Many of us use a newsletter service to communicate with our customers.Constant Contact is probably one of the largest email marketing applications and why I have a custom Newsletter Design Service for that.
However, after partnering with Debbie McNeill of CraftyPerson Products, I researched a bunch of other email marketing/newsletter programs briefly and made some notes I wanted to share with you.
MailChimp
Website:
www.mailchimp.com
Features:
·
FREE
up to 500 subscribers..
·
Can
send up to 3,000 newsletters (1 subscriber = 1 newsletter, so if you had a 500 subscriber mailing list, you could set up to 6 newsletters a month).
·
Great
to use with CraftyPerson Production Newsletters Service – easily
and quickly copy and paste HTML and Text versions.
·
User-friendly
interface and easy to design Sign Up form for your blog or website.
·
Make
as many contact lists as you want.
·
Easily
import contacts using Excel, delimited files.
·
Has
autoresponders.
·
Email
Tracking and Analysis.
·
Schedule
newsletter delivery.
·
Click
here for more details on all the features: http://www.mailchimp.com/features.
·
Click
here on how it compares to Constant Contact and iContact: http://www.mailchimp.com/features.
Constant
Contact
Website:
www.constanctcontact.com
Features:
·
Pricing
starts at $15/month (up to 500 subscribers, unlimited emails).
·
Fully
customizable at many levels, including the Visitor Sign Up Form.
·
Create
many contact lists.
·
Has
autoresponders (limit of 5).
·
Email
Tracking/Analysis.
·
Schedule
newsletter delivery.
·
400+
templates to choose from but the “Create Your Own” is not so obvious but it
there to copy/paste CraftyPerson Production
Newsletter Service HTML and Text files.
·
Known
to have excellent training, coaching, help, and live help.
·
Charges
for Archiving ($5 a month) – – although I have a tutorial, work-around for this.
·
Charges
for Image hosting (only allowed 5 free images to be uploaded, then $5 per
month) – although I have a tutorial, work-around for this (see HOW TO: Constant Contact).
·
Click
here to learn more: http://www.constantcontact.com/email-marketing/features/index.jsp.
My
Newsletter Builder
Website:
www.mynewsletterbuilder.com
Features:
·
Pricing
starts at $10 /month (up to 500 subscribers).
·
Great to use with CraftyPerson Production Newsletters Service – easily
and quickly copy and paste HTML and Text versions plus the content can be
modified after import.
·
Email
design tools.
·
Autoresponders.
·
Audio
& Video support.
·
List
management tools.
·
List
segmentation.
·
Unlimited
image hosting.
·
Email
Tracking/Detailed campaign reports.
·
Tools
to build your lists.
·
Custom
subscription forms.
·
Free
live
support.
·
Click
here for pricing: http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/pricing/.
iContact
website:
www.icontact.com
Features:
·
$14.00/month
up to 500 contacts ($9.95 up to 250).
·
Email
Tracking.
·
Spam
Check.
·
Bounce-back
handling.
·
Newsletter
scheduling.
·
Autoresponders.
·
Easy
to Use WYSIWYG Email Editor.
·
500kb
image hosting/storage.
·
Survey
tool and other advanced FREE features.
·
Click
here for more info on features: http://www.icontact.com/features.
·
Click
here for pricing: http://www.icontact.com/pricing.
Vertical
Response
Website:
www.verticalresponse.com
Features:
·
$10 / month up to 500 subscribers.
·
Email Tracking.
·
Measure sales from your email.
·
No technical expertise required.
·
Opt-in
(Sign Up) form for you blog or website.
·
Free
image hosting.
·
More
info on pricing: http://www.verticalresponse.com/pricing/
Lastly, for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators, I would recommend MailChimp. Debbie McNeill also recomments MyNewsletterBuilder. But I can work with any of them if you need assistance in using a newsletter/email marketing system to send monthly newsletters as a SUN Member. Click here to learn more.
Wishing you continued success!
