The average businessperson receives 200 emails per day. He spends 30-40% of his working time just managing that email torrent. Do you think he needs yet another one of your impersonal emails? It’s little wonder harried people today click ‘Spam’ on perfectly legitimate messages.
Business is increasingly about trust and building relationships. The top email marketing tactic is sending custom content to a targeted group, according to a MarketingSherpa survey (below). Impersonal email blasts rank at the bottom of the list.
What about the email that you send to your business customers and prospects? Email marketing services like iContact and Constant Contact can be useful. But sending out blasts of hundreds or thousands of emails is increasingly ineffective.
Large businesses have the manpower and budget to customize CRM systems like salesforce.com. Small businesses and consultants don’t. Check out tools like WeMeUs Contact Management and Lead Generation. They enable highly personalized emails for messages that have impact … and actually get read.
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