Why your email fundraising doesn't work

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09 May 2012

Why your email fundraising doesn't work

If you email campaigns aren't working, here are some possible reasons why, from the VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog, at 9 Mistakes We Make with Our Email Marketing:

Buying or renting an email list.
Frequency -- mailing too little or too much.
Having a lame subject line.
Not following best practices.
No call-to-action.
Your links stink.
List not targeted.
You're not social.
Your content sucks.

I'll add one more that I see all the time in email fundraising:

Your landing page is bad. (Irrelevant, unconnected to the email, hard to use, packed with irrelevant links, etc.)

Posted by Jeff Brooks on 09 May 2012 at 08:00 in Net Stuff | Permalink

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