There’s no hard-and-fast rule for email newsletter length, though a good general rule of thumb is no longer than one printed page or roughly 500 words. If you can accomplish your goals with fewer words, that’s often better. The less time you ask readers to give you, the more likely they are to follow through.…
If we create your newsletters, then the answer is yes. Recently, MailChimp changed its pricing structure. If you use the free version of MailChimp, you should still have a free account. If you pay for MailChimp, your cost may have gone up. The number of people in your “audience” has expanded to include not only subscribers but…
For many businesses, the main challenge with maintaining a blog or social media account isn’t coming up with ideas. It’s finding the time to write the content or create graphics. That’s where we come in. But we’ve noticed that sometimes another challenge arises: finding the time to review and approve that content. Unfortunately, it does…
You’ve created quality content. It’s posted on your blog. Now on to the next one, right? Not so fast! You can get more value out of that investment of your time and energy. For most small businesses, we recommend that you at least: Publish it on your blog. Share it in a newsletter. Post it…
Direct me – but don’t tell me what to do. One of the great paradoxes of using calls-to-action is that people need to be guided and encouraged with clear, forceful language – but it better not come off like you’re telling them what to do. This can put people on the defensive, make you seem…
Putting together an e-newsletter is a lot of work. Even if most of the content just reflects what you’ve put up on your site recently, you still have to format it, write an introduction, and make sure that it’s error-free. Because of all that, it can be incredibly disappointing when only a small percentage of…
The good news: Your traffic is up. The bad news: Your sales aren’t. Perhaps your problem is that you’re not being direct enough with your audience. While it’s true that no one wants to feel like they are being sold to, most people still need a bit of direction or encouragement once in a while.…