Below are some professional services firms’ e-newsletter examples (accounting and real estate) realms that effectively sell readers on their services.
DISCLAIMER: I’m not affiliated with these businesses. I admire their newsletters, and present them for educational purposes only.
1. Heal Accounting: Heal gives a great, brief summary of news that can affect readers in each email, with a link to the longer newsletter at their website. This works well to drive traffic. Links to feature articles appear at the top of the page. They also offer Tax Tips. They use headings and links well to break up the text for easy scanning. A helpful list of tax due dates for each month appears at the bottom.
2. Horne CPAs and Business Advisors: I love the headlines, the content, and the brevity in this e-newsletter which promotes executive partner Joey Havens’ blog posts. Joey wants us to be better, so it’s not about accounting. One recent email subject line that promoted a humorous, well-written blog post: “Storytelling Works Better Than Viagra.” The email teased people to read the post with a short preview and links at the top and bottom to read more. Each eblast features a thought-provoking story based on real life events with a message.
3. Art of Living by Sotheby’s International Realty: Each issue looks like a mini electronic magazine, with enticing photos of properties priced with a few more zeros at the end than many of us can afford. A short sentence below invites us to tour or read more about European-inspired mansions in the southern Midwest, ocean-front hideaways in the West, and luxurious lofts, estates, and town homes country-wide. Trending listings and Instagram posts round out the highlights. The subject lines could be a little shorter — I suggest they stick to one, rather than two, topics per headline for a pithier message with greater impact.
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Which newsletters do you think are the best?
Published Sept. 4, 2018
