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Guarantee recipients opening your emails with these secrets to
successful subject lines!
by William Johnston
You’ve done the hardest part; you’ve captured your prospect’s email
address. Now it is time to send your email to them. Most webmasters are
thinking about what they are going to put in the email; how they are going
to persuade the recipient to empty their wallet. This is all very well,
but no matter how persuasive your sales letter is, if the email never gets
opened, then it is useless. This is why the power of the subject line
should never be underestimated. After the ‘from’ line in an email, the
subject line is the next one that gets read. The subject line plays a huge
part in whether an email gets read. Everyone is busy, especially more
important people and so an email with a poor subject line is likely to be
deleted. Here are a few ways to make your subject line extremely
effective:
-- Make your subject short and sharp. This will catch the attention and
interest of the reader immediately. Be sure to use very positive words
which recipients will want to hear such as free, guaranteed, profits and
money. However, be careful that you do not give the impression that your
email is an ad because this will immediately look like your email is spam
and it will be deleted immediately. Keeping your subject short is also
very important for the reason that many email programs cut off long
subject lines. Keep it below 40 characters to avoid your subject line
being cut off.
-- Use your website’s brand name in the subject line. This will make your
email sound important and impressive. It will also remind readers about
your site and if your site made a positive impression on them when they
first visited then they are likely to open your email to see what you have
to say or offer.
-- Use the recipients name in the subject line if you have that much
information about them. It makes the email sound much more personal and
will catch the recipient’s eye. Everyone likes being addressed personally
too; it makes us feel special and individual. Making your recipient feel
like this will immediately lead him to open your email with high
expectations. Don’t disappoint! Another benefit of using the recipient’s
name in the subject line is that they immediately know that it is unlikely
to be spam and are therefore much more likely to open your email.
-- Indent your subject line. **** Here is a guaranteed way to easily make
triple your annual income in under a month!’ is a lot more effective than
the same title without the asterisks. It is a lot more effective because
it will stand out hugely in an inbox with other unread messages. It will
look out of place because it is not in line with other messages and this
will lead it to immediately catch the recipient’s eye.
Really, you have to use your imagination. Imagine that you had 20 unread
messages in your inbox. Which ones would you open first, and which ones
would you delete. You have to remember that your email will be competing
against many others for your prospect’s attention. Give the recipient of
your email a reason to open your email over the others.
About The Author: For more information on this subject or about
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Thank you for reading. William Johnston
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