email marketing

Restaurants Email Marketing Tips

U.S. casual dining restaurant sales have grown by 8 percent between 2006 and 2011, according to a study by Mintel. Total casual dining restaurant sales are expected to reach $107.8 billion in 2011. Restaurant owners can secure a share of this competitive market through a well-designed email marketing campaign. Here’s a short list of tips…

Is Your Email Marketing Style Stuck In A Rut?

In our daily lives, we adjust our style of written communication to suit the situation and the audience. Formal business communications, whether by letter or email, require structured paragraphs, accurate grammar, and professional language. Whereas arranging to meet a friend for a drink can be a short message full of textspeak and emoticons. Email marketing…

Share, Share, Share!

The most trusted form of advertising is a recommendation from a friend. Savvy email marketers can harness the power of a friendly recommendation by encouraging readers to share the content of their email marketing campaign with friends and colleagues. A Silverpop benchmark study found that shared emails increase the reach of email marketing campaigns by…

Faith-Based Email Marketing Engages Current and Future Members

With 70 percent of Americans regularly using email, it is highly likely that members of your congregation use digital communication as part of their daily routine. Email marketing is a simple, cost-effective way to build a relationship with your parishioners, which fits with their busy lives. A well-run email marketing campaign will enable you to…

Email Marketing: A Vital Tool for Non-profit Organizations

Online fundraising rose by 40 percent between 2009 and 2010, making it the fastest growing fundraising channel for nonprofit organizations, according to the annual Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index™ Study. With the 600 respondents raising more than $1.3 billion online during 2010, the study makes it clear that supporters increasingly want to engage with…

Engage Your Subscribers by Inviting Them to Work for You

A marketing email should do one of two things. It might drive immediate sales with a special offer, a strong call to action, and a sense of urgency that forces readers to push the button now. Or it might build a relationship by providing valuable news and information that enables subscribers to understand that yours…