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The Sales Evangelist

 “Dan Hanrahan, Donald Kelly, The Sales Evangelist, The Best Sales Podcast.”I would love for you to try something different today. And who knows? This might be something that could greatly impact your business (if it hasn’t yet). The tool that I’m talking about is Sigstr, which is a new way to capitalize on employee emails or marketing channels.

Gracing today’s show is Dan Hanrahan, the Founder and CEO of Sigstr. Through Sigstr, email signatures have now been opened up as a marketing channel that you can use, making sure that every email sent includes the latest and greatest content, events, white papers, case studies, etc.

In short, the guys at Sigstr have created a system to control the branding, the look, and the feel of an email signature while injecting calls-to-action, thus making it an intersection of great marketing and opt-in sales.

Here are the highlights of my conversation with Dan:

3 most important features of a great email signature:

  1. Keep it simple.
  • No need to include your address in your email signature.
  • Have a link to your website.
  • Think of the 3 or 4 things that have the most value and hone those in.
  • Skip things like address and fax number but make them easy to find in your website.
  1. Use images wisely.
  • Be efficient.
  • Reserve the images to what’s most important (logo, call-to-action)
  1. Drive consistency to fuel brand.
  • Provide a consistent experience across all formats

Success stories from Sigstr:

Angi

  • Driving event awareness, registration, and attendance
  • Sigstr added a call-to-action to the email signature
  • 38% of all registrations came from a click on the email signature

Outreach Inc.

  • Helping raise funds for Brackets for Good tournament – competitive giving
  • 75% win record using Sigstr

Analytics from Sigstr:

  • Tracking results
  • Average click rate for Sigstr campaign is a half per percent
  • View metrics at a company level, campaign level, department, or employee
  • Group your users into departments or groups
  • Display clicks, click through rates across a number of functions of the app

Strategies for great graphics:

Screen grab from a resource you have available and upload that to Sigstr.

Engaging campaigns for Sigstr:

  • Events
  • Videos (can be 30 seconds)
  • Having a clear call-to-action

Sign up for free. Test it out and if you think it’s a valuable tool for you (which I know it will be), then you can pick a plan that suits your needs.

Connect with Dan on twitter @DanHanrahan8 or LinkedIn.

Dan’s major takeaway:

Think about the massive reach and impact of the email signature. Whatever you do, make sure it’s a compelling brand experience because every single message can impact your brand positively or negatively.

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About the Author The Sales Evangelist

Donald is the host of the popular sales podcast,"The Sales Evangelist". He is the founder of The Sales Evangelist Consulting Firm where he helps small companies develop killer sales process to scale their business and increase growth.

Donald is also an award-winning speaker, sales trainer, and coach. He's a big fan of traveling, South Florida staycations and high-quality family time. Donald has a belief that “anyone” can sell if they have the desire and receives the proper training.

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