Why That Email Signup Raffle Will Backfire
I spotted the following this morning on one of my favorite online marketing forums:
“I have a trade show coming up. I want to take advantage of the traffic and grow my email list. The best thing I can think of is an email sign up raffle…What is the best way to approach this?”
Ahhhh…the email raffle trick. The lazy-marketer’s way to grow an email list.
You give ‘em a chance to win an iPad or some other prize in exchange for their email.
You celebrate when you add 259 people to your email list.
Then you send those raffle contestants (258 of whom are disappointed they didn’t win the iPad) emails that THEY DON’T WANT TO RECEIVE.
Raise your hand if you’ve ever been on the receiving end of that trick. (I thought so).
If you want to build an email list, give people a GOOD reason to subscribe.
Bribing them with a “chance to win” is not a good reason. When you build your list that way, many (most) will tune out, opt-out, or even click the spam complaint button. Your delivery rates will go down. Your marketing will suffer.
Here’s what I suggested for the aspiring Raffle-Master:
“Focus instead on giving people a reason to want your emails. Create a landing page that sells the value of your emails. If you want to do the raffle thing, allow people to enter the raffle WITHOUT joining your email list. That means only people who truly want your emails will opt-in. You can still use the raffle as a magnet to get them to the landing page where they can enter the contest. But they have to check another box to join the email list. Your list won’t grow as much, but the people on your list will want to hear from you. And they’ll trust you more b/c you took this approach.”
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