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3) Giving a freebie to your prospect to “opt-in”. The freebie has to be relevant in theme to what you are selling.
4) Offering an email course, teaching
consumer about
product or service.
5) Continually reinforcing
incentive for your prospect to remain on your subscriber list. This can be by offering him/her quality content on a related topic of interest, etc.
6) Providing more incentives to get to know more about your customer. You may at this point, conduct surveys to build your database of information on customer preferences. You can then easily match your products to
customer needs.
Opt-in email marketing has lots of benefits for you and your customer:
* Increased customer loyalty due to constant contact.
* Customer needs and preferences are met.
* Increased “word of mouth” referral for your products or services as
customer becomes more satisfied.
* Increased sales for your other products and services.
* Lower cost per order because marketing waste is minimized.
Note that, in order to retain your customers, what you must continually offer is value. Otherwise, your subscriber can easily “opt-out” and you would have lost a prospect.
The burden is on you to build and nurture
relationship. Customer loyalty cannot be taken for granted, it has to be earned. Turning
loyalty into trust will surely propel your profits.
