3 shocking email marketing statistics all authors should know
Authors who want to sell books but don’t think they need to use email to do that will be interested in these three compelling statistics about email marketing effectiveness.
If you’re an author who has already started building an email list, read these stats and then pat yourself on the back!
If you haven’t started building your essential email list yet, prepare to be motivated. Here are three important email marketing statistics you can’t overlook.
1. Email is 40 times more effective at acquiring customers than Facebook and Twitter combined.
McKinsey & Company, the source of that statistic, adds that email is only the start of the author’s relationship with the reader. In addition to being thoughtful about what goes into each email message, authors should also about where the link in that message sends the reader. “Landing pages” — website pages with no links that take people off the page — customized to your email message can increase sales by 25 percent.
2. Email offers a 4,300 percent return on investment, according to the Direct Marketing Association.
What’s more, Email Expert reports that every $1 spent on email marketing generates $44.25 on average.
3. 95 percent of those who opt into email messages from brands say the messages are somewhat or very useful.
This statistic from the 2014 Mobile Behavior Report is a good reminder to make sure the content you send to your email list is focused on the recipient — your fans — not the sender — you.
You can’t avoid email any longer
If you still aren’t convinced, read Joan Stewart’s 10 reasons why authors should start building an email list. Don’t wait any longer to start building your list — you won’t regret it.
What do you like about the email newsletters you receive now? What appeals to you?
Tip of the Month
I always share a “Tip of the Month,” a free resource or tool for authors, on the last Wednesday of the month.
Today it’s one of my own gifts to you.
Download a free copy of my e-book, Author Email Newsletter Samples. It’s 64 pages of actual author email newsletters generously provided by 15 authors who are using email marketing right now to build and nurture their fan base.
Use these examples to get you thinking about what will work best for your newsletter. Make note of what you like and what you don’t like as you scroll through the file.
You can get your copy of Author Email Newsletter Samples here.
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I KNOW I should be collecting emails, but I am tearing out my hair trying to figure out how to hook up the landing page to deliver a free gift to the subscriber. Is there a good vidwo to explain this? The Mail Chimp videos I’ve seen so far are outdated.
AND there are so many saying newsletters are dead, so why bother to collect emails if I just annoy readers with another newsletter?
Thanks.
JQ Rose
JQ, the process followed depends on the service you’re using. If you’re using MailChimp, you’ll have to rely on that company’s tech support. You can also pay someone to set it up for you.
As for “so many” saying newsletters are dead, who are those people? In many cases, the people who criticize a tactic do so because they implement it incorrectly and don’t get the results they hope for, then blame the tactic, not the execution. If your newsletter is all “me, me, me,” as many are, it isn’t going to be useful. The best approach is one that focuses on providing the reader with what the reader wants to know or learn, not what you want to tell them. Some people struggle to accept that approach, though, and continue to send out newsletters that are nothing but,”Here’s what I want you to know about me and my book.” Yawn….
Sandy