Saturday, 21 January 2012

Rules to Email Marketing

Email Marketing Video

Email marketing is one of the fastest, cheapest and easiest ways to generate extra traffic and interest in a business. However, there is quite a few do-not's to know about, to prevent the campaign from having the opposite effect.

1. Do not spam, only send to people who want or have subscribed to the information. This creates a bad image for the company or service and will not likely result in the desired result.

2. Give Subscribers an easy unsubscribe option, this will attract people to subscribe in the first place. It will also make users happy if they want to unsubscribe, maintaining the image of the company or service.

3. Keep emails simple and to the point, the more summarized they are and quicker to read, the more likely people will read them. Include simple links that point to information that supports the email and will generate traffic to the desired places and websites.

4. Do not email to often, our team suggests only emailing 2 or 3 times a month. The more exclusive your emails are the more likely people are to open and view them when they come in. In addition, to many times a month and people are likely to unsubscribe, unless they knew what they would be getting daily or weekly emails when subscribing to the service.

5. Link only to appropriate, subject specific material and always deliver the promise that is in the subject line. The subject line should tell exactly what the email is about. Do not try to trick people into viewing the email, as this will make individuals angry and more likely to unsubscribe.

Saturday, 7 January 2012

Campground: $50,000-100,000 Startup

This idea is one that is a relatively high cost startup. Starting a campground takes the proper location, property and know-how.


Campgrounds are the largest family vacation destinations in the travel industry. Many families use camping for bonding, vacations, relaxation, socialisation and partying. Billions of dollars are spend every year at campgrounds and on camping-related products (An expansion to the idea is offering firewood and simple products for sale at the camp ground). 


There are various types of campground operations that can be started to generate income and money: a seasonal campground, tenting camping, RV campground and industry campgrounds (golf or fishing campgrounds). 


The greater number of services and products that are offered to the campers at campgrounds, the more traffic the campground will make and the more revenue that will be generated. Any feature that many RV's and tenters do not have added to a campground will attract customers: Swimming Pools, an on site general store, firewood sales, washroom and showers, gaming rooms, laundry all help to generate money and attract customer.  


Word of mouth is a powerful tools for the campground business. Returning customers and referrals are key to the long term success of any campground. Brochures are another way to foster interest in a campground. Finally market the campground by being listed in travel guides and local newspapers.