Email Marketing – Why it’s key to communicating right now & 3 big tips to do it well.
In so many ways, what’s old has made a roar back in the way communication is happening right now with the ol’ situation we are in right now. People are calling people, there are actually people outside and going on trails (saw this yesterday it was amazing), and emails from CEO’s are through the roof – just check your inbox.
The key takeaways I’ve seen though in how those emails are coming across is literally right in front of us all with these 3 questions.
- Is it personal
- Does it sound like the rest of the noise right now
- Is the email effective
Let’s start with is your email personal?
Does your subject line start with “How we are handling the COVID-19 situation?” Then start again, you sound like the rest of the world. How about something like, “Top 3 ways to get in touch with our team right now.” That addresses that there is a situation but there is a solution. Or you could go with, “We’re in this together, a quick update.”
The other thing to think about is not using your standard info@ company email address when blasting out emails. Have it come directly from your email address and let people reply directly to you. This is super easy to change in Mail Chimp or whatever system you are in.
Does it sound like the rest of the noise right now?
Everyone is hearing all the negative out there today, they want to read something positive, something that you are doing that can help them, or just a note to show that you care. Not sure how you are coming across in this world right now, check out Donald Miller’s Instagram post on this which is just flat out amazing!
Is your email effective?
Using email is just the first step in communicating, but what’s inside really is what counts. Use videos in your email and don’t be afraid of it. People want to see and hear your voice and there’s no better way to do this than with video. I recommend Soapbox, it’s free and you can even share your screen if you need to. There’s simply no better way to communicate right now than with video which is why Zoom meetings have taken over the world right now and their servers crashed last week.
We will get through this, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, so it’s time to start talking and communicating like that!
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4 年So many CEO’s are missing the mark with their C19 emails. Nobody cares about what they are doing for themselves, what are they doing for their customer? That is being missed almost entirely.