Promotions are simple, yet highly effective tools that increase sales and profits when used properly. Still you can’t just throw offer a random discount, or bonus and expect it to make you money. In fact misusing promotions can lead to lower perceived value, not to mention a lack of sales. Here are some ideas for different promotions you can easily implement and how to use them.
You should be using an e-mail service provider that allows you to schedule your e-mails to be sent out at a later date so you don’t have to worry about being available to press send right when you want the message to go out. When scheduling your messages you want to try to catch people when they are likely to be checking their e-mail regularly (so the inbox isn’t already piled up), and when they are in a frame of mind that makes them more likely to read your message.
There are many reasons you may choose to hold a promotion. It doesn’t always have to be linked to a discounted price. Instead, during the promotion you may limit the availability of the product only to that group, add special bonuses, or provide additional formats. Here are some ideas for special promotions. Try one of them or create something unique of your own:
You need an incentive for people to give you their contact information, and a good one is to offer them some useful information or tools at no cost. What tools should you offer? “How to” titles on hot topics work great. You can create a product that provides instruction for the first several steps of a large process. Give them enough information that they can implement what they have learned and reap some benefits from it.
a squeeze page is a powerful tool for collecting contact information from your prospects so that you can begin building a list, and you are going to need one. Lead lists are critical in enabling you to build a relationship with your prospects, which dramatically increases your ability to sell to them.
You will need an email service provider to schedule, and send mail to your lists as well as to manage our leads, personalize your messages, provide easy opt-out options and help to keep you out of trouble with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for spamming.