Hey everybody, I’ve come up with a draft for the email solicitation for advertising I plan to send out to a list of various small business owners that I’ve been keeping over the past few months. I’m hoping you all will look it over and offer your critique and comments as needed: the input on the media kit was awesome, and I think that, perhaps, working together, we can come up with a template for these kinds of things so that any time somebody wants to do it, there’s some kind of guide. Here’s what I’ve got, and please bear in mind I made a lot of this crap up (the stuff about what you guys like to buy) because I don’t have access to that kind of information. Which brings me to the poll at the end, which I hope you will fill out so that I can start quoting things in these emails to make it sound more official. I’ve included some hypothetical brands to pitch in the poll (based on my own “take” of the readership and, mostly, the brands that I have in my house that I would consider buying again — I know, I know, LAME). If you have suggestions of brands that you think would be a match, please, please! add them to the comments.
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"First Draft Of Email Advertising Solicitation Letter For Your Review And Critique PLUS — A Poll!" was written by Anna Viele for ABDPBT Personal Finance and was originally posted on April 13, 2010. Copyright ®2010 Anna Viele for ABDPBT, Inc. and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0. All other rights reserved. |