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 Webinars.

·        
Free
live
support.

·        
Email
Knowledgebase.

·        
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!

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