a list of

1. Email Marketing
Content Ideas
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2. About the authors
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3. Content
crea4on
is
one
of
the
many
tasks
that
email
marketers
have
to
be
good
at
these
days.
Good
content
means
more
engaged
subscribers,
more
social
sharing
of
your
content
(which
will
aWract
new
subscribers)
and
ul4mately
more
leads
and
customers.
This
list
of
content
ideas
will
help
you
brainstorm
and
develop
content
that
your
target
audience
values
and
acts
upon.
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4. How-to’s and Tips
1. A
step-­‐by-­‐step
guide
on
how
to
do
something.
2. A
short
4p
to
help
your
audience
be
more
successful.
3. Common
mistakes
and
pi[alls
and
how
to
overcome
them.
4. A
list
of
reasons
why
they
should
do
something.
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5. 3rd Party Content
5. Refer
to
someone
else’s
ar4cle
and
give
your
opinion
on
the
maWer.
6. Feature
the
results
of
industry
research
and
add
your
perspec4ve.
7. Links
to
interes4ng
ar4cles
that
you
found
on
the
internet.
8. Conference/webinar
takeaways.
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6. More Content Ideas
9. Research/Survey
Results
10.
Do’s
and
Don’ts
11.
Industry
Sta4s4cs
&
Benchmarks
12.
Case
studies
13.
Tes4monials
14.
Interviews
with
an
expert
15.
Response
to
a
frequently
asked
ques4on
16.
Product
reviews
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7. More Content Ideas
10.
De-­‐bunk
common
myths
about
your
industry/product.
11.
Interview
a
customer.
12.
Pictures
of
a
recent
event.
13.
Run
a
contest.
14.
Ask
your
subscribers
to
provide
content.
15.
Describe
some
prac4cal
uses
for
your
product/service.
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8. Content Formats
• Ar4cle/Blog
Post
Tip:
Most
email
clients
do
not
• Video/Screencast
support
streaming
video,
• Slideshow
audio
or
any
other
form
of
rich
media.
• Infographic
For
video’s,
slideshows
and
• Cartoon
audio,
we
recommend
using
an
image
with
a
big
play
• List
of
links
buWon
and
a
text
link
that
• Audio/Podcast
links
to
your
content
on
your
website
or
blog.
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9. Some Final Thoughts
• Include
a
call-­‐to-­‐ac4on
for
more
informa4on
with
each
content
piece
you
develop.
• Include
a
teaser
to
the
content
in
the
newsleWer
with
a
link
back
to
your
website/blog
where
they
can
find
the
en4re
ar4cle/blog
post/video…
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10. Some Final Thoughts
• Don’t
be
afraid
to
re-­‐purpose
content
from
your
blog
or
your
website.
• Don’t
be
afraid
to
re-­‐use
old
content,
if
it
is
s4ll
relevant.
• Set
an
editorial
calendar
and
s4ck
to
it.
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