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BIGGEST MISTAKE EMAIL MARKETERS MAKE
I recently asked a group of marketers this question:“ When you send an email to your list, what’ s your # 1 goal?”
Some of the answers I got were …
• To get readers to open it
• To get readers to READ it
• To give some useful info
• To build rapport
• To sell a product Those are all good answers … But they’ re also all WRONG answers. Of course, you want them to open the email, read the email, build some rapport, maybe give some useful info, but none of these are your primary objective.
So, what is?
To get the CLICK. That’ s it. Everything else is simply in support of that # 1 goal, getting them to click the link you send to them. Ideally, you want to train your list to click your links like( pardon me here) mind-numb robots.
You want them to click automatically- without thinking- because it’ s what they always do when they open your emails.
You don’ t need to sell the product – the sales page or video you send them to should do that for you.
You don’ t need to tell them everything about the blog post you’ re sending them to – the post will do that for you. Your job is simply to get the click. So how can you improve your click-through rate? 1. Give great information. People will like you and TRUST you if you give them great info that helps them. Clicking the link is just a natural extension of that.
2. Show them the‘ what’ but not the‘ how.’ You might give them a really useful tip on what drives super targeted traffic, but to learn how to do it they need to click the link. And yes, that link goes to a product you want them to buy. You haven’ t sold the product in the email, but you have sold them on the method. The product is simply an easy shortcut to using that method to get the result.
3. Don’ t always send them to sales letters; send them to fun stuff, too. Show them your blogposts, your videos and even other people’ s stuff now and then.