An email campaign seems simple enough. You compile a list, slap together some content and tag it with a quick subject line and then blast away!! That’s how many businesses owners approach their email marketing campaign: the quicker the better.
Unfortunately, this isn’t going to produce a successful email marketing campaign. If anything, it’ll probably hurt your overall marketing efforts. So instead of showing you what to do, we’ve decided to compile a list of common errors when it comes to email marketing. Let’s take a look.
Not Getting Consent
Before you even begin thinking about content, subject lines and other strategies, you have to compile a list of email addresses. This list should consist of people who are genuinely interested in your product or service. But if you don’t get the proper permission, you’re getting off on the wrong foot, and that wrong foot is about to get broken.
You see, not only are you going to turn off people by sending them email without their permission — these people will view it as spam — but you’re going to find yourself looking for a lawyer real quick. If you’re adding people to your list without their permission, that’s probably going to break some anti-spam regulation. Not exactly the start you were probably looking for.
Read more: 4 Common Mistakes With Your Email Marketing Campaign
