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I assume you're going to place health/office related adverts in the emails, and Like/+1 links?
You could perhaps add a link that people can click once they've completed a task, and maintain a running score for them or something? Turn it into a game.
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Joe and olegious thanks for the feedback - good points! I will add the sample email, and a paragraph about why you should sign up. To quickly answer it here, you should sign up because an email will serve as a reminder for you to exercise. Now, I'm not sure how to explain (and be believed) that I won't spam you?
Just promising not to spam and not to share user information will do a lot; you don't need complicated explanations. If you have a record or reputation with any particular community, it probably wouldn't hurt to reference that.
This is a really good idea. I don't usually sign up for random newsletters, but this is different. I have just signed up. I assume you're going to place health/office related adverts in the emails, and Like/+1 links? You could perhaps add a link that people can click once they've completed a task, and maintain a running score for them or something? Turn it into a game.
There already is a Like link there...but that needs a little tinkering to get it to behave like I envisioned. Will need to add +1 since that's getting popular. Another one I've been contemplating is to add Twitter link as well.
I think your idea of turning this into a game like experience is brilliant. One thing I've noticed with emails of this nature is that after a while you start to ignore them. Letting readers keep score of the reps/tasks completed would hopefully entice them to keep opening the emails and, more importantly, keep them exercising.
And thanks for signing up!
What do you use to send out the emails?
Like this idea - my office could always use more exercises to do at work. What do you use to send out the emails?