6 Ways to Add Value to Your Email Newsletters

In 2013, digital marketing savant Gary Vaynerchuk turned a popular boxing phrase into a way to describe value-led marketing in his New York Times bestselling book, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook.

While Gary’s book focused on using the jab, jab, jab, right hook philosophy on social media, it can be applied to almost any marketing medium, including email.

Gary’s concept was simple: Brands that provide value — over and over again — before asking for a sale, will make more sales in the long run.

Jabs are value. The right hook is the sale.

In my experience sending hundreds of email newsletters for dozens of home builders, landscape companies, HVAC companies, and law firms, newsletters that continually lead with value are the ones that consistently exceed industry average open rates, click rates, and conversions.

Here are six ways to inject value into your email newsletters.

Creating Valuable Newsletters

1. Blogs

Few pieces of content move the needle on website traffic from emails quite like an engaging and informative blog.

Take a look at this Google Analytics report as an example.