Digital Marketing 101: Email campaigns

There's an estimated 191.4 billion emails sent and received every day! Since 2016, there were over 4.6 billion email accounts worldwide. In comparison by 2019, there's  expected to be over 5.5 billion email accounts. According to Fatrabbit Creative (2017), email marketing presents a great deal of opportunities for businesses big and small.

In addition, email marketing drives a better ROI (return-on-investment). It consequently offers much lower costs creating much richer and deeper consumer relationships.

The benefits of email marketing:

• Email marketing helps grow your customer database despite email list decay, and allows you to deliver content directly to potential customers. This includes already existing customers’ email inboxes.
• It's highly targeted and you no longer place an advert as you control who sees your content. You're able to segment your contacts based on demographics, location and sales readiness. Essentially, your audience receives emails targeted to their needs.
• It helps you increase brand awareness. Consumers are engaging with your business directly via email. With strategic and well-designed content, you can continue to build your brand’s value. With email campaigns, you stand out from the crowd, creating more sales possibilities.
• It's easily shareable and measurable. It’s very easy to share email content with a click of a forward button and people can become your brand advocates in the process. You’re also able to measure the success of your email marketing campaigns with metrics such as delivery rates, open rates, and click-through rates.
• It's also very cost-effective. When compared to traditional forms of marketing, email marketing is highly affordable and has no extra costs like traditional media.

Why the benefits outweigh the potential drawbacks:

The benefits far outweigh potential drawbacks. People consistently use their email addresses as it's a necessity for business people.

To follow best email marketing etiquette:

• Provide an unsubscribe option in the email.
• Use a reputable ESP (email service provider).
• Make use of unique templates.
• Use an ESP that is ad-free.
• Use enticing CTAs.
• Make content very personalised for your target audience.

As a result, content must be engaging! The subject line needs to be direct and targeted to the audience's issues. Soon you’ll see greater success!

In conclusion, this is an introduction to the world of email marketing. The next two blog posts detail planning an email campaign and building your email database. Finally, we’ll explore email distribution. Keep your eyes peeled to our social media profiles for more blog posts!

Digital Marketing 101 blog series:

Read more of the Digital Marketing 101 blog series and be educated on every digital marketing topic under the sun. Learn all the basics about digital marketing and how to put together your own digital marketing strategy.

1. The importance of digital marketing in your business
2. What is web analytics and how does it benefit your website's design?
3. An introduction to SEO (Search engine optimisation)
4. The difference between free and paid online advertising
5. A social media strategy is essential for your business (Part 1)
6. A social media strategy is essential for your business (Part 2)
7. A social media strategy is essential for your business (Part 3)
8. Planning, creating and distributing an email campaign (Part 1)
9. Planning, creating and distributing an email campaign (Part 2)
10. Planning, creating and distributing an email campaign (Part 3)
11. Responsive website design and mobile marketing (Part 1)
12. Responsive website design and mobile marketing (Part 2)
13. Responsive website design and mobile marketing (Part 3)
14. Tying together the loose ends in your digital marketing strategy (Part 1)
15. Tying together the loose ends in your digital marketing strategy (Part 2)
16. Tying together the loose ends in your digital marketing strategy (Part 3)