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Get More Prospects With Your Small Business Email List 

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Have you ever heard the saying bigger is better? 

Meaning the larger the size, the more value something holds.

Well, we’re here to tell you that is not necessarily the case.

Especially when it comes to business email lists.

Bigger lists can get messy and unfocused. Leads, prospects and ultimately customers can get lost.

At Connect 365, we believe focusing on a small business email list is the solution. Stick with us to find out why.

The Importance of a Small Business Email List

Your email list is the lifeline of your business. 

This collection of email addresses is a direct connection to your prospects and should be highly coveted and nurtured. Too often, we are so focused on the creative of an email marketing outreach campaign that we lose sight of where the message is going. We run it through a program and hit send or release it through a 3rd party and it’s gone. 

Then, we jump ahead to the results and start looking at open rates, click throughs and sales, but we miss a step in between. 

Who is receiving the email? Are these valid and prime prospects? Do they have a reason to trust you?  

This is because many are focused on quantity over quality. Most small businesses do not need thsi and are better off with a list of 200 prospects they can reach out personally too than having a 10,000 person list of people who barely know who you are. 

Through a recent study, we found that emails sent to lists of 1-200 prospects had a 66% better reply rate than emails sent to lists of over 1000 prospects.

It’s time to re-think your list and create a small business email list that allows you to have laser-focus and reach your best prospects, the people who you MOST want to do business with. 

Benefits of Having A “Small” Email List

Over the years, email outreach has gotten a bit of a bad rap due in part to scams and shear volume. There is a lot of noise out there and everyone's competing for attention. 

Inboxes are being bombarded and mistrusting the source of those emails is definitely an issue which is why you don’t want to come across as canned or fake. 

And, you definitely don’t want to be lumped into another mass email that is headed directly to spam either.  

Focusing on creating a small business email list allows you to break through the clutter and helps to build relationships. 

A small business email list enables you to nurture leads and establish trust so that prospects are receptive to your email outreach, open your message and look forward to receiving future communications. 

Creating this trust factor gets your message in front of the right people and establishes a deeper connection resulting in more sales opportunities.

Want a better system for getting leads and clients? 

Then you need to attend our upcoming workshop that goes step by step through our lead generation process that has been so successful in our clients’ businesses -- the L.E.A.D. Blueprint.  Sign up here now!

Ways to Build a Small Business Email List

We’ve simplified this process and created different ways to build your small email business list. Here are three ways to build a hyper-targeted list of perfect prospects to get massive results.

  • Use your current list. This may seem a little obvious, but as business owners, leaders, execs and worker bees, we are so busy that we often don’t see what is right in front of our eyes. If you have a current contact list, then you are sitting on a goldmine and you can start with your existing list. Chances are there are names on that email list that you haven’t reached out to in years. They may even be previous customers who are already open to receiving your email outreach. Sometimes it’s the easy way that works and all it takes is a little re-touch and check-in so don’t discount what you already have.
  • Get new contacts from LinkedIn. This is one of our favorite social media platforms. Why? Because LinkedIn is one of the world’s most up to date business databases. It allows you to find new connections and build relationships with brand new prospects as well as reach back out to existing connections that need some nurturing.
  • 3rd Party Tools. There are countless 3rd party B2B contact database providers that can give you the contact information of your perfect prospects for almost nothing. Definitely push for verified and validated emails to help reduce bounce rates and bad email addresses to stay on the good side of email marketing. The good news is that many of these tools can be paired with LinkedIn and used together to gather more leads and reach more prospects in an automated way.

Email Marketing Tips for Small Business Lists

Email marketing outreach is a science, and you want to find the perfect formula to reach your best prospects. Luckily, it’s a formula that can be tweaked as necessary. Here are a few email marketing tips to help you start creating your small business list.

  • Keep it simple. There is no need to create a complicated funnel when all you have to do is re-connect with leads you haven’t been in touch with for a while.  
  • Follow up frequently. People get busy, including your prospects. They may have the best of intentions of reaching out, then life happens, and they never do. Follow-up with your small business list frequently to stay top of mind, maintain awareness and influence behaviors and future purchasing decisions.
  •  Authentic messaging. No one likes canned copy that feels cold and impersonal. If you want to build relationships, you need to get personal. Use unique messaging that makes your prospects feel like you are speaking directly to them. Respect people’s limited time with short messages that get to the point and show how you can help solve a problem or fulfill a need better than anyone else.
  • Show Up Up In The Right Place. Don’t rely on 3rd-party email servers to target your smaller lists OR segments of your email. Deliver your emails to look and get delivered through your main account exactly like you typed them out individually. This gets you to show up in the primary inbox.It gives you priority placement. Connect 365 was built to automate this. 

Your Turn

Learn How to Get More Leads With Social Media & Email in Our Upcoming Lead Blueprint Workshop

Want a better way to get leads and clients? Sign up for my upcoming workshop that goes step by step through our lead generation process that has been so successful in our clients’ businesses -- the L.E.A.D. Blueprint. 

In the workshop, I’ll be teaching:

  • Exactly what an Authority Leadership Platform is and how you can leverage our Authority Amplifier process to position yourself above the competition, putting your business on an entirely different playing field.
  • How to target high-end prospects using online platforms (social media + email) in a unique way that builds instant trust by doing the polar opposite of what most ‘salespeople’ try
  • How to develop real relationships online using a highly-personal Multi-Touchpoint Messaging Campaign to naturally guide the conversation towards an appointment
  • The right way to automate processes that build trust, improve credibility, and increase responsiveness in your campaigns.

Join an upcoming workshop session by signing up here!

Implementing the Trust Equation is a game changer and can propel your small business in front of more prospects, generate more leads and grow your business. 

From email automation to lead management to social media automation, Connect 365 can help you turn those cold leads into warm prospects and create long-lasting, lifetime customers. 

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Why Connect 365?

Once you’ve got your killer creative ready to go and your streamlined, laser focused email list ready, the next crucial step in the entire process is to make sure you show up in the right place at the right time. You want to be front and center in your top prospects primary inbox waiting to be opened.

Connect 365 can help and our email automation software is the answer! Don’t rely on a 3rd party to do it for you and risk sounding cold or worse enter into the vicious world of spam. With Connect 365, you can send personalized emails to targeted prospects and make a deeper connection and lasting impression. From email automation to lead management to social media automation, our goal is to help you build relationships and create lifetime customers. Request an invite and let’s connect today!

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