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Re: Only ONE of these three is currently doing the job...
Posted By: Pamela Heywood In Response To: Re: Only ONE of these three is currently doing the job... (Michael Green)
Date: Friday, 2 April 2004, at 9:02 a.m.
I'd just like to back up everything that Michael has said and also put in my vote for Aweber, who I have already been using for three years or more.
They really are the best value for money, since they are the one most likely to actually deliver your mail. I do not know anyone else who has the *clout* to be dealing direct with AOL's techs, which they do.
I wrote a review about them last year that goes into the problem of filtering and non delivery and, how Aweber is the one to combat this, plus some other, not so obvious advantages, which you can access here:
http://www.pamela-heywood.com/reviews/aweber.htmlThey have added a heap of features since then. The latest, which gives you the capability of automation between multiple lists (user joins one list and can be added or subtracted from another list at the same time: i.e. converted from suspect to prospect, or prospect to customer, etc.), brings their offering into line with other services costing $50 a month and more.
Pamela Heywood
> All,
> It's absolutely true that things are nowhere near as straightforward as
> they used to be when it comes to Autoresponders.> At one time you could choose any responder, entirely based on the features
> they offer and it would do the job of delivering your mail.> But recent research has demonstrated that many commercial autoresponders
> are now failing to a lesser or greater extent. In fact my personal
> previous favorite (which was ProAutoResponder) is now only getting through
> around 19% of emails it sends. That's appalling.> I wrote to ProAutoResponder and pointed out that problems with its
> delivery now extended to anyone with a RoadRunner (rr) email address and
> less surprisingly all Hotmail address, plus many others. They came back
> with an email which basically said it was a fact of life. Time to leave
> then :-(> After a great deal of research, including speaking with ARP3 (which is a
> great script which runs on your own server), I eventually moved all my
> services (well I'm nearly there) to aWeber.> Why this particular autoresponder?
> Because they maintain the best possible relationships with ISPs and
> through their founder Tom Kulzer, they are still delivering 85 - 90% of
> all the mail you send.> Why didn't I go for setting up the mail on my own server using ARP3 or
> similar.> Ultimately because I recognized that with a busy autoresponder series (in
> fact one for nearly all of my 16 toolkits), that I couldn't effectively
> guard against someone adding a bunch of email address and my server
> eventually being blacklisted for spam.> In effect then, I'm happy to pay for someone else to handle these daily
> negotiations with ISPs and leave me to write the good marketing material
> and that's why I've gone with aWeber.> Not the cheapest autoresponder service out there, but it's total quality
> through and through. I imagine I'll be with them for some time.> Here's my link with aWeber http://www.howtocorp.com/aweber
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