Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Keep your e-newsletter out of the junk mail folder

Email is an essential communication tool, allowing for quick, cheap and easy distribution of information to many people with the click of a mouse. But, unfortunately, it has become tainted by unsavory junk mail. There are things you can do, as the sender of an e-newsletter, to encourage the recipient to open your email and to prevent that email from being dumped in a junk-mail folders.

  1. Provide an easy way to subscribe or unsubscribe and an easy way to contact you. We want our clients to have a positive experience, whether they receive the information in person, by phone, online, or via email.
  2. Watch your subject line. Some words, such as “don’t delete,” “hot,” and “FREE” will trigger spamblockers to junk an email.
  3. Avoid all caps. It gives the impression that you are yelling.
  4. Avoid HTML email whenever possible. Email systems are less likely to junk text-only emails.
  5. Test the email. A spam checker, like http://www.ezinecheck.com/, will analyze your email and show you what could trigger the spam blocker on email systems. You can then make some minor adjustments and improve the delivery rate of your e-newsletter.
  6. If you are sending to more than 20 addresses, the message is more likely to get blocked as spam. Instead of entering the addresses individually, consider creating a listserv or create a short distribution list. Our staff in IET (785-532-6270) can help you with this.

If you need more information, please contact Linda Sleichter at 785-532-5804, or email lsleicht@ksu.edu. If you’d like to comment on this or any Marketing Minute discussion, we encourage you to visit our Marketing Minute blog at http://ksremarketingminute.blogspot.com/.


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