Email Opening Lines That Actually Work
When it comes to email marketing, everyone knows how important the subject line is. It’s what gets the recipient to open your email in the first place, after all. If your subject line fails, your email may go unread. However, you’re not free and in the clear yet once you’ve managed to get your recipients to open your emails — you still have to get them to read through your content. This means that your email opening lines are extremely important. If your email opening lines fail to capture the attention of your B2B prospects, they’re likely to forgo reading the rest of the email. The following are a few tips for creating effective email opening lines:
Bring Up A Recent Event
Use your opening line to bring up a recent event relevant to their business. For example, a recent product launch or an interview in a magazine with their CEO. Doing so shows your prospect that you have done your research about their company. This will give them some confidence that you might actually have something of value to offer.
Establish An Immediate Connection
If you have a connection to the prospect, use it to get their attention in your opening line. For example, “(someone) recommended that I reach out to you,” or “We recently met at (recent event).” They will immediately have more of an emotional connection, which means that they will be more willing to read on about what you have to say.
Flatter The Prospect
While you don’t want to seem disingenuous in your flattery, it helps if you start out the email by telling them something about them or their business that you like, whether it’s about a new service that they offer, something positive in the news concerning them, or even a post that they made on social media. For example, “I thought the video you recently posted on YouTube was great,” or “I’ve been very impressed with the new (product) that you just released.” It shows that you’re not just cold calling (or cold emailing) potential prospects but that you’re actually familiar with them.
Begin With a Question
Asking a question is a great way to pique their curiosity right away because they’ll be thinking about the topic you’ve brought up, which means that they will be immediately engaged. Of course, the rest of the email will have to follow in the line of that question. For example, “Are you having a problem with (something)?” or “Have you heard about the recent news about (something)?” You will then have to follow up with how you can provide a potential solution to the problem or how the recent news is relevant to them and how you can be of help as a result.
Get To The Point
You can also just get to the point immediately by positioning yourself as a business that can help their company. For example, “Our product helps businesses like yours to achieve (this goal).” Getting to the point right away by addressing their pain point and how you can solve it is a good way to get their attention for at least the remainder of the email.
A strong email opening line will help generate interest in what your email has to say. Use these tips to create effective email opening lines that will increase the chance that your emails will be read in full, thereby making it easier to nurture your leads.
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