Is Email Marketing Still An Effective Option
For Network Marketing? Submitted By: Rich Niccolls With email filters,
blockers, and simply tons of unsolicited email, is email marketing
still a viable option to build and grow your network marketing business?
The answer to this question, in my opinion is "Yes, but."
Let's deal with the "Yes" first, then we'll deal with the
"But."I remember about 5 or 6 years ago putting about 400
leads into my autoresponder and enrolling about 8 - 10 people a month
into my nutritional program. Today, if you had 10 times that many
leads, you may get a couple of prospects, and maybe, maybe, one enrollment.
It is true that times have changed,
but that doesn't necessarily mean that email marketing is dead. Let's
look at a couple of examples.One colleague of mine from California
literally cannot keep up with the large number of prospects inquiring
about her program. She is signing up 10 - 15 people per month into
her program which costs about $1300 to start. Eighty percent of her
efforts are wrapped up in email marketing. She has gone through the
learning curve and is what I would call, a professional email marketer.
How many emails does she send?
About 1 million per month.Another colleague of mine from Georgia is
enrolling about 30 people per month into his business, a $20 a month,
non-nutritional program. He is not highly sophisticated in what he
does, but is effective enough to send out about 250,000 - 300,000
emails per month.What is the biggest difference between now and then?
Numbers. With the vast expansion of the Internet and email marketing,
it simply requires greater numbers to get results today. It is not
uncommon for some folks to get a couple hundred unsolicited emails
a day that you must compete with. With the billions of emails circulating
on a daily basis, you need massive numbers to get results.
So, how many emails should you send out? Keep reading.Now let's talk
about the "But."The biggest downside to email marketing
is that new recruits are weak. Email marketing is notorious for having
a revolving door with new recruits. Why? There is no relationship
involved except for exchanging a few emails. Email marketing is very
impersonal, and without the relationship, there is no bond (or glue)
to hold the new recruit in your business. Many leave as quickly as
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