Done-for-You Email Campaigns
Once your list is big enough, we write, design and send broadcast campaigns built around your offers, services and seasonal deals. You review and approve each one before it goes out. You never have to write a word.
Services · Homer Glen, IL
A2Z MKTG sets up the email marketing and automation Homer Glen businesses use to bring past customers back and follow up with new leads. Your past customers are the best marketing asset you have, and most local shops do nothing with them. Email is a direct line you own. It keeps you in front of people who already hired you and helps new leads make up their minds. We handle everything from platform setup to campaigns and automated flows. We serve Homer Glen, Naperville, Orland Park and the rest of Chicagoland.
Part of Paid Growth
$1,000/mo for one ad platform, $1,500 for Google and Meta, plus ad spend
New Paid Growth clients get 10% off their first 3 months.
Every lead your ads bring in gets automatic email and text follow-up. Past-customer and text message campaigns come with Paid Growth only.
01 Your Most Overlooked Marketing Channel
Social media apps decide who sees your posts. Google decides who finds your website. Email goes straight to the inbox of someone who already raised their hand. It's the one marketing channel you fully own. It works for any kind of local business when it's set up and run the right way.
Once your list is big enough, we write, design and send broadcast campaigns built around your offers, services and seasonal deals. You review and approve each one before it goes out. You never have to write a word.
We build email flows that send the right message to the right person at the right time, all on their own. Think welcome emails, win-back emails and follow-ups after a job. We set them up once, and they keep running.
We work with Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign and Klaviyo. The pick depends on your business, your budget and what you already use. There's no one-size-fits-all answer. We match the tool to the goal.
02 Why Email Still Wins for Local Businesses
Email is one of the few marketing channels you fully own. It reaches people who already know you, and no app decides whether they see it. When shops in Homer Glen, Bolingbrook and Tinley Park struggle with email, it's not because email doesn't work. Their list has gone cold, their emails are bland, or nothing keeps in touch with customers between sends. A good email marketing agency fixes all three.
Regular, focused emails keep you in front of past customers. It might be a seasonal offer, a service reminder, a deal or a helpful update. The customer who used you once and forgot about you starts thinking of you first next time.
When someone joins your list, books a consult or finishes a job, they should hear from you again, and it should happen on its own. A well-built email series keeps that relationship warm without you lifting a finger. It's the follow-up most small businesses mean to build but never do.
Your email list is yours. No app update, rule change or account ban can cut you off from your subscribers. Social media followers and ad audiences live on someone else's platform. Your list is a business asset, and it grows in value the longer you build it and keep it clean.
03 Our Process
Month one is setup. After that, your campaigns, automations and reports run on a steady system that doesn't need you watching over it.
Getting the Foundation Right Before Sending Anything
We set up or connect your email platform (Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign or Klaviyo), bring in your customer list and audit it. We remove bad addresses, clean out duplicates, and sort your contacts into groups by customer type, past purchases or how often they open. A clean list lands in more inboxes and gets better results from day one.
Welcome Flow + Custom Automations for Your Business
We build your core email automations, starting with a welcome series for new subscribers. Then we add the flows that fit your business, like follow-ups after a job, win-back emails for cold contacts, appointment reminders or promotion emails. Each one is built around one moment with your customer.
Planning Your Broadcasts Around Your Goals
Once your list is big enough to be worth a send, we plan your broadcast topics with you each month. That could be a promotion, a seasonal service, a helpful tip, some news or a nudge for quiet contacts. Every campaign gets a clear goal and audience before we write a word.
Every Email Written, Built, and Sent for You
We write the copy, build the email in your platform, and send it on schedule to the right group on your list. You review and approve it before it goes out. We handle the subject line, preview text, body copy and call to action.
Knowing What's Working and Improving It Every Month
After every campaign we check open rates, click rates, unsubscribes and how many people took action. Each month you get a clear report and our advice on what to improve. Over time, that data helps us sharpen subject lines, tighten groups and improve the automations that matter most.
04 What's Included
Email marketing is part of our Paid Growth plan. Every lead your ads bring in gets an automatic email and text follow-up. Email campaigns to your list come with both of our plans once the list is big enough. Past-customer campaigns and text message campaigns come with Paid Growth only. Here's what's included every month after setup.
We set up a new platform or connect the one you use now. We clean your contact list and sort it into groups, ready to send from day one. Done in the first month and kept clean after that.
A welcome series for new subscribers, plus flows built for your business: win-back emails, follow-ups after a job, promotion triggers or appointment reminders. Built once, running all year.
We write, design and send your campaigns, and you approve each one first. They start once your list is big enough to be worth a send, built around your offers, services and monthly goals.
A clear report each month on open rates, click rates, list growth and how your automations are doing. It also lists what we're improving next month.
05 Expand Your Growth
Email marketing works best with a steady flow of new contacts to reach. These services help grow the audience that feeds your list and back up what your emails do.
The fastest way to grow your email list is ads that capture new contacts through lead forms or a landing page. Our Lead Generation service builds the whole pipeline, including the leads that feed your list. It's delivered through our Paid Growth plan.
Lead GenerationAn email often sends a customer back to look you up, and they'll check your reviews first. Strong reviews make every email work harder. It's part of Organic Growth, and review requests come with both plans.
Reputation ManagementEmail and social work together. Social brings new followers into your funnel, and email turns them into customers who keep coming back. Social posting is part of Organic Growth.
Social Media Management06 Common Questions
Straight answers to what local owners ask most before they get started.
Yes. Email isn't flashy, but it reaches people directly, with no app controlling who sees it. For local businesses, it's one of the most cost-effective ways to stay in front of past customers, win repeat work and help new leads decide. Owners who say “email doesn't work” are usually sending bland blasts to a cold, neglected list. A clean list with focused, useful campaigns is a different thing entirely. That's the kind of email marketing and automation Homer Glen owners get from us.
Yes. If you have past customers, you have the start of a list. Most local shops have contact details sitting in a CRM, booking app, invoicing tool or spreadsheet that no one has sorted or used. We help you bring in, clean up and sort whatever you have. We also build your sign-up forms and show you how to grow the list. Campaigns start once it's big enough to be worth a send. We never buy or supply contact lists. Every subscriber should be someone who knows your business.
A newsletter is one kind of broadcast email, and most local newsletters get ignored. They go out now and then, and they say what the business wants to say, not what the customer wants to read. Our email marketing services for small business owners build a full system instead. You get a clean, sorted list and campaigns planned around your offers and your customers. Automated flows run between sends, and the data shows what's actually working. That's different from a newsletter you send when you remember to.
Give people a reason to sign up and an easy way to do it. We put sign-up forms on your website and help you choose an offer worth signing up for, like a free estimate, a first-visit discount or a useful guide. Then we connect those forms to your email platform. If you want your list to grow much faster, our Lead Generation service builds funnels that capture contacts from paid ads at scale.
It depends on your business. Mailchimp is simple and low-cost for smaller lists with simpler needs. ActiveCampaign is stronger when you need lots of automation or a CRM link. Klaviyo is best for retail or product businesses with online store data. If you already use a platform, we work with what you have. If you're starting from scratch, we'll recommend the right fit for your goals and budget on our first call.
Yes. Email campaigns come with both of our plans, and each plan has a 3-month minimum. We handle setup and the automation build in the first month. Campaigns start once your list is big enough to be worth a send. Email pays off more over time, as your list grows and your automations mature.
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Get Started
New Paid Growth clients get 10% off their first 3 months. We run your ads, follow up on every lead and track what each booked job costs you.
“A2Z MKTG provided everything needed to get my business seen digitally, would recommend 10/10.”
3-month minimum. Ad spend is separate.