iContact is another hosted solution with an autoresponder, newsletter mailer, a great platform and all the bells and whistles you’d need to completely manage your email list. In fact iContact is used by major corporations and websites like Nissan, Electrolux, and College Humor, and they tout a delivery rate of 99%. If you’re looking for a cutting-edge hosted email marketing service, with all the trimmings, iContact is a great choice.
A self hosted solution with nearly a decade of development, Interspire’s Email Marketer is a powerful robust solution for lists of any size, or complexity. If you are serious about list management, timed autoresponders, and seemless newsletter mail outs, while being knowledgeable enough to host a solution yourself, this is the product for you.
AWeber is one of the most popular newsletter / autoresponder services available today. As a hosted solution with a decade’s worth of development behind it, it is a very powerful tool with a large community of power users to draw experience from.
Because AWeber is a hosted solution from a well known vendor the likelihood of your campaigns hitting an inbox is very high. AWeber themselves put the delivery rate at 99%.
GetResponse is a feature-rich and mature email marketing solution, fully scalable and very capable of handling small and very large lists (1 million+). For over 10 years now, it has provided regular feature updates, and expert support for creating and managing email and video marketing campaigns, newsletters, and autoresponders.
Omnistar Mailer has been around for several years now and it has grown into a robust subscription manager and mailer, including most if not all, of the features you’d expect from the industrial strength self-hosted mailers.
SendBlaster has been in the bulk mail software space for many years now and the product has grown into a robust solution for Windows based PC users. So unlike a hosted or self-hosted solution SendBlaster is a traditional program you run on your desktop. All that is required for use is an SMTP server for sending emails, and a list to send to.
Here are 10 valuable and fairly simple methods to use for your autoresponder marketing and other email campaign purposes. The options here are limitless obviously but here are some known methods to work.
Following up with an autoresponder will dramatically increase the number of sales you close. The first time visitors arrive on your site and request additional information or a special report, they obviously have an interest but the time may not be right for them.
When it comes to automating your business, you have a tremendous variety of autoresponder choices. Finding a decent hands-on review off the various options was also very rare. To simplify the decision, I have separated them into three main categories. The right choice for you depends on your programming skills and what features you need for your specific situation. As a rule of thumb, I believe it is best to put a system in place that will handle not just your current needs, but also your anticipated needs for your future growth. The right autoresponder system of course can actually help you grow much faster.
What is an Autoresponder? Amazingly enough, there are still many people trying to market a product, or service, online who do not know the answer to that question. The best place to find an answer is the world wide web. A few hours of Googling resulted in a long list of definitions.