Thursday, January 20 2022
7 Reasons Why Your e-Mail Campaigns
After sending 113+ million e-mail campaigns on behalf of our clients, I have listed the top e-mail marketing mistakes I see most payroll services make. They are: Reason #1: No Follow-Up Call Was Ever Made – The #1 reason why an e-mail marketing campaign(s) fails is the lack of a follow-up call. My suggestion:
Reason #2: Poor Messaging And Subject Lines – Another top reason why your e-mail marketing results are lackluster is this: Poor messaging and copy. And yes, your subject line falls in this category as well. My suggestions:
Reason #3: Sending Too Many Or Too Few e-Mails – Have you ever received an e-mail from someone and then received 3 to 4 e-mails in the first 72 hours? If you have, you know it does more harm than good. My suggestions:
Reason #4: Not Segmenting Your Databases By Target Audience - Many e-mail marketing campaigns fail because the information that is e-mail is nothing more than a generic newsletter blast. My suggestions:
Reason #5: Not Using A Low-Risk Offer – By not having a highly visible low-risk offer or call-to-action, you are missing out on some potential sales leads and referrals. My suggestions:
Reason #6: Not Having An e-Mail Strategy - One of the top reasons your e-mail marketing efforts fail is this: Not having an e-mail marketing strategy. My suggestions:
Reason #7: Not Constantly Building A Database Of Prospect e-Mail Addresses – If you are not continually building your database of e-mail addresses, your “prospect” open rates will flatline over time. My suggestions:
Executive Summary: The days of blasting a generic, one-size-fits-all newsletter to everyone in your e-mail database and expecting a sales lead or a referral are over. Be smart and create a plan of action AND a sales follow-up plan. Once you do this, you will see a dramatic improvement in your sales results. About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. Thursday, January 20 2022
10 Tips To Improve Your Payroll Service's e-Mail Open Rates
If you want more people to read your next e-mail campaign, here are a few tips to consider. #1: Avoid Writing Content That Is Too Self-Serving – Keep your e-mail campaign’s content relevant to the database it’s being sent to. #2: Avoid Writing A Wall Of Text – Don’t fall victim to writing a wall of text to get a campaign done. My suggestions are:
#3: Segment Your e-Mail Marketing Lists – Create databases of clients, past clients, prospects, CPAs, etc. #4: Keep Your e-Mail List Updated - You need to continuously build and update your database of clients, prospects, and referral partners; don't forget to delete the e-mail addresses that bounce. #5: Know What Affects Your Open Rates - 80% of an e-mail's open rate is based on: Your subject line, the from field, and the day/time a campaign is sent. #6: Use Your Payroll Service's Name In The "From" Field - On mass e-mail marketing campaigns, use your biz name in the from field. #7: The Size Of Your e-Mail Database – Most salespeople need to have at least 1,000 to 2,500 e-mail addresses on file. #8: Pick Up The Phone - After sending an important e-mail campaign to a database, i.e., webinar invite, call the people who opened it. #9: Proofread Your e-Mail Campaigns – Before sending your next e-mail marketing campaign, print your final copy and give it to two other people to proof. #10: Consider Hiring A Professional Copywriter – Just because you have Word installed on your computer or a graphic design program, it doesn’t make you a good copywriter/designer. Do your payroll service a favor and hire someone who does e-mail marketing and/or copywriting for a living. About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books, Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. Wednesday, January 19 2022
14 Tips Survival Tips
Being a payroll service salesperson isn’t easy. In fact, 50% to 66% of all newly hired salespeople quit or get fired in their first nine months of employment!
About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books, Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. Wednesday, January 19 2022
10 Tips That Will Jump-Start Your Payroll Sales
If you want to improve your sales performance and ensure your survival in today’s competitive payroll sales environment, I have listed several tips below (in no particular order) to help you master the sales profession. Your 10 Payroll Sales Tips:
The payroll sales environment moves in the blink of an eye, from new competitors emerging, competitors lowering the price of similar products and services you sell, a new technology that makes your payroll or timekeeping solution look obsolete, to a competitor receiving a large sum of capital from an investor. About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books, Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. Wednesday, January 19 2022
5 Tips To Help You Write A
To help you deliver a better e-mail marketing message, I have listed below a few tips, based on sending more than 113 million e-mail campaigns for our clients. Tip #1: Segment Your Databases. The number one thing you can do is segment your e-mail databases by target audiences, e.g., clients, past clients, prospects, and referral partners. Remember, you cannot say things to a client that you could say to a prospect and vice versa. Tip #2: BEFORE You Write A "Prospecting" Campaign, Ask Yourself These Questions.
After you have answered each question, start using your answers as the basis for your messaging. Tip #3: Select The Themes Of Your Campaign. After you have segmented your databases into groups, start writing down the type of "campaign theme" that makes sense to send each database on file (see below). Prospect Specific Campaigns
Client Specific Campaigns
Tip #4: Select A Low-Risk Offer Or Call-To-Action. After you have created your e-mail marketing campaign, you now need to add a low-risk offer or call to action. Why? Because it will help someone take the next step in the buying process or learn more about the value your business brings to the marketplace Tip #5: Proof Each Campaign BEFORE You Press The Send Button Before you press the "send" button, you need to proof your e-mail campaign using the following steps:
Executive Summary: You can no longer rely on generic "one-size-fits-all" e-mail newsletter blasts to generate a sales lead for your business; therefore, it is imperative to put some thought into your content messaging. As I tell all our payroll clients, "What you say, how you say it, who you say it to, and the frequency you say it will all play a huge role in reader engagement." About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books, Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. Tuesday, January 18 2022
3 Of The Most Powerful Words In Payroll Sales
Do you want to know the keywords or phrases to use during your sales call discovery process? Well, here they are:
#2 = What - When used at the beginning of a sentence, you can get someone to rationalize a decision...
#3 = How - When used at the beginning of a sentence, you can get someone to explain a process or cost-related data...
7 Question-Asking Sections: The questions above can be separated into sections, which I refer to in my book, Stop Whining And Start Selling, as listed below:
Important Note: Always add value to the sales discovery process by providing some recommendations or simple ways to improve/save money. If you leave a payroll or HCM prospect with a positive impression, they are more likely to call you when they become ready to make a buying decision. About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books, Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. Tuesday, January 18 2022
10 Reasons Why Your Payroll Service
Here are ten reasons why you need a drip marketing system installed at your payroll service:
P.S. "Hope" isn't a great sales and marketing strategy for your payroll service. About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books, Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. Tuesday, January 18 2022
2 Reasons Why Your Payroll Service
e-Mail marketing should be at the top of your sales and marketing strategy as it can play a significant role in helping your sales follow-up efforts, social media marketing, webinars/events, and content marketing. 2 Critical Reasons Why You Need An e-Mail Strategy:
The Road To e-Mail Success.
About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books, Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. Tuesday, January 18 2022
8 Tips To Generate More
After sending an e-mail campaign to your database of prospects and CPAs, here are eight tips to consider:
After Leaving Someone A Voicemail Message, Send This e-Mail: "Contact Name: I left you a voicemail message a few minutes ago to follow up on an e-mail we sent to you today/yesterday about our (new 2022 upgraded payroll/timekeeping system, etc.). If you want to know how our (payroll and timekeeping package can reduce your labor costs by 5% - 8% next month), send me a few days/times that you are available for a quick 10-minute call." About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books, Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. Tuesday, January 18 2022
9 Ways To Boost Your
Are you looking for ways to generate higher open/click-through rates with your e-mail marketing campaigns? If you are, here are several tips to consider. #1: Segment Your Databases: Send the same e-mail campaign to each group on file, i.e., clients, prospects, and referral partners. #2: Update Your Databases: Remove any e-mail addresses that haven’t opened a campaign in 24-months. #3: Add New e-Mail Addresses: Adding new e-mail addresses is a key to your success. #4: Send More Than A Newsletter: Sending just a newsletter once/twice a month will put your subscribers to sleep. Therefore, I recommend sending a variety to your databases. #5: Personalize Your e-Mails: Use a service that allows you to customize a campaign (see below):
#6: Avoid Writing A Wall Of Text: Since your target audience spends 4 - 6 hours a day managing their inbox, they scan your copy instead of reading. Therefore, use headlines, sub-headlines, and bullet points to convey a message. #7: Use Engaging Subject Lines: People skim their inboxes for engaging subject lines; therefore, use the following techniques in your subject line:
#8:Send A "Reminder" e-Mail To Anyone Who Didn't Open Your Initial Campaign: Use a service that automatically sends a follow-up reminder to anyone who didn't open the initial campaign. #9: Write Better Headlines: Your headline is the introduction to a topic. Remember, you have .5 to 1.0 seconds to capture someone’s attention. About The Author: Glenn Fallavollita is a nationally recognized keynote speaker providing money-making advice to help payroll service owners, sales pros, and marketing gurus build more profitable relationships with their database of prospects, referral partners, and clients. Additionally, Glenn is the president of SellMorePayroll.com and Drip Marketing, Inc. and has written 50+ whitepapers and three sales/self-marketing books, Supercharge Your Payroll Sales NOW!, Stop Whining AND Start Selling, and Drip Marketing: A Powerful New Marketing Strategy That Gets Prospects To Buy From You. He also writes blogs for LinkedIn and other national websites. © Drip Marketing, Inc. All Rights Reserved May Not Be Used Without Written Permission. |
