Skimming through recent Hubspot blogs, I came across an outstanding post on must-have components of compelling email copy. The author does a great job articulating the hallmarks of effective modern e-blast marketing copy, much of which I found especially true of a B2B audience. However, some of the points were less relevant to B2B, so I thought it’d be helpful to boil things down to the real meat of the post, while adding some additional insight of my own.
So if you’re wondering if that e-blast you’re about to hit “send” on is likely to tickle your prospects’ fancy, spend 30 seconds checking these key points to make sure you’re in line with some industry best practices for effective B2B e-blasts.
Subject Lines:
The make or break part of your e-blast. Determines (along with “From” address) open rates. An effective subject line does one or more of the following:
Body copy:
The place to “set the hook” on a prospect and nudge them down the purchase path. Successful body copy: