{"id":6345,"date":"2021-06-17T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emoneyadvisor.com\/?post_type=thought_leadership&p=6345"},"modified":"2024-06-05T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:08:11","slug":"7-email-marketing-tips-for-financial-professionals","status":"publish","type":"thought_leadership","link":"https:\/\/emoneyadvisor.com\/blog\/7-email-marketing-tips-for-financial-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Email Marketing Tips for Financial Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Email may be an older marketing method, but it can still be one of the most powerful tactics in your marketing arsenal. According to a digital marketing study by Fidelity, 67 percent of financial professionals utilize email campaigns, with 60 percent reporting it as one of their top three\u00a0most effective marketing tactics<\/a>.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

Want to make the most of your email marketing efforts? Here are some best practices you can follow.<\/p>\n

1. Know Your Why<\/h2>\n

Similar to\u00a0creating a digital marketing strategy<\/a>, planning ahead and knowing your\u00a0why<\/em>\u00a0is key to optimizing your email marketing efforts.<\/p>\n

Every tactic\u2014including email\u2014should be implemented with specific goals in mind. What are you trying to accomplish by sending this email or launching this email campaign? Who is your target audience? What do you want them to learn? What do you want them to do?<\/p>\n

Answering these questions first will guide all other aspects of your email marketing\u2014from audience targeting to writing copy.<\/p>\n

2. Segment Your Email Lists<\/b><\/h2>\n

Email marketing for financial advisors should be a value-add to the clients or prospects receiving them. But what is valuable to some may not be valuable to all. Getting your email in front of the right audience is crucial to email marketing success.<\/p>\n

Rather than sending out a piece of content to all your clients or all your prospects, create targeted lists based on recipient attributes. You can segment your lists in an endless amount of ways depending on your firm’s client base and the products and services you offer. Understanding your client demographics, your\u00a0buyer’s journey<\/a>, and\u00a0buyer personas<\/a>\u00a0is helpful for this process.<\/p>\n

3. Focus on Your Subject Line<\/h2>\n

Your email’s subject line is the first interaction the recipient has with your email\u2014and it’s the most important indicator of whether they’ll open it or not.<\/p>\n

A good, attention-grabbing subject line makes a promise to the recipient about what they’ll find inside the email. It should be interesting and transparent. Think about what your audience would find most interesting about the email and entice them to click. Considering asking a compelling question or teasing the email’s contents.<\/p>\n

Take note of your subject line’s length. All email clients, on both desktop and mobile, have a subject line character limit. This limit varies, but subject lines should generally be between 9 characters and 60 characters\u2014the cut-off for most desktop email clients.2<\/sup>\u00a0If you see that most of your recipients open your emails on mobile, consider making your subject lines even shorter.<\/p>\n

4. Get Personal<\/h2>\n

Once a recipient opens the email, they need to find content that they care about. Personalize your email copy and make it relevant to your audience. Why should\u00a0that specific recipient<\/i>\u00a0care about what you’re sending them? What makes it helpful and relevant to their lives? Once you can answer these questions, you can write your subject line and email copy in a way that highlights the email’s unique value. Personalizing your emails may take a little extra work, but it’s well worth it.<\/p>\n

5. Include a CTA<\/h2>\n

Emails should never be a road to nowhere. Always use a call to action, or CTA, in your copy. Give the recipient an opportunity to reach out and engage you.<\/p>\n

Your CTAs don’t have to be overtly promotional or forceful, especially if the email’s primary purpose is to provide them with helpful content. Instead, consider including a softer CTA like, \u201cLet me know if you have any questions about your finances.”<\/p>\n

6. Keep Copy Short and Sweet<\/h2>\n

Another thing to keep in mind when writing email copy is length. The average person spends 11.82 seconds reading an email.4<\/sup>\u00a0If they access the email from mobile, that time bumps up to 12.56 seconds.4<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Keep your emails short, sweet, and to the point. But make sure your key message shines through loud and clear. Tell the recipient what you’re offering, how it benefits them, and then provide a CTA. No bells or whistles required.<\/p>\n

7. Leverage Marketing Automation<\/h2>\n

Like many financial professionals, you’re probably busy. Finding the time to put together an entire email campaign, with its supporting assets, may prove difficult.<\/p>\n

Marketing technology solutions that include automated campaigns can address this problem. They not only help you\u00a0scale quickly and efficiently<\/a>, but also offer workflows that already account for marketing best practices. This helps you create better, more engaging campaigns\u2014all without the heavy lift.<\/p>\n

Learn More About Marketing Best Practices<\/h2>\n

To learn more about how marketing can ensure every interaction with you meets or exceeds the client\u2019s expectations, read our eBook Elevating Your Financial Planning Business: Improving Client Engagement and Experience Through Better Marketing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0<\/strong>The Case for Digital Marketing, Fidelity, October 2020.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBest Practices for Email Subject Lines.”\u00a0MailChimp\u00a0<\/i>n.d. https:\/\/mailchimp.com\/help\/best-practices-for-email-subject-lines\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0<\/strong>2020 eMoney Consumer Marketing Survey, September 2020, n=2,000.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201c2020 State of Email Engagement.” Litmus, 2020. October 1. https:\/\/www.litmus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020_State_of_Email_Engagement.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DISCLAIMER: The eMoney Advisor Blog is meant as an educational and informative resource for financial professionals and individuals alike. It is not meant to be, and should not be taken as financial, legal, tax or other professional advice. Those seeking professional advice may do so by consulting with a professional advisor. eMoney Advisor will not be liable for any actions you may take based on the content of this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":6350,"template":"","thought_leadership_cat":[90],"class_list":["post-6345","thought_leadership","type-thought_leadership","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","thought_leadership_cat-marketing"],"acf":{"left_sidebar_ads":false,"right_sidebar_ads":false},"yoast_head":"\nEmail Marketing for Financial Advisors | eMoney Advisor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Email marketing is an effective way to engage clients and prospects. 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