Connect with your Customers through Email Newsletters

One way to ensure that you have repeat business is to make use of email newsletters to stay in touch with customers. This is a great way to keep customers informed of new products and sales, or to just remind them on occasion that you are still out there prepared to serve.

And Email newsletters offer ease and convenience to your customers too. They provide interesting reading for customers during a lull at work. Or allow those too occupied with work to read it at leisure, or to simply delete it, if they wish. And because you would normally build in a simple unsubscribe feature, those customers who want to could use it easily to stop the receiving your newsletter. Additionally, this unsubscribe feature automatically and conveniently updates your database.

Apart from these benefits, email newsletters are also cost-effective, saving on paper, printing and stationery costs. And on mailing costs, buying so many postage stamps can be a budget-killer. The alternative is to put down the cost of a mailing software application once, and use it to process and dispatch your email newsletters periodically.

Writing a newsletter is simpler than you think. Keep it short, not more than a page and a half to two. Remember you are catering to busy customers with limited time on their hands. If you don't fancy yourself as a writer, you can hire a professional to do the writing for you. Most writers charge a reasonable fee and the benefits you derive from hiring a professional usually out weigh the cost of hiring them. Plus think of all the time you will save.

Once you've got your newsletter, how often should you email it? Well usually, once a month works well, it's not necessary mailing more often than that. In fact most businesses email quarterly, sending out a special newsletter or two sporadically. These special newsletters usually relate to new events or programs, or to innovative deals.

The content of your newsletter must be interesting, well written and of some benefit to your reader. Besides giving information about your business, write on other subjects that your customers would find useful such as financial planning or seasonal yard care. You could include short news stories that are in some way connected to your business or your customers.

Although not necessary, you might want to design your email newsletter using an HTML format. An HTML document will open in most types of mail programs, and will retain the same formatting as the original. In addition, an HTML format allows you to manipulate graphics and fonts. On the down side though, HTML documents tend to be large, are prone to virus attacks and cannot be opened by some email programmes. Fortunately, most mailing software offer several options on the type of format you can use for your newsletter.

Creating email newsletters to stay in touch with your clients is a good marketing move. It keeps your customers informed of new products and deals, and it can help them feel as though they are part of a community rather than "just" a customer.

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