Dojo Nation Dojo Nation - March 2015 | Page 77

You can give practical advice. The words “how to” are two of the most commonly “googled” words, so take advantage of it by answering questions that you think your customers are probably asking. You can provide tips or advice on ways to help them find new solutions to problems relate to your industry. Enlisting volunteers for charity efforts. Many recipients are willing to help out, and it elevates your “good guy” reputation when you don’t always use your newsletter for promotional reasons. All these things must adhere to two crucial rules: (1) Rule 1 is that the info should be interesting for the reader. (2) Rule 2 is that in some way or another, the info should make your business look better. Of course, there are lots of other rules that pretty much go without saying - Your newsletter has to be readable, make sure that you don’t have any typos or obvious grammatical errors that will give readers the wrong impression. This is not something that you want to type up on the fly. The more effort you put into creating an awesome newsletter, the more you’ll get out of it.