When you are sending out your next email campaign you should take a moment to review how you are using links in your email message. Remember when we are talking about links we mean the text links and not images or buttons within your email content.
Here are some useful tips to use in your next newsletter or announcement:
Links should be obvious and clearly marked meaning they should follow standard colors so they stand out from the actual content. This way you make sure if readers are just scanning they will see them.
Try to avoid the “click here” variety so links can be more relative. Example: Do you need help marketing? links to: http://www.needhelpmarketing.com
Using this technique will definitely lead to more clickthroughs, because you are asking the question and then linking directly to the answer this way.
Link to your website or blog content to promote different websites and different resources you may have available. Sometimes your website and blog will be on two different websites. Such as www.companyname.com and blog.companyname.com If you want to promote these resources you can cross link them. For example within your email newsletter you could list Top Articles or Most read articles X,Y, and Z.
Anaylze which Content or Links were most Popular to better understand your readers and their interests. In fact you might be able to get a lot of feedback from this exercise and determine which information is more valuable. Whether that be product information, company press releases and announcements or even industry news. When armed with this information you can create better and more read content on your next email message.
Permanent links add consistency for your standard contact us, unsubscribe link, share with your network, contact us on twitter. etc. Make sure they are always located in the same place in each of your emails to make them easier to find.
Some readers will be reading on their mobile phone – with more cell phones being able to read email messages this practice is becoming far more popular. So try not to use too many links but also try to add text for those reading the email with no images. You could include teasers to provide an intro to the content you are linking to. Example: “Top Brands recently revealed their marketing secrets” and then provide a link.
Links can be shared with others by either referencing your email message by forwarding it to someone else. Or perhaps the online version of your newsletter will be shared on Twitter or Facebook with others. Also if another website copies your material you will also see back links (links back to your site) to your website from theirs if you include embedded links so it can have its advantages for generating more click traffic. Ultimately leading to more website visitors on your site.
I am sure their other great ideas for using links in your emails so please do share some ideas in the comments below.
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