The Tools You Need

The Tools You Need

As with any other type of job, you need the right tools to be successful with email sales letters. There is more to it than just having an email account and an email client. In fact, there is a great deal more to it.

First, you need an autoresponder. An autoresponder can be set up to automatically send out messages at specified times to your entire list, set up to send an automated message to someone as soon as they sign up for your list, or to broadcast messages that you write after you write them. Two of the best autoresponders on the market are Aweber, at http://www.aweber.com and GetResponse at http://www.getresponse.com.

Next, you need a website, so that you can set up an opt-in form. This form typically asks for the person’s first name and email address. After they fill in this information, it is sent to your autoresponder, and the visitor is taken to a page that you designate in the coding of the form. These forms are created through the autoresponder services control panel, and pasted into your HTML document.

There are numerous ways to bring visitors to your website and to get them to fill out the form. Entire courses have been constructed to teach this concept, and you would do well to read such a course. The scope of this report does not cover list building.

Aside from an autoresponder and a website with an opt-in form, there are a couple of other tools that you need.

Most of the better autoresponders have spam checkers. If yours does not, you will need to locate one. You can use the free spam checker at http://spamcheck.sitesell.com/.

How to Write Successful Emails

Your autoresponder should have a spell checker. If it does not, use a word processor on your computer that does include a spell checker. It is vital that you not send out an email that has misspelled words and poor grammar. This has a direct impact on people’s perception of you.

You need a way to format your email message. Many autoresponders will either tell you how many characters you have typed into a line, or have a red vertical line that each line of your email message should not cross. This is very important, because ideally, you don’t want any line of your email to extend beyond 45 to 50 characters.

When the lines are too long, the email message ‘breaks up’ in many email clients when it is read. This may cause it to look like this:

‘This is an email Message That was not formatted properly. The person who wrote this did not pay any attention to How many Characters were in each line. ‘

A properly formatted email would look something like this:

‘This is a properly formatted email message. The person who wrote this email either counted Characters to ensure that they would not cross The line and cause the message to break up,

Or they used a tool to keep count of the number Of characters used in each line. They also used

A hard return at the end of each line.’

Obviously, you do not want your email messages to break up like that during transmission. You want a nice, neat, well blocked email message. If your autoresponder does not enable you to keep track of the length of your lines, you may want to get software to do this. The best software on the market for this is Ziney Pro, at http://www.zineypro.com/.

Other than these tools, you just need something to say to your prospects. Before we begin on the actual construction of the email, you should note that emails that look like nothing more than a classified ad will not work. Just as there is more to the tools than an email client, there is more to writing a successful sales letter than just writing a simple, small advertisement.

How to Write Successful Emails

Some of these tools will cost money. A good autoresponder will cost about $20 per month. Obviously, you will have to pay hosting fees for your website, and if you purchase software, such as Ziney Pro, you will have to pay for that as well. These are business expenses, and they are tax deductible.

Don’t try to take any ‘cheap-cuts.’ A cheap cut is kind of like a short cut. Do you know how some short cuts tend to end up being longer than the ‘long way?’ Well, cheap cuts often cost you more than you thought they would also. Go ahead and pay the money to get the right tools for the job, the first time around. One thing to remember here is that it is your reputation on the line, and if you are using cheap cuts, your prospects will soon know it!