27 min
Neil Creighton, CEO Of RatePoint Discusses The Power Of Email Marketing Historic Interviews With The Founders Of Social Media, By Lon Safko
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Neil Creighton, CEO of RatePoint
In this histori interview, Lon speaks with Neil Creighton, the CEO of RatePoint email marketing, how he founded GeoTrust which was later acquired by VeriSign. Neal talks about how he combined e-mail marketing with a complete review survey platform so businesses can get reviews from their customers and republish those out in different places, and a lot of that is social. Neal tells us that e-mail marketing is the base part of their service and a lot of businesses use email marketing. He says the ROI on it is very, very high and that for every dollar you spend you get $43 back. Email Marketing is a very effective way to reach your customers.Neal says "A lot of it has to do with social media but the number-one thing people look out for before they transact with a business, whether it's calling a landscaper or plumber is, I buy from businesses reviews. And they generally start at Google and they generally look up the business name and reviews pop up. 70 percent of people believe reviews or they trust reviews from people they don’t know.
Neil Creighton, CEO of RatePoint
In this histori interview, Lon speaks with Neil Creighton, the CEO of RatePoint email marketing, how he founded GeoTrust which was later acquired by VeriSign. Neal talks about how he combined e-mail marketing with a complete review survey platform so businesses can get reviews from their customers and republish those out in different places, and a lot of that is social. Neal tells us that e-mail marketing is the base part of their service and a lot of businesses use email marketing. He says the ROI on it is very, very high and that for every dollar you spend you get $43 back. Email Marketing is a very effective way to reach your customers.Neal says "A lot of it has to do with social media but the number-one thing people look out for before they transact with a business, whether it's calling a landscaper or plumber is, I buy from businesses reviews. And they generally start at Google and they generally look up the business name and reviews pop up. 70 percent of people believe reviews or they trust reviews from people they don’t know.
27 min