Why After Three Years I Dropped Mailchimp as My Newsletter Service for Aweber

Posted by ryanhanley under Direct Marketing
From http://www.ryanhanley.com 4469 days ago
Made Hot by: sprint01 on February 1, 2012 1:12 am

Your newsletter subscribers are so valuable. These people have let you into their world by giving you permission to fill their inbox. I respect that relationship and I want to utilize the best tools on the market to deliver the value I have promised.

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Written by m4bmarketing
4468 days ago

Good post Ryan. When I started my newsletter I looked at both. As you pointed out in your article Aweber gives flexibility with the sign up forms and that was one of the main reasons I went with them. The other reason is Aweber never fails in my experience with delivering emails at the right time. The final point is after you reach a certain level of subscribers the prices are just about the same.

Susan

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Written by ryanhanley
4467 days ago

I've really seen an increase in subscriptions since I started with Aweber. It's crazy actually.

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Written by HeatherStone
4469 days ago

I haven't used much in the way of e-mail software since RSS feeds and community e-mails usually do the trick for the sites we run, but I can think of some future applications for a stand-alone e-mail application. I'd love more details on the ease of use of Aweber along the line of the questions Dante's asking.

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Written by ryanhanley
4467 days ago

Heather, the auto-responder features within Aweber are excellent and that is really what I like about it.

You can take your subscribers on a journey without having to come up with new material and without new subscribers missing the old material.

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Written by maplesummit
4470 days ago

Interesting stuff to think about. I use Mail Chimp but haven't been too happy with it lately. I use the RSS to email function with email scheduled to send once weekly. For some reason lately, it's been sending only on the weeks it feels like it. It goes out some weeks and not others. I don't know what's up with it. I'll have to look into Aweber more.

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Written by ryanhanley
4467 days ago

Definitely do I think you'll be very happy with what you find!

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Written by dante
4470 days ago

I like mail chimp and I never took into consideration that the forms could make a difference. Since using mail chimp i have gotten a nice flow of leads but maybe i could get more leads if i used a more customizable form. Is it difficult creating different forms on aweber? Just asking since i don't want to add too many projects on top of the ones i have stacked right now.

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Written by ryanhanley
4467 days ago

Dante,

Actually it's really easy to create forms on Aweber. The quality of your forms means a lot I think. Think about when you visit other sites. If the form looks bush league you're a little more hesitant to stick your email in there, right?

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