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Email Marketing Solutions Help Convenience Stores Save Time and Money

By Expert Author: R Burko | Article Abstract
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If email marketing solutions are so inexpensive and easy to use, why is it that you never see convenience stores using it as a tool for advertising?

As a convenience store owner, you don't have the time or money to spend on expensive print ads, and definitely not enough of a profit margin to justify using ads in other forms of media like TV. But that doesn't mean you cannot advertise to maximize sales. Email marketing solutions are a cost effective way to bring your customers to your store more often. In comparison to other forms of advertising, email marketing solutions cost a fraction of the price. Print ads can cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands. Obviously, this isn't an option for your store. Email marketing solution platforms can cost as little as $10 for one thousand emails.

But who has the time for this? Your store is open early and late in order to accommodate your customers. Plus, you need your free time to spend with the family.

Perfect.

Email marketing solutions only requires a few minutes of your time, and what you get are professionally designed advertising templates sent directly to your customers.
So here's how you start. This first thing you have to do is collect a list of emails. There are a number of ways to do this, but one effective method is to collect business cards: At the cash register, you can place a bowl (or some other receptacle) with a sign telling customers that if they drop off their business cards, they can receive discount to your store by email. What customers will do is put their business cards in the bowl with an email to contact them. Just like that, you have the first few contacts for you email campaign.

Now that you have your first contacts, you need to sign up for an email marketing solutions account, create your first campaign and send it out to the people on your list. Signing up is easy, as most email marketing solutions are user-friendly.

Creating your campaign is an easy process also. Email marketing solutions provide you with easy-to-use templates to use. All you have to do type your text in (or copy and paste it), and add your own images.

Once your email marketing campaign is created and sent out, you will be able to track which of your customers were interested in your promotions. Plus, by adding a ‘forward to friend' button, you can also grow your mailing list, and maximize your potential to gain more customers.

Things to keep in mind when filling in your email marketing solutions template: Do not use too much bolding, italics, and capital lettering in the body or the subject line of your email. Also, try not to put too many product images without adding content to support the images. Bolding, italics, capitalization, and a high image to text ratio are all criteria that the spam filters look for. If you overuse them, your email will not go into your subscribers' inbox, but rather into their spam/junk box.

By using email marketing solutions, your convenience store will have a greater customer return rate, which will drive up your sales. Email marketing solutions can provide you with this added business in a very reasonable and time-sensitive manner. It can maximize your store's potential, save your money, and give you the opportunity to spend quality time with your family. Now that sounds like a sweet deal!
R Burko

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Robert Burko is the President of Elite Email, the complete email marketing solutions package used by small, medium and large organizations around the world. You can deploy comprehensive email marketing solutions for your convenience store with a no-risk free trial. Start harnessing the power of email marketing today!

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Article Submitted: 2008-06-05 | This Article has been viewed 295 times.

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