yet! All it takes is Constant Contact.
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