{"id":457,"date":"2021-05-28T20:23:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T20:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/321-growth-academy-2023.local\/growth-snacks-recap-3-copywriting-tips-to-supercharge-your-next-sales-email\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T21:12:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T21:12:04","slug":"growth-snacks-recap-3-copywriting-tips-to-supercharge-your-next-sales-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/321growthacademy.com\/growth-snacks-recap-3-copywriting-tips-to-supercharge-your-next-sales-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth Snacks Recap: 3 Copywriting tips to supercharge your next sales email"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Copywriting is hard.<\/em> Like any other skill, it requires persistence, dedication, and perseverance to master. Of course, it helps to get a few pointers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enter 321 and our latest Growth Snack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We rounded up the 321 community to check out some of their sales emails and optimized them using some techniques that we cover in our Lean Sales<\/a> course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are a few tips we shared that you can implement in your own sales emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before we got started, Carey<\/a> from Team 321 just wanted to lay some ground rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou could Google \u2018how to write a great sales email\u2019 right now and you\u2019d find somebody saying \u2018this is the answer \u2013 just do this one thing\u2019. But the reality is that there is no one answer.\u201d<\/em> \u201cI would encourage you to apply lean startup principles to the practice of writing sales emails. It\u2019s about writing the best, value-giving sales email that you can, and then using data to learn about what works for you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Despite having crafted hundreds \u2013 if not, thousands – of sales emails over our 25 years of experience in the startup game, we feel like we are still students. There is not a one-size-fits-all solution to your sales email woes. We are always learning and adjusting, just like you, and so we hope you take this as an invitation to experiment with your sales emails to see what works for your unique goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s have some fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGeneral, one-size-fits-all emails underperform. Make no mistake, they\u2019re easier to create, but what\u2019s more effective is when we have multiple flavours, with slight nuances, so they really resonate for your target customer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n One of the quickest ways to have your email unopened, ignored or even filtered into a spam folder is to send your prospect a mass-produced, cookie-cutter sales email. Especially if the lead is cold, you run the risk of getting lost in the shuffle, as your non-specific email doesn\u2019t do an adequate job of appealing to your prospect\u2019s unique needs, given where they are in their \u201cbuyer journey\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People buy from people they know, they like, and they trust. Your email should reflect that. The good news is that it\u2019s easy to add a few personalization elements to your next email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are a couple things you can do to personalize your emails immediately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Common to all the emails submitted for our review at Growth Snacks was a tendency to focus too much on themselves and not enough on the prospect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re going to hear me say it a lot. I think you got the balance wrong. It should be more about the recipient and less about \u2018here are all the things that we do\u2019. \u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n We want to tell our prospects all about our product\u2019s features or how our service is so much better than the competitions, but the focus of your email should remain on how you\u2019re going to help your prospect solve their <\/strong><\/em>problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Being on the receiving end of a super content-dense email can be overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Extremely thorough, lengthy emails are hard to consume. When you consider that most emails are read on mobile, the user experience of overly long emails can leave a lot to be desired. We\u2019d recommend removing any content that isn\u2019t absolutely necessary, to make the messaging more digestible, and concise. And don\u2019t forget adding negative space to improve readability!<\/p>\n\n\n\n When adding links to an email, be careful. Having too many calls-to-action (CTAs), in an email can create paralysis by analysis for the recipient \u2013 they just don\u2019t know what you want them to do next. Instead, we\u2019d encourage you to make sure there is a clear CTA (or two) at the end of your email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your next chance to connect with 321 will be at our Growth Snack<\/a> on fundraising on Wednesday, June 23rd. We\u2019ll talk about the (many) parallels between fundraising and sales, and will be joined by a couple of our investor friends for a Q&A. So sign up, and bring your questions for the panel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t be a stranger! Connect with us on LinkedIn<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> or Instagram<\/a> (or all three!) and be sure to check out our newly refreshed website<\/a> for more information on all things 321.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Copywriting is hard. Like any other skill, it requires persistence, dedication, and perseverance to master. Of course, it helps to get a few pointers! Enter 321 and our latest Growth Snack. We rounded up the 321 community to check out some of their sales emails and optimized them using some techniques that we cover in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-sales"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBut first, some context\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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