Yesterday, we’ve seen a few tips that will help you get your email campaign ready for the upcoming holiday shopping season. As it’s one of the busiest times of the year for e-commerce sites, all online sellers need to have a good strategy during the holidays. Here is some more advice on how you can plan and execute your campaign well during this shopping season:
Acquire As Many Emails as Possible
The more interested people sign up for your list, the more effective your overall email marketing will be. This applies any time of the year, but is especially important during the holidays. Remember that shoppers will be looking to get the best deals possible during the holidays. Because of this, you should not only advertise your offers prominently on your website, but also include the email capture box in a place where it will be better seen. If it’s usually located somewhere in the margins of the page, move it closer to the top and center, then make it bigger. Use a call to action that will encourage the visitor to give you their email so they can save on their purchases.
Also, try to acquire the visitors email at the very beginning of the checkout process. This will allow you to send special emails to those who abandon their shopping cart and leave without completing their purchase.
Segment Your Email Lists
Again, this is something that is important at any time of the year, but more so during the holidays. If you plan to send out a lot of emails, maybe several in a day, it may be a good idea to have a separate email list for your holiday promotions, as opposed to your regular mailing list. The subscribers who specifically sign up to get regular emails during the holidays are more likely to be actively shopping for something to buy, rather than just looking around. They’re also less likely to drop out of your email list by unsubscribing.
Be Original
Stand out from the crowd. You’re not the only one that will be mailing your subscribers during the holidays, so your emails need to catch their attention. Do some research and testing to determine what the best subject lines would be. Work on perfecting the content of your messages as well, as this will have a definite impact on your click through rates.
Finally, the promotions that you offer will also be very important at driving conversions. You offer free shipping? That’s nice, but it has become such a common practice by online retailers during the holidays that consumers actually EXPECT to get free shipping, so it’s not much of a special for them. Try to craft a promotion that will truly make your offerings stand out from the rest. This will grab some attention and result in more sales for you.
