Number One Reason Why Mass Emailing Sales Letters Fail

Technology has dramatically expanded business tonot touch it with a 10 foot pole. Why? Because this
business marketing through email. Now instead oftype of communication is impersonal and that is the
typing that letter or retyping it, stuffing it into a #10number one reason why employing this marketing
business size envelop, with a few strokes of thestrategy fails. This company is banking on quantity
keyboard, any salesperson can whip off an emailinstead of quality as a demographic and desperation
sales letter and send it to thousands if not millions ofas a pyschographic.
potential customers with the goal to increase sales.Top sales performers know people buy from people
Golly, gez whiz, this has to be the manna fromthey know and trust. When a sales letter does not
heaven. Of course if it was, then FedEx, UPS and noteven have the person's first name and any additional
to mention the US Postal Systems would be out ofinformation specific to her or his needs, this type of
business specific to first class next day mail.communication will always fail and will not increase
Every day it seems like I receive at least two emailsales. Maybe this is why direct mail is making a
messages that use my prime email address and thencomeback because people like personal touches.
begins with some script as follows:Additionally given all the grammar mistakes and
Hi,spelling mistakes, my confidence in the accuracy of
We can provide you the exact Industry Lists and ifthe information that I would receive from this
you are giving the target industry details we can runcompany is completely non-existent.
a campaigns to promote your products. (I left theFinally companies that deploy these types of sales
incorrect spelling and grammar in place.)letters are engaged in product or sales based
Following are some of the sectors which we handmarketing. They have no authentic desire to help
pre-package lists:you. All they want to do is to infect you with the
- Aerospace & DefensePharamaceutical3Ps Virus of Product, Price and Proposal. Sales
- Metals & MiningMembership OrganizationsTraining Coaching Tip: Education based marketing is
- Education, Industrial Manufacturingfar more effective and will increase sales.
And possibly this mass email works, but for theSo if you want someone to read your email, at least
savvy top performing salesperson he or she wouldremember to use his or her first name.