Email marketing in Grande Prairie.
Every business has a pile of quotes that never got a decision and a list of past customers who would happily come back if anybody asked. Email is how you ask, at a cost close to nothing.
The quote went quiet.
A quote nobody followed up is not a lost job, it is a job you stopped asking for. Most of them went quiet because life happened, and a short polite note weeks later closes more work than any ad you could buy.
It is also the only audience you actually own. Google can change an algorithm and Meta can change a policy, and either one can halve your leads in a week. A list of people who agreed to hear from you is unaffected by both.
For local service businesses the useful sequences are short and obvious. A follow up on an open quote. A reminder before the season the work is needed. A note to past customers about the thing that is due again.
What kills it is treating a list like a broadcast channel. Sending weekly because a plan says weekly trains people to ignore you, and around here your list is also your neighbours.
What gets sent.
Few emails, sent because there is a reason, to a list that agreed to be on it.
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Follow up on open quotes
A short sequence that reaches somebody after they have had time to think, without sounding like it came from a machine. Usually the highest return email a local business can send.
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Seasonal reminders
Before the freeze, before the thaw, before the season your phone normally goes quiet. Timing does most of the work.
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Past customer reactivation
The work that comes due again, the thing they meant to book last year. Cheaper than any new lead you will ever buy.
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A list built honestly
People who asked to hear from you, collected with consent and an easy way out. Buying a list is illegal under Canadian anti spam law and it does not work anyway.
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Written like a person
Plain, short, from a name rather than from noreply. Heavy templates land in promotions tabs and read like a chain store.
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Measured on replies and jobs
Open rates have become close to meaningless. What counts is who replied and who booked.
Four steps, no mystery.
Marketing gets sold as a mystery.
Jargon, dashboards nobody opens, and a bill that never quite explains itself.
This runs the opposite way.
You always know what was done, why it was done and what it changed.
Same four steps, every month.
Nothing starts until you have seen the plan and said yes.
Email marketing, in their words.
Real Google reviews from the businesses we work with. 5.0 stars across 22 of them, never edited.
Dealing with Darren has been a pleasure. He is prompt, professional, and created a beautiful website for our business. I would recommend him to anyone who needs a website!
Heather Thiessen
Google review
Highly recommend Darren for your website, after the other guys took months to get nowhere on our site, Darren did it in a matter of days. He's highly responsive and has troubleshot and resolved any issues encountered quickly and efficiently. Hire this man today!
Danielle Commandeur
Google review
Darren is amazing working with our band. The rateing should be 10 stars . He scores a 10 Out of 10
TJ Ruckus
Google review
Darren is so amazing to work with . His pictures are amazing. Helped us out so much Highly Recommended
TERRY DOLL
Google review
Darren has been helping us with our website and digital marketing for several years now. He has always delivered excellent service and new ideas. He takes the time to understand our business and his work consistently generates new leads.
Dave Hurta
Google review
Exceptional experience with Sixo Agency in Grande Prairie, AB! Their team transformed our vision into a stunning website. The creativity and attention to detail were impressive, resulting in a user-friendly site that exceeded our expectations. Communication was seamless, and they delivered ahead of schedule. Sixo Agency's passion for web design truly shines through in their work. We're thrilled with the outcome and highly recommend them for anyone seeking top-notch design services in Grande Prairie!
Jay Muir
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Searched high and low for a web design company in Grande Prairie before settling on Darren and Sixo Agency. Very thankful we did, the quality of the design is far superior to our competitors and we started generating some phone calls from it within a week of launch. If you’re searching for someone to do web design…stop your search and hire them, you won’t regret it!
Christine Doherty
Google review
Darren did an amazing job of developing and updating my website. He made sure my site was fully functional on both a computer and mobile device, which was very important to me. He was professional and responded quickly to all of my questions and concerns. I enjoyed working with him and I highly recommend his services.
Dayle Sheehan
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The usual questions.
Do I need permission to email my customers in Canada?
Yes. Canadian anti spam law requires consent, clear identification and an unsubscribe in every message. Existing customers give you implied consent for a limited period, which is a real allowance and not an unlimited one, and it gets set up correctly.
How often should I email my list?
Less often than most software encourages. For a local service business a handful of well timed messages a year usually beats a weekly newsletter nobody asked for.
What if I do not have a list?
You almost certainly do, in your invoicing system and your inbox. Building it starts there, with consent, rather than with a purchased list that would be both illegal and useless.
Which platform do you use?
Whatever suits your size and what you already pay for. The tool is the least important decision here and switching later is not difficult.
Also under internet marketing.
Part of the broader marketing programme.
Let’s get you found.
Sixo Agency is based at 8682 122 Ave in Grande Prairie and works across the Peace Country. Send over what you have and you get a straight answer back within one business day, from the person who would do the work.