Episode #
Should You Still Have A Newsletter? #1770
June 19, 2021

In episode #1770, we explore whether having a newsletter is still a valuable tool in the marketing toolkit. We have been hearing a lot of complaints these days about newsletters performing badly and for this reason, it might seem like they are dead as a technique. We think differently however and in today’s episode, you’ll learn how to up the performance of your newsletter. People will never get tired of information as long as it is high-quality!

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

  • [00:25] Today’s topic: Should You Still Have A Newsletter?
  • [00:42] Email open and click-through rates are down.
  • [00:53] Why we still think you should have a newsletter.
  • [01:24] The issue isn’t newsletters, but that people don’t scrub their lists.
  • [02:13] Building a list for the long-term by creating good information.
  • [02:25] The creator economy and why newsletters are here to stay.
  • [04:06] Go to marketingschool.io/live to hang out with Neil and Eric in September.

 

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