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Staying ahead of marketing trends is crucial to effectively engage with your audience and grow your business. Email marketing is an often-overlooked part of the strategy, here are three key email marketing trends to focus on this year.

Interactive Emails: Engaging Your Audience

By incorporating elements like surveys within your emails, you can actively engage your audience and gather valuable insights. For instance, you might include a survey asking clients about their preferred travel destinations or experiences. This not only increases engagement but also allows you to segment your audience based on their responses, tailoring future communications to their specific interests.

Authentic Content: Sharing Personal Travel Stories

Authenticity is more important than ever in email marketing. Instead of relying solely on promotional messages, consider sharing personal travel stories that resonate with your audience. For example, recount a memorable trip you took, highlighting unique experiences and cultural insights. This approach helps build a genuine connection with your clients, making your promotional offers more relatable and appealing.

Video Content: Boosting Open Rates and Engagement

Video content is a powerful tool in email marketing, with subject lines containing the word "video" often achieving higher open rates. Leverage this trend by incorporating video content into your emails. Whether it's a short clip of a destination or a personal message from you, videos can captivate your audience's attention. You can also link to past live streams allowing you to increase your social media reach as well.  

Try one of these trends in your next email to create a more engaging and effective email campaign. Over time, this will ultimately lead to stronger client relationships and increased business success.


About the Author

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With a combination of 10 years’ experience in the industry and her background as a teacher, Dana takes sales and marketing strategy and break it down into doable steps that any agent can use in their business through training programs at Guts Grit Goals and her free weekly classes in her agents-only Facebook group: Sales and Marketing Tips for Travel Agents.


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