{"id":9815,"date":"2015-07-22T01:30:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T06:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=9815"},"modified":"2015-07-22T10:04:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T15:04:20","slug":"the-one-thing-you-should-do-to-get-more-out-of-your-email-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/the-one-thing-you-should-do-to-get-more-out-of-your-email-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The One Thing You Should Do to Get More Out of Your Email List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start off with a tough reality - most business owners aren\u2019t getting as much as they could be from their email list.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that they\u2019re not working hard or seeing good results. In fact, for many, email is already their biggest driver of new and repeat business.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s one thing that many small businesses aren\u2019t doing that could help take things to the next level.<\/p>\n

Luckily, adding that one thing to your email marketing strategy is a lot easier than you might think.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It starts with understanding a term you may have heard before - segmentation.<\/p>\n

Segmentation is the process of organizing your contacts into different groups, so you can target them with content or offers that are relevant to their needs or interests.<\/p>\n

Rather than sending the same message to your entire list and hoping the right people see it, segmentation makes it easy to create emails that you know specific groups of contacts will be interested in - improving the chances of them opening, clicking, and acting on the content and offers you send out.<\/p>\n

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Why Is Segmentation Important?<\/h3>\n

One of the biggest reasons people ignore emails or unsubscribe from email lists is because the content they receive isn\u2019t relevant to them.<\/p>\n

While you may have people who read and act on every email you send out, if you\u2019re not taking the appropriate steps to segment your audience, it\u2019s likely that you already have potential customers or donors who are tuning you out.<\/p>\n

Plenty of small businesses and organizations are already using segmentations and have seen some impressive results.\u00a0See for yourself.<\/a><\/p>\n

 
\nIf you\u2019ve never segmented your list - one of the questions you may be asking is 'how can I get started?'\u009d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

 
\nUsing an email marketing provider like Constant Contact<\/a> makes it super easy to\u00a0segment your contacts.<\/p>\n

You can create separate lists for different groups of contacts, or use a feature called Tags that makes organizing your master list a lot easier.<\/p>\n

But before you can start organizing contacts into different groups, you\u2019re going to need some information to work with.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re like a lot of businesses, the amount of information you have available may be limited to name and email address.<\/p>\n

But there are also details like: job title, company, address, birthday, interests, and purchase history, which could be used to your advantage.<\/p>\n

How can you find the information you need? Here are a few quick ideas:<\/strong><\/p>\n