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Without a good drip email process you are letting a lot of business slip through your fingers. While a phone call, face to face opportunity, seminar and even conference call helps you initiate a new relationship an effective drip email process helps to maintain and elevate that relationship with just the click of your key board.
The challenge is with so many emails filling an inbox you must make your drip email something people want to open and I will tell you right now a standard market update doesn’t cut it.
So I wanted to give you a taste of 5 different ways you can use drip emails to get more attention and generate more interest.
1. Make it personal – Always share a little something about you or an experience you encountered to make the attached article more relevant.
Dear client,
You know I’ve been hearing and reading about this recession but when I want to the mall with my family this past weekend we couldn’t even find a parking spot! I thought if everyone is struggling then why is the mall full of shoppers???
This article really helped clarify this new phenomenon and thought it would clear things up for you too….
2. Add Value – Providing a quick and easy checklist that can help your clients, prospects, friends and family identify whether they have taken the necessary steps to address a financial issue not only engages them in the email but also inspires potential opportunities.
Dear (name)
I’m often asked “What are the 5 most important steps to achieving financial security?” So I decided to share it with all of you. While these aren’t the only things you can and should do they are certainly the first steps and should become the foundation to a successful financial plan.
Make sure you can check off everything on this list:
List 5 key items for example:
3. Provide a quiz – Provide a short quiz which allows the recipient to evaluate their acumen or determine their level of progress in a certain aspect of wealth management. This quiz approach can often encourage the recipient to recognize their gaps or deficiencies within that particular area. This new awareness can potentially motivate them to call your office and schedule an appointment.
For example:
How investment savvy are you?
Quiz
Rate your answers on a scale of 1 – 5 and total your scores at the end.
I think you get the point. You can also make if fun by adding some humor to the answer key or incorporate a bit of your own personality into both the questions and the answer key.
4. Make it a real story – Use situations that you have experienced working with clients (changing the names and some details of course) these real life stories not only clarify the kinds of clients that are referred to you but they identify what you are actually able to do for these clients:
I wanted to share a true story that reinforces why I love what I do. I was recently referred a new client, she was a woman in her 60s who recently lost her husband. She came to me emotionally distraught and fearful about her financial affairs. She didn’t know who to turn to nor who she could trust. After many hours of meeting with her, guiding her and helping her understand her financial picture today she is busy rebuilding her life, with less worry and concern over her daily financial issues. In fact just yesterday she came into the office to share her pictures from her recent vacation, a cruise to Alaska that she has always wanted to experience.
It’s moments like these that remind me why I do what I do.
5. Ask for feedback: When providing an interesting article in your email, highlight a paragraph or section of the article that really resonated with you. Direct the recipient to this portion of the article and ask for their thoughts and feedback.
Dear _______
I found the attached article very informative especially considering what is happening overseas in Greece. The author was able to make a complicated issue more understandable. I particularly liked the section on page 3 paragraph 4, it was quite thought provoking. I would love to hear your thoughts on this issue as well……
As you think about developing a more effective drip process remember every email should be written as if you are writing to a friend, using comfortable everyday language and content. And please remember these email examples are exactly that examples and should not be used as valid content.