Quick: What’s the best incentive for an ecomm newsletter opt-in?


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Quick: What’s the best incentive for an ecomm newsletter opt-in?

If you answered “10% discount,” you’re in good company.

But there are so many other offers to try.

Ones that – not only save you margins – but actually make your customers happier too.

Listen in to this week’s episode of Email Swipes to hear how we diversified Harvie’s offer suite – thanks to… doughnuts?

Other ideas from this episode that you don’t want to miss:

(01:21) How Harvie founder’s unique background gave rise to Harvie

(03:29) The 3 reasons we needed to rethink Harvie’s promotional offers – and the 1 thing that made it tricky

(04:58) The lightbulb moment – and why it worked

(05:29) Why this email is so short – and what the follow-up looked like

(06:31) The other times we tried free gift offers for Harvie

– Nikki 🍩

P.S. If you’re wondering what other offers you can play with, check out both my Welcome Playbook and my Promos and Launches Playbook. They’re chock full of examples.

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