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Grow Organically - Sell Subscribers on Signing Up and Staying Subscribed

  May 23rd, 2008 by Kimberly Snyder

Grow Organically It Is So Worth The Wait: Part 3 in a Series

Marketing your subscription buttons on every page of your site is the first step in capturing a new subscriber’s email address. The second step is creating a compelling subscription landing page. The subscription landing page gives every email marketer the opportunity to sell subscribers on signing up and more importantly staying subscribed. Too often email marketers overlook this critical tool, essential to creating a strong foundation, by not implementing all the enclosed components or not utilizing a subscription landing page at all (many don’t currently offer this feature).

Consumers want, like and simply deserve to be provided exactly what they can expect and how often from a specific company’s email marketing program.

Providing the following expectations upfront will enable consumers to anticipate and accept your messages by knowing what they will be sent and when – keeping your subscribers informed rather than uniformed is to your benefit. The enclosed subscription landing page from RalphLauren.com incorporates the following elements seamlessly:

  • Thanks the subscriber for showing interest and joining their email marketing efforts – the subscriber is welcomed immediately by the brand:Thank You Message From Ralph Lauren

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