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Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated -- Email Marketing


Recently, there has been a lot written about email and its (impending) death. From what you read on forum boards and in newsletters from well-known internet marketers, email marketing is dead. Too many ISPs are taking it upon themselves to limit the number of emails you can send at one time, or are blocking your emails from even getting to your subscribers's inboxes.

As a way around this, many marketers are telling you to get a blog and an RSS feed. This makes good sense, and there is some indication that RSS and related technology will become more popular in the near future, but before you invest in an ebook or multimedia course from a marketer, ask yourself if that marketer has a vested interest in moving you over to an RSS system (i.e., they conveniently sell an RSS starter kit, or affiliate for someone who does).

On the contrary, though, email marketing is not dead. Recently, on a membership-only forum, discussion centred on how Getresponse and Aweber have improved their open and deliverability rates for emails, even as high as 85% for deliverability. One contributor, who owns an autoresponder company, noted that many tricks marketers use to get their messages past spam filters (such as using "f^ree" for "free") are actually backfiring and triggering spam filters, resulting in emails being blocked. Instead, marketers should focus on trick-free, valuable content in their emails.

Apparently, email marketing works much the same way as search engine marketing (and, really, all good marketing) does: in the long run, you are rewarded for building (and sending out) trick-free, useful, and informative content.

So how should you build your business? One quality blog post or article at a time.

Jeremy Hoover is the owner of Hoover Marketing where he focuses on building strong content both for his affiliate assets and his email marketing efforts.


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Relevant content 'crucial for email marketing'
DirectNews, UK - Oct 9, 2008
Online marketers should ensure they make their content relevant to wider events of the world, according to a sector commentator. ...


Expert reveals the importance of quality email marketing content
Business Strata - Business News, UK - Oct 8, 2008
The use of quality content in email marketing can be highly beneficial to growing businesses, according to an expert. Michelle Eichner, vice-president of ...
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Silverpop Takes Email Marketing Social
MarketWatch - Oct 2, 2008
Share-to-Social can energize existing email marketing programs, turning them into a powerful acquisition tool capable of increasing list size and filling ...


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Research highlights popularity of email marketing with retailers
Business Strata - Business News, UK - Oct 7, 2008
A new study has revealed that many retailers are turning to email marketing in an effort to communicate with potential and existing customers. ...
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