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The Art of Email Marketing Using the “7 Killer Tips To Get Your Emails Read” Download it free at: www.kurtjohansen.com email profits Kurt Johansen MBA www.kurtjohansen.com

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http://www.kurtjohansen.com - Australia's Leading Email Marketing Strategist helps you get your business up and running & into email marketing with these 7 Killer Tips. Download his free email marketing book "7 Killer Tips To Get Your Emails Read" from http://www.kurtjohansen.com

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The Art of Email Marketing

Using the “7 Killer Tips To Get

Your Emails Read”

Download it free at: www.kurtjohansen.com

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Kurt JohansenMBA

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Killer Tip Number One:

“The Secret to Creating Credibility and Why It’s A Must To Use An Email Address People Will Trust & Recognise.”

Or

“Who Are You ?”

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First questions:

• Who are you? • What do you want?

Have an email address or name which is recognizable to the recipient.

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• Use your name or your main address.

From Armand Morin ([email protected])

From Frank Kern ([email protected])

√√√ From John Carlton ([email protected])

From Stephen Pierce ([email protected])

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• AVOID using

Hotmail or Gmail addresses in Email Marketing.

• It doesn’t ooze ‘professionalism’.

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Killer Tip Number Two:

“Revealing The Closely Guarded Secret Used By Experts That’s Guaranteed To Get All Your Emails Opened.”

Or

“What Do You Want?”

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Ensure your intrusion in their life is pleasant.

ALWAYS…

Use their first name in the email address line.

AND…

Engage them with an alluring subject line.

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Create curiosity

Step 2 of the “7 Killer Tips To Get Your Emails Read” serves only one purpose

And that is…

To get your email opened.

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• General Rules to Obey for Subject Line.

- Limit to 50 characters or 6-8 words.

- Start words with a Capital Letter and test use “ ”

Create curiosity to force them to open the email.

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–Some Examples:

• Hi Pam, “Inside This Email We Have Included...”

• Hi Rob, “I know It’s Friday But…”

• Hi Mary, “I Must Apologise For…”

• Hi Tammy, “This Month’s VIP Club Offer Is…”

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Killer Tip Number Three:

“How To Write Attention Grabbing Headlines Which Will Explode Off The Screen”

Or

“The Email Headline”

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• Killer Tip 3:

serves as the ENTRANCE or GATEWAY to your email message. 

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• Writing headlines is a “learned” skill

• Get help if you need

• I like to include images based around the headline, such as:

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“With 11 letters of offers out there this well-positioned and much loved residence is bound to be sold this weekend…”

So Paul, If you are considering owning …

For those born on the 4th of July it means

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY.”

For all others it means…

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Well…

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• Headlines depends on your list.

• “Bulk” email marketers are ignoring headlines.

• Test with your list.

• I find headlines are a great segue into Killer Tip 4.

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Killer Tip Number Four:

“Discover Million Dollar Techniques To Cause The Reader To Take Action”

Or

“The Email Content”

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• Email Content Is King – Or is it?

• Depends on the message and who is receiving it.

• The email often will not relate to everyone on your list – it happens.

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• Email Content Is King – Or is it?

• Segment your lists as much as possible and send them meaningful offers and information.

• Match the message to the right person.

• One email = one main message.

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• Long Emails:

Learn copywriting or as we know it

Emotional Direct Response Advertising.

Get help if needed.

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• Short Emails:

Becoming popular with some marketers.

This strategy entices recipients to click on a link and be transported to a sales page or video.

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• Short Emails: An example of one I recently received is:

From: Frank Kern

Date: Wednesday, 11:19 AM

To: [email protected]

Subject: beautiful!

  This video does a beautiful job of showing you adetailed process map of what a killer launch look like.

http://www.productlaunchformula.com/blue.php?1715

It'll play automatically.

Enjoy :-)

Frank

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Killer Tip Number Five:

: “How To Sneak Under The Spam Filter’s Radar - Invisible Stealth Attack Tactics Used By Gurus To Get Past The Toughest Security Defences”

Or

“How To Send Your Email”

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• Emails are filtered

• Know which words to modify or avoid

• Use a reputable email sending program to do this.

• I recommend: http://budurl.com/SmartEmailSystem

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Some words I have found to modify or change:

• Exciting, • interview,

• opportunity, • discover, • overseas,

• free,

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• Modify by:

Old Word Modified Word

Exciting, Ex*citing

interview, inter-view opportunity, opp*ortunity discover, dis*cover overseas, over-seas

free fr*ee

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• Two formats:

1.HTML and Text

HTML – images Text – words

• Which one do I use to send?

BOTH

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Killer Tip Number Six:

“Magical Words That Will Get Your Prospects To Behave Like A Puppet On A String”

Or

“Call To Action and Effective PS’s ?”

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• A call to action is VITAL in marketing.

• Eliminate generic ‘Click Here’ buttons.

Instead try : or

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• Include PS’s at the end of your email.

• Research tells us 76% of PS’s are read.

• Try to include at least two or three PS’s and

• Offer a PS ‘Special’ to test effectiveness.

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Killer Tip Number Seven:

“Unleash The Full Power Of Your Email Campaign By Knowing When To Send OutYour Emails For Best Effect”

Or

“When To Send Emails”

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• Email Marketing needs to be consistent.

• Keep in regular contact – minimum fortnightly

• Tuesdays or Wednesdays best less cluttered

• Don’t discount other days - TEST.

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• Record results:• Open rates;• Click-through link rates;• Read rates.

discover what is best for your list by testing.

If you can’t measure it – you can’t improve it !

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