Mequoda Daily: Free Report Friday - Email Promotions and Editorial Content: The Makings of a Successful Email Calendar

October 29, 2010 Email Promotions and Editorial Content: The Makings of a Successful Email Calendar Discover valuable insight from our Editorial Management Guidelines free report Download your free digital copy of Editorial Management Guidelines for Online Publishers now Customer loyalty is important in any business, throughout all industries. Loyal customers will continue to do business with you and will likely spread the word about your products or services. Email marketing lists help to keep track of all of your loyal customers. They also allow you to reach out to these customers and keep them informed about what's new and exciting about your business. It's important to realize that email isn't just about selling products. It should be viewed as your primary means of sharing great content. In order to put a successful email marketing strategy into play, you should be offering a mix of editorial content and promotional materials. Aligning the two will help even more as the validity in the products is seen even clearer that way. Ideas on a successful email calendar: -Combining a mix of editorial and promotional content will help maximize customer lifetime value. -Create a cyclical email schedule that includes editorial and promotional content. -Allow 20-25% of your emails to be promotional in nature. This way the editorial content is outweighing the blatant promotions. -Promote for your best selling products or time-sensitive events the most. -A week in review email is a great way to recap your entire editorial content from the week while promoting for your products through in-line text ads and banners on the right or left nav. Good online editors should compile content a week in advance to properly align products with editorial content and to assure publishing deadlines will be met. For more information on editorial guidelines, download a free digital copy of our Editorial Management Guidelines for Online Publishers white paper. If you already have a copy but you know someone who could benefit from it, please feel free to forward this email on.   UPCOMING WEBINARS 11/2: Maximizing Online Advertising Revenue 11/23: Writing Killer Text Ads 12/14: Actionable Analytics BEST-SELLING WEBINARS ON CD Internet Advertising Basics SEO Campaign Management 2010 Twitter for Publishers Audio Conferences and Webinars Email Subject Line Smackdown TOP 5 COMPLIMENTARY WHITE PAPERS 17 Best Email Subject Lines Deadly Membership Website Mistakes Email Design Best Practices How to Write a White Paper that Sells Launch a Link Building Campaign More free white papers >>>   CONNECT WITH US

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