Email Marketing: Building Relationships & Reaching Audiences (Blue Sky Factory User Conference)

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Baltimore, Maryland

Blue Sky FactoryDriving Email Marketing Performance

Building Relationships and Reaching Audiences

Presenters: Tom Rowe & Amy Hollomon

November 10, 2010 – 3:00 – 3:45 PM (ET)

Follow the presentation on Twitter at #bsfconf

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BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

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The key to building a strong subscriber base is to set clear expectations.

• What do you clients want from you?

• How can your product/service benefit them?

• Welcome Campaign Series

• Customer Preference Center

• Re-engagement Campaign

• Milestone Emails

REACHING AUDIENCES

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Provide a positive subscriber experience by reaching out with valuable content.

• Don’t always try to sell or upsell.

• Don’t be afraid to ask for client feedback.

• Strong, informational campaign

series

• Solid social presence and knowing

where your subscribers are on the

social web

• Loyalty Programs and Contests

Real World Example

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VISIT BALTIMORE

• Official Destination Marketing Organization for the city of

Baltimore.

• Charged with Driving Economic Impact (tax dollars)

• Main audiences: Convention/Meeting Business & Leisure Traveler

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• Baltimore Buzz

• Twitter (@BaltimoreMD)

• Facebook

• Mobile

• VisitMyBaltimore.com

• Baltimore BUZZ Brigade

DIGITAL BALTIMORE

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• Monthly email

• Segmentation by user

interests and geography

• Integrated SWYN features

THE BUZZ IN BALTIMORE

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• Signup posts

• Websites, micro-sites, all

forms include opt-in

• Integration

• Print advertising

• Social Media

• Online advertising

ACQUISITION

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ACQUISITION

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ACQUISITION

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• Keep the promise

• Build in value

• Focus on the content

• Social roadmap

• Contests and rewards

• Membership privileges

• Deals and discounts

RETENTION

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• Let social guide email

content and vice versa

• Finding an audience

• VisitMyBaltimore.com

Focus Group

• Baltimore Buzz Brigade

CROWD SURFING SOURCING

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• Build awareness for Circus3 and Michael Phelps

Celebration

• Twitter, Facebook, and geo-targeted email list

ACTIVATING THE CHANNELS

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• There is a learning curve (on both sides)

• There is a benefit:

frequency + consistency = authority + loyalty

• Integrating email and social amplifies the message at

next to no cost

• Acquisition and retention comes through multi-channel

engagement

IN CLOSING ….

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Tom RoweDirector of Web MarketingVisit BaltimoreTrowe@baltimore.org@BaltimoreMD

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THANK YOU!

Amy HollomonClient Services ManagerBlue Sky Factoryahollomon@blueskyfactory.com@Ammi

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