Trends come and go in digital marketing, but the most effective ways to reach your audience and sell your product or service rarely change. One highly effective digital marketing strategy that’s been around for decades is email marketingThe use of email to promote products or services, build relationships with potential customers, and ....
Email marketers in all industries will agree that for an email campaignA coordinated set of individual email messages sent over a specific period with a particular goal. to be worth pursuing, it’s essential to have a large and diverse email list. The bigger your reach, the greater the promotional effects of a carefully timed sales email.
In this blog post, we’ll look at the interesting synergy that exists between content and your in-house email list. We’ll also share five strategies that you can use to get more email opt-ins to your email list using your blog content.
Have you ever read a blog post, scrolled down the page and then noticed a modal box pop onto your screen asking for your email address? Overlay pop-ups aren’t subtle, but they’re highly effective at increasing your opt-inThe process where a user gives explicit permission to receive emails. rate.
The key to success with modal pop-ups is avoiding being annoying. Don’t let your overlay email captureThe process of collecting email addresses from website visitors. form get in the way of your content; if it does, readers aren’t likely to opt in and may get a negative view of your business.
One of the most effective ways to generate email opt-ins with an overlay without annoying readers is by triggering it to appear after a certain time limit. You could also use JavaScript to trigger the modal pop-up when users finish a blog post.
Instead of adding a modal dialog box that asks users to opt in, you can be far more subtle and simply request their email address at the end of a blog post. This can be as easy as adding an email capture form below the byline of your company blog.
Opt-in boxes at the bottom of a blog post tend to have lower opt-in rates than their more invasive pop-up counterparts, but with a higher leadA potential customer referred by an affiliate who has shown interest in the product or service but h... quality. Since users have read your content before opting in, they’re more likely to respond to your emails.
One of the best ways to encourage users to opt in to your email list is by offering an eBook or white paper with more information. The more related the eBook is to your product or service, the more targeted and valuable your subscribers will be.
In order for an eBook to be an effective email capture incentive, it needs to address a problem your target audience is facing. Check your ideal customer profile and think of a common question within your industry that you could answer in detail.
The logistics of offering an eBook as an opt-in incentive are simple. Almost all email marketing platforms, including popular tools such as AWeber and MailChimp, allow you to redirect users to a download page after confirming their email address.
Does your blog post feature an instructional video or free download? If so, you can increase your opt-in rate from your blog posts by requiring users to provide their email address before they can view your dynamic contentEmail content that changes based on the recipient's preferences or behavior..
This list buildingThe process of collecting email addresses from potential and current customers. strategy can be annoying for visitors, particularly if you use it in a wide range of blog posts. However, many readers will happily opt in to your list if a high quality resource or detailed, helpful video becomes available.
As with any incentive-based opt-in method, there’s a decline in lead quality with a method like this. Generally speaking, incentivized opt-in leads like these are least likely to convert into customers or clients further down the line.
Discount offers are fantastic tools for encouraging your website’s visitors to opt in to your email list. If you offerThe specific product or service being promoted by affiliates. a product or service, give email subscribers a special discount that’s only available via email to prompt them to opt in.
You can combine the discount strategy with other opt-in methods to maximize your email opt-inA user voluntarily providing their email address to receive promotional communications. rate. For example, your blog’s modal pop-up box could mention pricing benefits and special offers that are only available to email subscribers.
As with the content lockingRestricting access to premium content until a desired action, such as completing a survey or offer, ... method above, there’s a tradeoff in lead quality when a discount offer is part of your marketing strategy. Be aware that a tactic such as this could attract subscribers and customers who are only interested in discounts.