Get Creative with Email: Send and Win a Free Cookbook!

[Oklabell]

I have an over active mind and last night while trying to sleep I got an idea.

Make a email about special or what not. Send it to my contacts. Now I don't have a lot of email contacts and I am looking for ways to get them because I am an email person.

I am going to have something about seeing how far the email will go. The person that is the farest(sp?) from my house and the person that sent it will get a free S/S Season's best cookbook. I can have them send me their address and email.

Does it sound crazy?

 

[pamperedlinda]

Sounds like a fun way to increase your contacts. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[laurichef]

SO they have to reply to you and the sender?

Just do not make it seem like a chain letter.
Make sure you put something in there about expanding your business, and please "share this", not "send to 5 people". (Having a prize will help)
Do it in the beginning of the letter, so you still have thier attention.


Could be interesting to see how many respond. Keep us posted.

 

[Oklabell]

I hate chain letters and I know I have to be carefull not to make it look like you. I really don't know how it is going to look but I will will get you guys approval before I send it.

 

[TinaOuellette]

Sounds interesting. I hope it's succesfull! Good luck!

 

[Oklabell]

I can't get it not look like a chain letter. Maybe if I made it like a flyer and professional looking. I think the idea is great but can't seem to figure it out. It would be fun to see how far it can go.
I can have them send me their location by town, state and who sent them the email. I just don't know and then again it is only 8am.

 

[IAmChefJ]

I would also put an end date on it. Furthest one to respond, etc by next ____. Give them a week or so.

Why don't you post what you have so far and maybe we can help you tweak it?
J.

 

[sklay723]

How about instead of the furthest person, just tell your contacts that you are going to hold a prize drawing...anyone and everyone they know is invited to enter. You just need them to contact you with their email address to add to your newsletter email list as a way to help you out. Then set a deadline for entering, and draw a name from all of the recipients. That way it's not "chain letter"-ish.

 

[pampchefsarah]

I'm thinking of doing something similar as a contest for September. I don't have the e-mail written up yet, but it'll be something like:

I need more contacts, and you can help! Win one of the new Fall Products from The Pampered Chef, just for forwarding this e-mail to people I don't know! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY (but, it would be appreciated :-}).

Here's how the contest works:
Forward this e-mail to one person not already receiving e-mails from me, earn one point towards winning a prize.
If your friend signs up to receive newsletters from me, you each receive a point.
If your friend places an order through my website, you each receive 5 points.
If your friend books a show with me (Cooking Show, Catalog Show, Fundraiser, Bridal Shower), you each receive 10 points!
If your friend forwards the e-mail to another friend, you receive 2 points, and you friend starts the whole process of earning points over again.

Anyone reaching 100 points wins one of the new Fall Products!!

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Ok, so that's a really rough draft, but you get the idea. Prizes will be the new Sprinkles, or a new cookbook, or the Salt, etc.

I use Constant Contact, so I'll know if an e-mail has been forwarded, and to whom, etc., plus there's a button they can click to sign up for the newsletter.

What do you all think?

 

[gingertannery]

I do like this.. I also like Katie's idea. Katie's is a little simpler to follow.. But someone wanting to earn a free product may "work" more for Sarah's. Great ideas. I would shy away from anything that looks like a chain letter.