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Henneke DuistermaatFeatured on:

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Email marketersface a huuuuge

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We try to achieve this…

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How can we bridge the gap? GA

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Your reader profilemay be something like this…

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64% male 76% London

Income: £30k - £45k

Reader profile

Shoe size 7-9

Age: 19 - 35

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64% male 76% London

Income: £30k - £45k

Reader profile

Shoe size 7-9

Age: 19 - 35

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64% male 76% London

Income: £30k - £45k

Reader profile

Shoe size 7-9

Age: 19 - 35

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You can’t visualize vague demographics.

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You can only picture one person.

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Write to please

just one person.

~ Kurt Vonnegut “Image credit: Shutterstock

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If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

“Image credit: Shutterstock

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Create one ideal reader profileDemographicsFavourite websites,

books, social mediaDreamsStrugglesName

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Create one ideal reader profileDemographicsFavourite websites,

books, social mediaDreamsStrugglesName

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Create one ideal reader profileDemographicsFavourite websites,

books, social mediaDreamsStrugglesName

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Create one ideal reader profileDemographicsFavourite websites,

books, social mediaDreamsStrugglesName

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Create one ideal reader profileDemographicsFavourite websites,

books, social mediaDreamsStrugglesName

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Create one ideal reader profileDemographicsFavourite websites,

books, social mediaDreamsStrugglesName

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Your ideal reader will inspire you.

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He’ll tell you what to write, and how to write it.

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We’re launching a new Patisserie Valerie Cake Club and as a valued customer and current subscriber to our email offers, we would like to welcome you to our new Cake Club Community. We look forward to sending you new regular updates, exclusive offers and news about Patisserie Valerie plus a little treat on your birthday.

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We’re launching a new Patisserie Valerie Cake Club and as a valued customer and current subscriber to our email offers, we would like to welcome you to our new Cake Club Community. We look forward to sending you new regular updates, exclusive offers and news about Patisserie Valerie plus a little treat on your birthday.

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We’re launching a new Patisserie Valerie Cake Club and as a valued customer and current subscriber to our email offers, we would like to welcome you to our new Cake Club Community. We look forward to sending you new regular updates, exclusive offers and news about Patisserie Valerie plus a little treat on your birthday.

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We’re launching a new Patisserie Valerie Cake Club and as a valued customer and current subscriber to our email offers, we would like to welcome you to our new Cake Club Community. We look forward to sending you new regular updates, exclusive offers and news about Patisserie Valerie plus a little treat on your birthday.

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We’re launching a new Patisserie Valerie Cake Club and as a valued customer and current subscriber to our email offers, we would like to welcome you to our new Cake Club Community. We look forward to sending you new regular updates, exclusive offers and news about Patisserie Valerie plus a little treat on your birthday.

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We’re launching a new Patisserie Valerie Cake Club and as a valued customer and current subscriber to our email offers, we would like to welcome you to our new Cake Club Community. We look forward to sending you new regular updates, exclusive offers and news about Patisserie Valerie plus a little treat on your birthday.

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How to address your ideal reader instead…

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Your ideal reader will inspire you.

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(…) every novelist has a single ideal reader.

~ Stephen King

“Image credit: Shutterstock

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And when Stephen King writes, he wonders…

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(…) I wonder what he/she will think when he/she reads this part?“

Image credit: Shutterstock

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Do your emails inspire your ideal reader to take action?

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