When
you incorporate all the strengths of direct marketing into email marketing,
like testing and targeting, then what you end up with is one of the most
powerful marketing weapons ever invented.
Email
marketing has of course not been without its' problems. Spam of mass
unsolicited email has been a major problem that has given email marketing a bad
name, such that when you mention it folks are quicker to think about illegal
emails than they are to grasp that you are talking about legitimate and legal
email marketing. Even more serious a problem is the fact that spam has caused
many ISPs to set up filters that sometimes cause us not to receive email that
we actually want and some of it has even been specially requested. For instance
when somebody subscribes to an email newsletter.
Still,
despite all the challenges, email marketing remains a powerful and potent
online marketing tool, more so for those with the skills and knowledge to use
it.
There
is no denying the fact that email marketing is the most effective method of
driving traffic and sales to web sites today.
Email
marketing is a form of direct marketing that is even more effective than
traditional direct marketing. The latter relies on snail mail and it usually
takes days for mail to reach recipients. One of the advantages of email marketing
is that it is instant. You send out a message and it reaches the recipients
immediately.
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