Great holiday email marketing tips from the pros at the Benchmark Email Marketing Blog http://www.benchmarkemail.com/blogs/detail/holiday-email-marketing-strategies

1. presents
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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2. Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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3. 1. Early Bird Gets the Worm
Promote Your Goods In Advance
Reach out to the Customers
Time, Money, Motivation, To Buy
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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4. 2. Avoid Over Mailing
Humans Shy Tend to Shy from the Hard Sell
Resulting in Quick Unsubscribes
Don’t Irritate Subscribers with Over Mailing
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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5. 3. Gift Cards & Certificates
Gift Cards Add Up to a Tenth of Holiday Expenditure
Tend to be Exchanged Much Less
Perfect for Last Minute Shoppers
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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6. 4. Contribute to a Charity
Tap into the Holiday Spirit
Percentage of Sales Goes Towards Charitable Org.
Donating has a Two Fold Effect
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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7. 5. Analyze and Plan
Take a look at Results from Previous Years
Make a note of Competitors Past Strategies
Plan out your Strategy and Goals for the Festive
Season
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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8. 6. Survey for Customer Preferences
Surveys are great for discovering customer interest
Request Customer Feedback and Reviews
Helps to Draw a Framework to Build Strategies
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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9. 7. Plan a Email Marketing Strategy
Profile Customers and Create Messages
Decide When and How Frequently To Communicate
Use a Calender to Plot out the Sending of your
Messages
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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10. 8. Test for the Best
Testing Allows you to Fine Tune
Testing Provides you with Important Statistics
Helps you to Adjust Deliveries to Maximize Results
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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11. 9.Continue Post Holiday Season
End of the Holiday doesn't mean end of email
marketing
Tie Up Loose Ends to Draw Customers Back
Everyone has Something to buy - it’s your Job to
Sell it To Them
Holiday Email Marketing Strategies
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