May 25, 2020
According to the Direct Marketing Association, email marketing on average generates a 4,400% ROI for businesses in the U.S. That's a return of $44 for every dollar you spend. The fact is, marketing to your email list is the most lucrative and cost-effective means available for throwing profit directly to your business's bottom line. For one thing, email costs almost nothing. You don't have to pay for clicks or impressions, there's no monthly ad budget, no revenue share, commission or agency fee. What's more, email marketing outperforms social media in both reach and response. Let's say you send an email to 2,000 people on your list, and you also write a post to your 2,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter. What happens next may surprise you: