Email marketing is a very simple concept which is also extremely cost effective because of low cost and easy communication with potential customers. The general idea behind email marketing is that an email is sent to a list of subscribers that are opted by 'Double opt-in' and these emails are intended to create an interest in the products or services offered by the email marketer.
Goal of an email marketing campaign is to convince the subscriber or recepient to either make a purchase or visit the website to obtain more information. When an email recipient performs either one of these actions, it is considered a huge success. However, thanks to the power of the forward button email marketing can actually be much more successful than even the business owner intended.
Some email marketers add the link called 'Forward' to their emails. What happened is when the subscriber clicks on 'Forward' link, they are taken to the web page of the email marketers web site. There they can enter email(s) of the people they know and forward it to them.
The great aspect of email marketing is that when the email recipients receive an email which they think is worthwhile they are likely to make a purchase and may also forward the information onto a friend or family member they think might be interested in this information as well. The ability to forward email messages has become comparable satisfied customers using word of mouth to spread the quality of the products or services they received.
However, the ability to forward a worthwhile email message is exponentially more effective than using word of mouth to spread the word. With just a few clicks of the mouse, the original email recipient can forward the message to several of his friends at once. This can result in significantly better results than the business owner had originally intended with no additional effort on behalf of the business owners.
So try to keep 'Forward the Message' link in Your email campaign emails.