Tell me what you think of my e-mail newsletters

[kirkmbrown2001]

Give me feedback on my email campaigns that are sent to my customers!

I send a monthly newsletter on the 1st of each month and a filler email here and there in-between...

To see my past e-mails, go here: http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=5c438d1e781058da1791c82ea&id=1610b3d85b

Thanks!

[kirkmbrown2001]

Does ANYONE have any feedback for me????

[ozarklawns]

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[jonthepain]

Kirk, I love the idea of a newsletter. I really need to make the time to set one up.

I think the coupons people will like. but the newsletter looks a little short on info, and it looks kind of canned. I bet people would like more stuff written by you.

I really like the Christmas card.

I did not read all of them, but I think my advice would be to put some more practical lawn info in them, and write it yourself.

just my .02

[mdvaden]

The newsletter pretty much looks like its all about you and getting traffic to you.

But literally starved of information for them.

A good newsletter would probably include no less than a 500 word article or landscape tip.

Overall though, the appearance is nice and clean looking. Now all you need to do is putting forth effort to write content for it. The old "content is King" tip was not limited to websites alone. It's true of books, brochures, emails and more.

[kirkmbrown2001]

The newsletter pretty much looks like its all about you and getting traffic to you.

But literally starved of information for them.

A good newsletter would probably include no less than a 500 word article or landscape tip.

Overall though, the appearance is nice and clean looking. Now all you need to do is putting forth effort to write content for it. The old "content is King" tip was not limited to websites alone. It's true of books, brochures, emails and more.

Maybe you didn't see my actual newsletters? The ones that are the newsletters say so in the subject line. Here is a link directly to one of my past newsletters: http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=5c438d1e781058da1791c82ea&id=2cc856199f

I think it is more about lawn care tips than about my business. I have had positive feedback so far!

[walker-talker]

I think they look great!

[mdvaden]

Maybe you didn't see my actual newsletters? The ones that are the newsletters say so in the subject line. Here is a link directly to one of my past newsletters: http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=5c438d1e781058da1791c82ea&id=2cc856199f

I think it is more about lawn care tips than about my business. I have had positive feedback so far!

Don't think I saw that one.

That's more like it.

How's the gift certificate thing worked out?

:)

[kirkmbrown2001]

Don't think I saw that one.

That's more like it.

How's the gift certificate thing worked out?

:)

It didn't work out! I wish it did... No one called.... Would make a great gift for dads!

[mdvaden]

It didn't work out! I wish it did... No one called.... Would make a great gift for dads!

Did you think about writing suggestions next to the gift certificate for all the reasons it would be a good gift?

You mentioned dads.

Father's day present.
Gift to someone traveling, who won't be home.
Wedding gift
Raffle prize

:)

[jonthepain]

M.D., I'm still amazed at all the traffic you get. (and a little envious that you live in Oregon; I went to SOU.)

How do you do it?

[mdvaden]

M.D., I'm still amazed at all the traffic you get. (and a little envious that you live in Oregon; I went to SOU.)

How do you do it?

The traffic?

It's just a continual leaving a trail of breadcrumbs via signature links, for example. Like anytime I post on a blog, or on Flicker, I always leave my signature as a link if available.

That's like 15% though.

By safe woods for bird page, for another example, is the most thorough list of woods for pet bird perches. It self-propagates, and I get emails from avian vet around the globe about that page. So that is content.

A bunch of my pages have better content on some subjects than comparable pages. So those bring some traffic.

A lot of the rest is just being online and having the right words on the right pages.

So its all that stuff put together.

Once, I asked a newspaper ad lady why they even bother with tiny ads, like I was paying for. She said they make their income off everything put together. So the website traffic thing is similar in that regard.

SOU ...

Only been there once. For a Symposium day by the Master Gardeners. I did a lecture and photo slide show for tree care.

[Lurch01]

Kirk, I just want to say EXCELLENT job, E-mail blasts have helped out a tremendous amount in the past for myself with my Property Management business. The fast that you are willing to go the extra mile shows that you will be successful.

NEVER let an e-mail or phone # go to waste. If I have either of those from a client or potential client. They will receive an E-mail or Text message monthly.

One word of advice, Please be careful sending out e-mail blasts form your own server. If too many people mark you as SPAM all e-mails coming out form your server will be blocked. My www.MobileHomeMagic.com is having this issue right now, so I am having to move things right now to correct my wrongs.

Good Job.

[jonthepain]

So I guess the bottom line, M.D., is that you have content that people are interested in.

I can see how backlinks and correct keyword % increase awareness and pagerank, but I think that traffic - and you get traffic - is dependent on information, and information that people are looking for.

You could have the best written, most informative content out there, but if only three people are interested in it, you won't have traffic. Or you could be in a market that is so saturated that the best content in the world might go unnoticed.

But great content in a reasonable sized niche, with backlinks and time, should bring traffic.

Is that a fair assessment?