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The Email Marketing Model is a rich framework for cultivating relationships with stakeholders by taking advantage of the inherent two-way nature of email communication. And yet, the number one phrase used for describing how most organizations apply the model is: The Email Blast. Taking that metaphor to its natural conclusion, doesn’t a blast seem like the opposite of cultivation? A landscape that’s been blasted is one that is barren and full of holes, not one that is green and productive. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Despite the hype of other media, email is still the single most powerful online communication tool we have. This workshop will help you avoid the destructive model of the Email Blast and enable you to take full advantage of the power of email. In this ninety minute session you’ll learn how to:
- let email be a two-way medium and “scale up listening” without being overwhelmed
- turn your email marketing into a full fledged relationship building funnel
- set up both short and long term measurable and meaningful cultivation outcomes
- prevent email and newsletter fatigue among your stakeholders
- lower the costs of content production while upping the impact on cultivation
Are you worried whether enough people read your newsletter? Is preparing your newsletter like producing a full-blow publication? Have you ever used the word “blast” to describe what you do with email? If you think that there’s got to be more to cultivating relationships online than sending people complex little web pages in their mailbox, then this workshop is right for you.
Here is a related article by Michael Gilbert:
This seminar is taught by Michael C. Gilbert, whose Email Manifesto is widely credited with igniting the nonprofit sector’s interest in email marketing. He is the author of Communication Centered Technology Planning, 2nd Edition, the designer of the widely adopted Email Newsletter Marketing Model, and a long time coach and consultant on matters related to information and effectiveness in work and civil society. Michael has helped over 1000 organizations build their communication resources, has conducted over two dozen studies of nonprofit communication practices, and is the Editor of the Journal of Networks and Civil Society. He is also the Editor of Nonprofit News, the sponsor and organizer of the Gilbert Authors Network, and the Founding President of the Nonprofit Technology Network. For more information about Mr. Gilbert, please see his bio.
Our pre-packaged online seminar here consists of a 90 minute session.
Live Online Seminars: These are presented at a scheduled date & time, broadcast live, and include live Q&A time with the instructor. Live online seminars presented by The Gilbert Center are open registration seminars, which means that anyone can attend. You can read the technical requirements and other basic facts for live online seminars.
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