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Build Your Business With An Email Newsletter

It doesn?t matter whether your business is online or offline, sending out a regular newsletter is a vital tool for business success. And the best medium for a business letter today is email. An email newsletter is an excellent way to develop rapport with your customer base; it establishes trust, builds credibility, and enables you to position yourself as an expert in the field.

An email newsletter has these additional benefits:

1. It is much cheaper to publish than a printed newsletter
2. Mailing costs are virtually eliminated.
3. It has more immediacy than a printed newsletter and can be easily updated.
4. Customers can easily respond to it and can be invited to send their feedback or suggestions.
5. You can include links to your company?s website or to special offers that can be purchased immediately.
6. You can use professional emailing services to get feedback statistics showing how many customers opened your newsletter mail, clicked through to your site and so forth.

Here are some guidelines to follow when using email newsletters as a way of staying in touch with your customer base:

1. Follow the 80% 20% Rule

A common mistake that business writers make is that they focus only on themselves or their company in their newsletters. However, the most interesting newsletters are ones which contain solid information and tips that offer the reader some sort of tangible benefit. Such newsletters are much more likely to be read, and many customers will even look forward to receiving them. So, when composing a newsletter, focus on things that would really interest and help your readers. Don?t make it bland and impersonal either, but write naturally, as if you are sat down at the reader?s kitchen table and having a cup of tea together. Devote 80% of your newsletter content to entertaining the reader and use the remaining 20% to promote your business.

2. Choose a publishing schedule and stick to it

Consistency is the key to building up a regular readership when you publish a newsletter. Whether your newsletter goes out on a monthly or fortnightly basis, make a commitment to keep to this schedule. If your newsletter is good and regular, your customers will anticipate its arrival in their inbox and be pleased to see it there, as expected!

3. Pick a quality newsletter provider

An email marketing service such as that provided by http://Getresponse.com is an excellent vehicle for delivering mass mailings to customer mailing lists at very reasonable price. Since customers have to ?opt in? to receive mailings you will also be protecting yourself from accusations of spamming. Getresponse also manages people wanting to unsubscribe from your list automatically, which is a great time saver.

4. Make a point of planning your content and layout

Get into the habit of brainstorming for article ideas and working them up in advance so that when you sit down to write the newsletter it won?t seem like a big chore. Keep them breezy in style, with short paragraphs and make use of bullet points or numbered lists rather than long boring paragraphs. That way, more people will actually read it. If you have fun writing it that will convey itself to your customers, who will be more likely to enjoy reading it.

5. Add a newsletter sign-up form to your website

Make it easy for people to subscribe to your newsletter. Post a sign-up box prominently on your website. Not everybody who reads your newsletter will have subscribed, so invite readers to sign up by putting a sentence at the end of your email signature, saying something like 'Subscribe to my free newsletter and receive the latest articles, news, tips and special offers. Go to http://yoururl... '

By following these guidelines you will be able to squeeze the maximum potential out of your newsletter. With time and effort this strategy will lead to more repeat business and more new business.

David Hurley writes articles on Internet marketing strategies and publishes a popular marketing newsletter packed with Internet business tips and insights. Pick up a free subscription at => Grasp-The-Nettle.com.

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