How to Make More Email Sales From Your Mailing List
You have built your mailing list and you regularly mail to your subscribers, but if you’d like to improve the amount of sales you make from your emails than this article should help you. Hopefully you’re sending out your emails regularly. Just how regularly you need to decide but I usually favour once a week. The reason why I like to mail people every week is based on experience. I used to email people every month but obviously in that time people are so busy that they forget who you are. If you email every week you will be able to build up a relationship with your readers.
So what can you do to increase the sales you make from your emails?
Firstly, try to write in a friendly way using very conversational language. Try not to use technical terms or difficult to understand sentences. Keep everything brief and to the point. Imagine that you’re chatting to a friend, this is the way you want to write.
If possible, address your reader with the first name. To do this you need to capture the first name in your autoresponder form and use it at the start of every email. This will make your message more personal.
It is a proven fact that repeating the word “you” over and over again in your messages will also make your messages more personal and build that special relationship between you and the reader.
One of the most important things you can do to increase the power of your emails and boost your email sales is to avoid marketing directly. First you should always have as your aim to address the needs of your reader and try to solve the problems that he or she may have. You should offer information which is free and high quality. What you need to understand here is that you should be giving first and not trying to take. If you give lots of answers, lots of high quality information which is useful and valuable to your reader you will be rewarded with more sales in the end.
Another reason why you need to provide lots of quality information and answers to the problems that your readers are searching for is that you want to appear to be an expert in your subject area. If your reader believes you to be an expert then they will come to trust you and follow any recommendations that you make regarding products or suggested links that they should follow. It’s all about building up credibility.
If you’ve done your job well your reader will take your information, trust you and will follow your recommendations and suggestions will value the advice and tips that you give them and look forward to your next email. Whenever you place the link in your message back to your website you will have a much higher chance of attracting that visitor back to your website.
In fact the job of your emails is not to make sales but to attract your reader back to your website where your pages should be designed to provide information that your reader is looking for and also to recommend products to him which he can buy from you.
Finally you need to make sure that the maximum number of your readers can actually open and read your messages. Make sure that your messages are delivered in plain text and not HTML format. The reason for this is messages delivered in HTML format look great but get displayed in all kinds of strange ways according to which email program your reader is using. Also many readers choose to receive only plain text emails and will not be able to view your HTML emails anyway.
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craigs list question? does this sound real. im not sure!!?
So I posted a listing for a dollhouse I am trying to sell. I got a few respondants
But I am not sure if this one sounds real or not.
please help. i have never listed anything on craigs list before! and i dont want to get taken advantage of.
Here is the email convo that we have had so far:
Good Day,
This is Mr. John Terry. I resided at (#### AVONWOOD CT LUTZ,FL 33559 USA). I will like to make purchase of your item on craigslist website and I will like to know if you still have it available for sale. Also are you the real owner of this item? And kindly confirm to me if the price still remain the same. I will also like you to let me know more about its present condition.
I will also like to keep you Inform that I will be making the shipping arrangement from your place after you receive the payment and the payment will be made to you by check after you reconfirm the final price to me. I will be awaiting to read from you soonest.
Best Regards,
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Hello John,
Yes the item is still available. The price is $80. I hope you are aware that I am in California. If you are still interested in the item I would be more than happy to make arrangments for the sale. Please know I have others who have contacted me about the item also, so I need to know if you are seriously interested ASAP.
To answer your questions
Yes I am the real owner. I purchased the item last December (2007), and she never really used it. As for the condition: It is in great condition. As I mentioned to you before, my daughter hardly used the dollhouse. It comes with origianl accessories. Fully assembled. I will not be able to take the dollhouse apart, so any shipping arrangments you make will have to be for the item as it is which is approx. 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide.
The price is $80.00 and you would have to pay me the estimated shipping cost, so I could ship it to you.
Please let me know if you are still interested : )
Sandra
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Thank you this sound good to me, The reason for sending you this email is to make final reconfirmation. Regarding the shipping, I have a Shipper Agent that takes care of the pickup of my consignments for me and ship to my destination in Lutz Florida.
More so, you will be receiving an overdraft Cashier’s Check from my Associate which will cover the money for the pickup of all my consignments that has already being in transit with my shipping agent and the sale cost, then they will also be coming for your own pick up. So as soon as you received the Check and pay the check into your account, then deduct the money that is meant for the sale of the item and then you effect the balance to the shipper Agent that handles the shipment this should be sent to the shipper by Money Gram Transfer/ Western Union.
Below details needed for issuing the Cashier’s Check.
(1) Your Full Name
(2) Mailing address City,State,Zip Code, no p.o.box please
(3) Your direct telephone number both home and cell.?
{4} Acceptance of my offer
(5) Last price as prescribed on craigslist:
Once I have the details, the payment will be issued out on Monday by my Associate and tracking number will be given to you. Hope to read from you immediately you received this email.
I will also offer you an extra $20 for keeping the purchase for me till the shipper comes for the pick up and take the sale off the advert.
I will be looking forward to your swift response.
Best Regards,
John .
Sounds like a scam to me.
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Its a common scam, stay away from it!!
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google it
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Didn’t read all of your question, but I will say, if you have to ask, then you knw your answer. Craig’s list is a notorious scam site. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.
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Well, John Terry sounds like such a unreal name that someone would just pick. The only John Terry I know plays for Chelsea but you never know, a lot of people on craigslist are just on there to mess with people so be careful.
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Its a scam, avoid it like the plague.
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Honestly, I love craigslist and I am on it a lot.. however this does sound VERY fishy.
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its a scam
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Sounds completely fake. Wait for a real buyer.
I think he is just using the same email to everyone - for example, he never actually refers to your price or item by name - I think he is phishing for your identity info. Stay away.
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NO NO NO it is a fake check scam they will send you a bogus check you will forward the money and the check will get bounced as a fake after a couple days
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sounds to me like tha dollhouse might be worth A LOT OF MONEY
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no those are all scams TRUST ME !! My husband and I have post a ton on craigslist do not listen to it. DELETE It
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I would tell him to kiss my a**
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I can promise you this is a scam. Avoid all contact with this person from now on.
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dont trust it. sell iteam closer to your area. sounds a little fishy to me.
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scam.
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It sounds REALLY sketchy
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i wouldn’t chance it. there’s such a thing as paypal where u don’t have to give any personal info like that away. what’s he going to do with your home and cell phone number?!
take the next best legitimate offer!
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Sounds pretty shady to me. I wouldn’t proceed with this sale.
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If it sounds to good to be true………. it probably is. I think it’s a fake. Sorry
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If it sounds fishy it probably is… I would look for another buyer.
Sounds like this guy wants your info… especially the no po box thing…
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what the hell is a guy so interested in a doll house for ??? dudes don’t buy doll houses…sounds fishy to me
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the poor grammar and grasp of the english language, along with the fact that he doesn’t ever mention the dollhouse by name and keeps reffering to it as ‘item’ seems a bit strange. i wouldn’t trust it.
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it’s a scam they all sound similar when you are dealing on craigslist if your selling always get cash in full never ship and if your buying inspect item make sure everything works and is to your liking other than that cl is a great tool
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craigslist user
I would tell him to have his office contact you on your cell. dont give him other information.
But yeah, kinda sounds bad.
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I do not understand why anyone would see this as a scam. This person is going to pay for the item to be shipped, a holders fee and the purchase amount. I would do it!
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So as soon as you received the Check and pay the check into your account, then deduct the money that is meant for the sale of the item and then you effect the balance to the shipper.
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No, I don’t believe it and the sentence above is why. Basically, he is saying he will send you more $ and to take what you need. It could be legit but it’s risky doing business the way you are doing it so, good luck.
I wouldn’t do it because if he is in Florida, he can get it cheaper. I would respond by making that point.
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My emails from craigslist say to beware of cashier’s checks, among other things. Just tell him you can’t accept a cashier’s check and will only accept …whatever you are comfortable accepting (it would be paypal for me).
The shipping thing sounds funny too, so maybe you should tell him that you will offer the shipping service (UPS or whatever you had originally intended to use).
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It’s obviously from someone overseas as their grammar is really bad. I suggest you send him the following email:
GET F**KED!!
hope this helps
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100% sure this is a scam. first thing to look at is the guy doesnt even have proper f***ing english saying "I will also like to keep you Inform". Just tell him you only accept money orders or cash. when he says no then send him another email saying you reported him to the FBI. Whats going to happen is he is going to send you a check that is either stolen or fake, it will bounce in your bank account and then your screwed.
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have been through all this on craiglist NUMEROUS times!!….never dumb enough to fall for it
seem like he wants to much info. why does he need your address if you are shipping? Tell him you want check made to cash
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No its a scame cus i got sent 2 cheek FOR sealing oncraigs list andthey y wanted me to do the same but they just used my info to get my money out my bankthoses a hoes sorrydon’tt do it
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This just screams SCAM!!!!!!!!
The check will be a fake, but you will not find that out until you have already shipped the item and paid the shipper. Then you will be out of a dollhouse and whatever money he sends for the "shipper".
Also, look at the language he uses. "Hope to read from you immediately you received this email." and "that has already being in transit"
This is not from a native English speaker. The email was probably sent from another country.
I would tell this man that someone else has already picked up the item and it is no longer availible. Then block communication from him.
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I never use Craig’s list cause the security that needs to be there just isn’t…… I always use ebay cause the security that needs to be there is there!!!! I use pay pal for all my transactions instant money transfer free BTW! and shipping costs are easily set up through UPs USPS! and fedex right there on your sellers page… all prices are easily added together and right there for the buyer to see and every thing is a legal agreement through ebay …… and pay pal so if any issue comes up your backed by full on …… and every thing is recorded for you to go to court….. reducing the chance of being scammed or hurt in any way by 120%
I just don’t trust the lay out of Craig’s list……. 6 years of experience in online transactions ebay seller for 5
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it is a scam seriously stay away contact your bank about scams using cashiers checks and checks for over balance through online transactions they can tell you what has been going on it is to much for me to list here
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Well, I only read the first page of answers, and I think you get the idea…only one person thought it was NOT a scam. It’s those kind of people that the scammer is looking for. I betcha she gets a number of fresh scam emails tomorrow!
Remember, bottom line is this: if it sounds too good to be true it isn’t true! You were wise to NOT take the person up on his "offer"… OH, by the way, I will be willing to sell you 1,003 perfectly good Russian Tanks for $1,000 each. You will have to arrange for pickup as they are in the Iraqui desert.
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No it doesn’t sound good to me.Why would the purchaser want all your details? He should be sending you a bank draft,which upon cashing you would send goods.The only thing is he might not trust you. But me I reckon he’s a scamster.
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