E-Newsletter Tips

Hot off the presses from our recent newsletter, Who:

“E-Newsletters Made E-Z”

E-mail was invented to make communication quick, direct and timely. Let’s keep it that way. When developing electronic newsletters, remember to:

• Keep the content brief and “punchy.” Longer content should be linked to.
• Use links to direct traffic back to your website.
• Limit the number of images — they will not render in most e-mail applications unless authorized by the viewer, and they may trigger spam filters.
• Make certain they are either text-based or coded in html. Again, JPEGs and PDFs may not render for the viewer.
• Keep the content fresh, important and engaging.
• Be consistent. Set a schedule for multiple distributions and stick to it.

In a cluttered inbox, you have maybe five seconds to capture your targets’ attention. Make the most of it. Asking recipients to click the e-mail, download images, scroll screen after screen, or read a ton of text is asking a lot. You need to make the recipient care enough to make that first click to open. And make it worth their while once they do.

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