The Highest ROI Marketing Channel Most Contractors Get Wrong
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Diversify your marketing channels; email marketing is a low-cost, high-ROI component that contractors often overlook, even for large businesses.
Focus on sales as the primary KPI for email marketing, ensuring calls to action like 'book online' are prominent and convenient for customers.
Segment your customer list and tailor offers for specific service lines (e.g., water heaters, AC tune-ups) to maximize engagement and conversions.
Craft compelling offers using strategies like rebates, buybacks, discounts, and creating urgency with limited availability or bonus stacks, rather than just basic discounts.
Prioritize email deliverability by optimizing your sender domain (e.g., avoid default 'stmail' domains) to ensure emails land in inboxes, aiming for at least a 20% open rate for effective campaigns.
Utilize email marketing for long-term customer engagement and brand awareness, viewing job completion as the start of a relationship, not the end of a transaction, to reduce reliance on paid leads.
Leverage email to reduce branded keyword spending; by maintaining consistent communication, you can capture customers before they search for your business again, saving acquisition costs.
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