Explained:
There are many different niches and strategies that can be crafted from the outline
above. There is no “one size fits all” scenario with email. Below are a few topics that we
usually get questions about.
Sending Campaigns:
We discourage mailers from sending broadcasts or campaigns too often. A couple a week
likely won’t get you into any particularly hot water, but broadcasts and over-mailing are
easily the #1 reason email marketers get kicked off a system. Broadcasts can “surge”
unsubscribes and complaints, which alerts the ESP. Autoresponders almost never have
this issue and provide stability and consistency in your mailing.
** Something that most people don’t know is that most ESPs have been known to use
better IPs for autoresponders.
Value:
Every email you ever send should provide creative content and value for the consumer
to consider or learn from. Never send vague, “tricky” emails that are just click bait and
that upset consumers. Put something of value in every email. In addition to this –
something I cover above – always have your personal URL be what is mailed, not
affiliate URLs. No Dead Webpages
How often to mail:
Some people want to have unlimited autoresponders, which is ok. However, most people
can figure out who their active users are within 7-10 days or 15-30 emails sent. Move the
openers and clickers over to a new list – that is where i recommend you create unlimited
autoresponders if you prefer that. If you focus on active folks, you’re not emailing to a
massive list of unresponsive people. You can also save money and have a much more
active list of consumers, which makes you look much better to the ESP.
Clean Out Inactives:
Anytime you have the chance to isolate and remove inactive people from your lists,
always do it. Less mail goes out and the subscribers you do mail have a much higher
activity rate which keeps you in the good graces of the ESP’s. Weekly is ideal, monthly at
a minimum and this practice with most ESP’s will help you save money.
Arbitrage vs Affiliate:
Some of the more successful guys who use this email strategy send 90% of their email
campaigns to a squeeze page that they own, on a domain that they own. They then run
arbitrage off the back of that by rotating different offers to see which will give them the
highest returns. The important thing to note here is that if you do this, you can use all of
the opt in’s from your owned page to warm up other ESP’s that you want to get
approved for single opt in API. But the concept allows a lot of flexibility in all of the
critical moving pieces of this plan. Sending affiliate offers is very similar but would still
need to be rotated off of a domain that you own.
Ask people to reply:
In your first email, as in most emails you send, ask the consumer a question that
requires them to reply to your email. Google and Yahoo control most email now and a
major part of their algorithm to inboxing is based on engagement. The more people you
have replying to you, the better your odds are of inboxing gmail and yahoo. Always ask
for feedback or for something they will want to share with you.
Example: “Hey, can you do me a favor? Would you mind sharing with me some of your
______ so that I can make sure we get you _____?”
Why only 560/day Max Per Autoresponder:
After years of testing everything imaginable, it has consistently emerged that keeping it
to under 560/day per Autoresponder is the magic number. Sure, some guys have gone bigger.
However, the guys that plug away everyday at 560/day have seen extraordinary
longevity from their SMTP/ESP relationships. I believe it’s because it’s a small, but very
realistic number that isn’t going to cause any substantial problems for an ESP.
Email Content:
I recommend going with 100% text emails as often as you can. Anytime you start getting
fancy with graphics, images and suggested templates, you’re more likely to hit the gmail
promotions tab or junk/spam. Unless you have a long established reputation with your
domain and users, text only is ideal. Keep the emails simple.