Email Marketing can help spread the word in Las Vegas and nationally about your business, products and services. More on why email marketing is important. Defined, Email Marketing is direct marketing to a target market you are trying to reach using email. It can contain news, tips, articles, promotions and specials, but it’s main goal it to market.

When you compose an email for marketing purposes, keep these points in mind:

• Create a title for the email that will cause readers to want to open your email. People glance at the first few words of the email title to even decide if they are going to open it or delete it.
• Write interesting headlines. So you’ve gotten the reader to open your email, now give them a reason to read on. Glancing at the headlines should make you want to read the news item.
• Keep main articles concise, interesting and to the point. Get to your point quickly, whether it is an offer of some sort, or any other call to action. People’s attention spans are very short, especially in email.
• Create links back to your website when possible.  Readers will click on the links if they want more information.

There are many places you can source an email list for marketing purposes. Most of the time you must buy a list and the prices and quality of the lists you purchase may vary. A good place to start is by exporting the contacts from your email or address book.  They are most likely current clients, business associates and friends. The first time I exported my address book years ago, I was surprised to end up with a list of over 400 email addresses.  If you would like to purchase a list of email addresses, there are many options available to you. Remember to decide upon a target market for your purchased email list. For example, are you trying to source a list in Las Vegas of Small Business owners on the west side of town or specific to zip codes or is your target a national audience of dog owners let’s say.

Websites you can purchase email marketing lists from:

The process is fairly simple. You need to find an online company, set up an account, pay a monthly fee depending on how big your list is and how many times a month you email your list. They will have instructions on how to import email addresses from your address book or the list you’ve purchased.

Email marketing is a very cost effective form of marketing your Las Vegas products and services. There are various ways you can create an email campaign and various content options you can write about. Any way you look at it, email marketing can keep your company’s products and services in people’s minds and reminds people of your products and services and can lead to new leads and new business.

Where’s a good place to start?

There are many email marketing services available out on the internet. I’m most familiar with Constant Contact. Whether you’re looking to send an email newsletter, a high-impact email promotion, an email event invitation, an online survey, or build your email list, Constant Contact can help you get it done. 

Email Marketing and Online Surveys from Constant Contact make it easy and affordable for you to connect with your customers or members. Review their website for more information and details.

Where to find an Email list to market your email newsletter to?

A great place to start is with your current address book (from Microsoft Outlook or any comparable address book or email software). If you look in the help menu, there should be instructions on how to export your address book into a text delimited file that you can then import into your email marketing software, like Constant Contact.

You can also have a professional web developer put an email newsletter sign up form on your website’s home page in order to encourage visitors to sign up for your newsletter.  There are services online where you can also purchase email lists for marketing purposes.

What information can I include in my email newsletter?

• Helpful tips, tricks and inside information
• A special offer or discount
• Your full company information and contact information
• An article on a timely topic relevant to your business
• How you will solve your particular customer’s problems through using your services
• Special events or announcements