Comments on: Friday Podcast: Email Marketing Tips With The Aweber Autoresponder

By: Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com

Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:41:03 +0000

While there was a “dust up” last year about which had better deliverability, Aweber seems to have a much higher delivery rate than GetResponse. I have found Aweber also to be consistently better with customer service and features. (My previous business had about 60K double opt-in subs at Aweber so I have pretty detailed experience.)

1ShoppingCart does a good job with many tasks, but IMHO broadcast email management is still done better with Aweber I have several clients who use 1SC to manage their affiliate and ad tracking, initial autoresponders, etc. but manage their bulk lists through Aweber.

By: Andrew Wee

Andrew Wee — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:30:31 +0000

If you’re looking for standalone autoresponders, I’d look at aweber and getresponse which are the leaders in the field.
My personal preference is aweber.

I’m not familiar with kickstartcart…
For all-in-one solutions, I’d also consider 1ShoppingCart, which also has an affiliate management module, in addition to autoresponders, shopping carts, etc.

Why not also look at the open source zen shopping cart?

The “problem” or challenge I see with something with all-in-ones is that although it’s integrated, none of the pieces will be truly spectacular, compared to someone who’s only focused on that segment.

the autoresponder-only companies have a reputation for proactively working with the big email providers - AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail to ensure email deliverability.

By: Annie B Lawrence

Annie B Lawrence — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:04:35 +0000

Just now learning about Aweber and have constant contact right now. I am not very happy with Constant contact. I have been recommended to kickstartcart. Does aweber incorporate a shopping cart? Thanks for this podcast very informative.

By: Andrew Wee

Andrew Wee — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:25:17 +0000

Hi Danielle,
I think the market leaders are Aweber and GetResponse.

Don’t really know many who use constant contact…

By: ms danielle

ms danielle — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:42:35 +0000

aweber is great, and i have recommended it to many businesses. what i love about aweber (unlike constant contact) is that each list has its own unique capture form to put on any site. kind of LAME that CC only comes with one per account. i have to run but i’m going to listen to this tomorrow for sure. thanks andrew!

By: Gary Lee

Gary Lee — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:42:04 +0000

Hey Andrew . . . great post . . . next time you can call me or danielle and we can answer some questions on Aweber . . we’ve been using it forever and it really is the best! Hope everything’s going well!

By: Chuck Bartok

Chuck Bartok — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:54:08 +0000

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By: Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com

Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:02:00 +0000

I can’t believe how few bloggers are using email marketing as part of their arsenal. Every new email subscriber I get earns me over $23 the first year (I know others make more, but I don’t work that hard!)

Great cast.