Holiday season is around, its time for many businesses to keeping in touch with customers and attract them to do the shopping. Sending frequent email campaigns is often the best way to communicate.
So today lets see how to prepare yourself for a great holiday season. We have prepared a list of 10 things to do for a seamless email marketing campaign.
1. Maintaining a clean mailing list
First, keep your mailing lists up-to-date with the most relevant subscribers. Second, filter active email addresses. These two things are directly related to your campaign success rates. Never ignore or underestimate them.
2. Segment your mailing lists
You may have thousands of email addresses in your mailing list, but how well are you targeting your newsletter contents? Segmenting each email address in different mailing list could be the most efficient way to ensure your campaigns are reaching out the people who really needs it and wants to receive them.
If you plan to send out holiday offers and promotions, customize each offer and send only to those people in a specific city or demographic to ensure you’re targeting an audience that will actually benefit from them.
3. Add sign-up forms to your website or blog
A newsletter sign-up form is the most efficient and organic way to provide your website or blog visitors to add themselves to your mailing lists. These are the most important people who wish to hear from you.
4. Personalize your newsletter contents
Personalize the subject line and greeting of your newsletter goes a long way. Your customers will appreciate this personal touch. Another thing you can do is to use a holiday theme template for your newsletter. Include special offers and promotions designed specifically for the recipient.
5. Planning your content
Create a content calendar, complete with all the major holidays and mark the days when each of your email campaigns will be sent. This will give you a nice overview of when you should have content and templates ready for your newsletter. Planning well in advance can save a lot of time and energy.
6. Schedule campaigns in advance
Schedule an already completed campaign to be sent at a future date and time. Never miss the opportunity. This will save you from last minute rush and errors.
7. Improving your campaigns
Knowing what content works for your audience is important. Learning from the past campaigns can help you better engage your subscribers and improve future campaigns.
8. Followup Campaigns
It is very natural that during the hustle of the holidays, several recipients may miss your email. So don't forget to setup Followup Campaigns to increase your open rates and improve engagement.
9. Study Reports
Study reports provided by your Newsletter Campaigns Software, Find out what content your subscribers respond to and which recipients in particular open and click on your campaigns.
10. Try and Learn
Always remember that unless you test your campaigns, you will never know what works with your specific audience. Try different subject lines and content and design theme to get the best response from your subscribers.
These are just a few ideas to get your holidays started on the right foot. We will be glad to hear from you if you have some other ideas too.
Just quick note, you can send newsletter within CMS Budo Newsletter Module.
Happy Holidays!