It is always such a thrill to see how many people opened your company newsletter.
What are you doing next?
If you’re like most, you’ll just wonder about those who didn’t open your newsletter.
Instead, let’s focus on what to do next with the people who did open your newsletter.
These tips will be most helpful for a small business owner.
The “open rate” for your newsletter is the percentage of people who open the email. So, if you sent your newsletter to 100 people, and 20 people opened it, you would have a 20% open rate.
There is no single, firm open rate that applies to all businesses.
While a 20% newsletter open rate may not seem like a lot for all of your effort, it’s actually a pretty great result. Keep that in mind when you are looking at your newsletter analytics.
Providers like MailChimp share industry open rates available in your analytics dashboard. If your business is in consulting, you’ll be able to see how your open rates compare with those in the consulting sector.
Remember, for all those on your list who don’t open your newsletter, it still shows up in their inbox. When they see it, they are reminded of you. This is an opportunity to stay on their radar.
There isn’t a lot of information out there that talks about what to do after you send your newsletter.
Think of your newsletter as a conversation starter. When someone opens your newsletter, reach out to them and continue that conversation.
Why should you follow up with people who open your newsletter?
Because by opening your newsletter, these people are telling you they are interested in hearing more about what you have to say.
Now is the best time to make the next move in building your relationship with them. People need to like, know and trust us before they choose to buy from us.
Most of you reading this are probably small business owners. One of the advantages of being small is that you can build and maintain a more personal relationship with your clients, suppliers, and other people in your network.
Say a subscriber named Sally opened your newsletter.
It’s a little odd to call Sally up and say “Hi Sally, I saw that you opened my newsletter yesterday. Thanks so much. How are things?”
Keep in mind, unless the people on their list run their own newsletter, they may not be aware that their opens are tracked. Don’t use this piece of information in your conversation with them. It may make them feel very uncomfortable.
So how do you reach out to Sally and all the others who opened your newsletter, without making them feel weird?
Some of the people who open your newsletter will be people you have already gotten to know a little bit, but others will be people you haven’t talked to or reached out to personally before.
Reaching out to people who you don’t know:
Reaching out to people who you know :
Those are just a few ideas for connecting with the people who are opening you email newsletters.
Remember that it’s up to you to make the first move. Yes, it is work, and yes, it does go by slowly.
As fast as today’s digital marketing tools are, humans are still much slower to make connections and build trust
Here are some resources for further reading on how to take your email newsletter from okay to outstanding:
Do you have any tips for reaching out to your subscribers who take the time to open your newsletter? Have you tried any of the tips from this post? We’d love to hear about it in the comments!
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