E-mails
Posted in English on March 14th, 2008
How do you get the recipients of your standard e-mail messages to at least open and scan them before hitting the delete key? How can you be sure your message got through and was read? Today this is already an area for specialists within the online marketing community. And what about press releases? Journalists have even less time to scan e-mails. So here are some tips when sending out your press releases:
- Make sure it’s ‘news’ you are sending. Make what you are sending valuable and relevant.
- Don’t include the entire press release in the body of the e-mail. You have only 6 seconds to capture attention. Just include a teaser and a click-through to a complete version on your Web site.
- Make it easy for journalists. They don’t have much time, so make it easy to understand and copy your message.
- Avoid attachments. These can cause all sorts of problems for delivery. Let the recipient download images, reports, etc. through your Web site or send it only to people you personally know.
- By all means make it personal. The ‘from’ line is what most often determines whether a mail is deleted or not. If a journalist knows who sent the e-mail, it won’t be deleted quite so quickly. Also make the subject line teasing enough to capture the reader’s interest. And if you can, use the journalist’s name in the e-mail. That will guarantee that catch his or her attention.
- Give your e-mail message striking eye appeal. Content is important, but just like everybody else, journalists like a nice look and feel. Keep it business-like and to the point.
