What Autoresponder Service Do You Use?

JonMills · 03-09-2011, 01:11 PM

I am in the process of developing a plugin that works hand in hand with autoresponder services and software. I want to make sure the major ones are covered such as

Aweber
Mailchimp
AutoresponsePlus
Getresponse
Constantcontact
icontact
infusionsoft
emailaces

Are there any others that you have been using?

chilidawg · 03-09-2011, 01:34 PM

I have tried aWeber and icontact. Right now I'm using a free one that came with the business building package I am currently using.

It works fine for me and at no cost it's hard to beat.

russells · 03-09-2011, 01:40 PM

I'm using Aweber at the moment and I'm getting on with it alright.

Mailchimp is cool if you haven't got the budget.

Mike McAleer · 03-09-2011, 01:43 PM

I use mailchimp and it is not as bad as some people have said. I mean they have good templates to use and you can use them for free for up to 2000 subscribers.

hpgoodboy · 03-09-2011, 01:44 PM

I use Aweber. It works!

Paleochora · 03-09-2011, 02:18 PM

here are two to add to your list.

Imnica Mail
Listwire

realnetworker · 03-09-2011, 02:27 PM

AWeber for me! It does the job. Not tried any others.

nerrutis · 03-09-2011, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonMills

I am in the process of developing a plugin that works hand in hand with autoresponder services and software. I want to make sure the major ones are covered such as

Aweber
Mailchimp
AutoresponsePlus
Getresponse
Constantcontact
icontact
infusionsoft
emailaces

Are there any others that you have been using?

Aweber has a monopoly here.
The prices are not steep
the graphics they provide are much better compare to any of a rivals
More tools and options
Always pleasure to return back.
Lets say second - iContact is very GREY and dull when compare to Aweber.
Thank you

Coby · 03-09-2011, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paleochora

here are two to add to your list.

Imnica Mail
Listwire

I second these. I recently switched to Imnica from Aweber. Imnica is warrior owned and will be a household name in a few years.

Also listwire is very popular as well as it is free.

Another up and coming warrior AR is autosenders.com so you might add that to the list as well.

Good luck

Istvan Horvath · 03-09-2011, 02:33 PM

Not knowing any details about the script you are working on... be aware that aweber has several 'white label' versions. (almost) everything works on them like in aweber, except the default pages return on their own domains.

There used to be a plugin where I had to replace manually all the lines in the code that were referring to the URL of the aweber thankyou page and the like.

Kurt Abel · 03-09-2011, 02:36 PM

I'm a happy aweber user.

marcuslim · 03-09-2011, 03:15 PM

ListWire. It's the best FREE autoresponder service, with pro features like built-in Twitter support, list replication, merge fields, subscriber and link tracking, and a unique co-op list building + traffic building system.

IM nice guy · 03-09-2011, 04:06 PM

Aweber is my favorite, never used anything else, but don't see the need to

shawn horton · 03-09-2011, 04:27 PM

I am currently using aweber it seems to be working out pretty good they allow you to put on as many follow up messages as you need so thats great they are also running a special for the month a $1.00 for the first 30 days thats pretty good for everything that they offer

Partner Guy · 03-09-2011, 04:32 PM

Aweber has my vote for sure.

cjreynolds · 03-09-2011, 05:09 PM

Gotta be Aweber - for all of the reasons mentioned above, but more important, reliability! I've never had a glitch w/Aweber.

joe

pringrod · 03-09-2011, 08:05 PM

Aweber for me...just to be original!!!!always used them, never tried any others so can't really comment much more but works great for me..

JonMills · 03-09-2011, 08:07 PM

Thanks for all the feedback folks, really helps me with this project

BoJon · 03-10-2011, 06:22 AM

I have tried Aweber and GetResponse. The later one was to confusing to me. I really like Aweber because it's pretty easy to know how to do things.

MoneyMonkey · 03-10-2011, 06:19 PM

For Wordpress, I use WP AutoResponder. The only thing that is bad about it is not very user-friendly. It takes a long time to understand everything and it is a long process.

SoundsGood · 03-11-2011, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nerrutis

Lets say second - iContact is very GREY and dull when compare to Aweber.

How so? Can you be more specific?

JRGautreaux · 03-11-2011, 01:14 PM

I've been using Imnica Mail for the past 3 months and they have been pretty good until recently. I know they had some server problems a few weeks back and were suppose to be getting some new hardware. But the auto response message from my opt in list has been very slow. So slow that I'm now getting more and more emails from people who purchase my products telling me they never got the link.

So I'm working on moving to Aweber as I can't be looking bad, especially after I have paying customers. Plus Aweber integrates with the Wordpress shopping cart I'm using.

JR

Jimspeed · 03-11-2011, 01:23 PM

i used aweber and icontact but recently switched to fully icontact.

Why? It seems icontact deliverable seems best and so is the customer support. It's a little pricey but as the old saying goes- you get what you pay for

Adam Sussman · 03-13-2011, 09:29 AM

ProFollow (Aweber white label) and Imnica Mail.

Josh Richardson · 03-13-2011, 09:56 AM

Aweber - never faulted me, why should i move elsewhere?

Andy Crofford · 03-13-2011, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam Sussman

ProFollow (Aweber white label) and Imnica Mail.

What is the advantage of going with a white label over AWeber?

Jesus Perez · 03-13-2011, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Crofford

What is the advantage of going with a white label over AWeber?

There is no advantage.

I use GetResponse.

SoundsGood · 03-15-2011, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Crofford

What is the advantage of going with a white label over AWeber?

I'd still like to know the advantage of going with Aweber vs iContact. Saying that "everyone else uses them so I should too" isn't good enough.

Evan887 · 03-15-2011, 11:31 AM

I have a client who has 1300 e-mail addresses. Which autoresponders allow you to import? I use aweber and they don't.

Jesus Perez · 03-15-2011, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evan887

I have a client who has 1300 e-mail addresses. Which autoresponders allow you to import? I use aweber and they don't.

Of the better ones...iContact definitely lets you. Check out ConstantContact also.

Jesus Perez · 03-15-2011, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoundsGood

I'd still like to know the advantage of going with Aweber vs iContact. Saying that "everyone else uses them so I should too" isn't good enough.

Nearly every internet marketing script/cart created integrates with Aweber's email parser. iContact isn't even on the radar for internet marketers. This should seal the deal for anyone.

SoundsGood · 03-15-2011, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesus Perez

Nearly every internet marketing script/cart created integrates with Aweber's email parser. iContact isn't even on the radar for internet marketers. This should seal the deal for anyone.

I'm not so sure about this. So far everything I've looked into works with iContact.

And since iContact allows us to manually add to our lists (Aweber doesn't) it seems like the better option.

red dog · 03-15-2011, 01:30 PM

I use aweber and I have tried out trafficwave before I decided to go with aweber...

Jesus Perez · 03-15-2011, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoundsGood

I'm not so sure about this. So far everything I've looked into works with iContact.

And since iContact allows us to manually add to our lists (Aweber doesn't) it seems like the better option.

As someone that's used nearly every piece of marketing software, I can tell you with great confidence that most marketing software does not truly integrate with iContact. Most scripts can send an email to yourlistname@icontact.com, but that's not real integration since IP addresses aren't captured. If your list provider looks deeper, they'll see the IP addresses all originate from your shopping cart server.

As a final note, I don't recommend iContact because I had a pretty bad iContact experience. However, other people claim they work fine.

It sounds like you're stuck choosing a provider that allows imports. If that's the case, you have very few choices.

Good luck on your research and decision.

JeromyS · 03-17-2011, 10:55 PM

Any further feedback on Imnica Mail? I was just checking out their offer and it appears they claim to have resolved the server issue they just had. It is considerably cheaper.

Cheers!

social saint · 03-17-2011, 10:58 PM

I am currently using Aweber and tried mailchimp (free plan) before. So far I am very happy with the service and features of Aweber.

NetAffiliate · 03-18-2011, 02:35 AM

I was using GetResponse but changed to Aweber, so far i'm liking Aweber much better.

SoundsGood · 03-18-2011, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesus Perez

As someone that's used nearly every piece of marketing software, I can tell you with great confidence that most marketing software does not truly integrate with iContact. Most scripts can send an email to yourlistname@icontact.com, but that's not real integration since IP addresses aren't captured. If your list provider looks deeper, they'll see the IP addresses all originate from your shopping cart server.

As a final note, I don't recommend iContact because I had a pretty bad iContact experience. However, other people claim they work fine.

It sounds like you're stuck choosing a provider that allows imports. If that's the case, you have very few choices.

When you say "most marketing software does not truly integrate with iContact" can you give a few examples of software that does not truly integrate with iContact?

By the way, I'm not ONLY looking for a provider that allows imports. I just see it as a positive attribute -- just in case it's ever needed.

P.S. -- sorry to read about about the problem you had you iContact. Personally I think you should have gotten your money back. And seeing one of their head-honchos acknowledging that you didn't get great service -- yet didn't help to get your money back -- didn't sit well with me.

Glengara · 03-20-2011, 03:13 AM

If its just a capture you want without having to run an autoresponder series of emails the best one is wuffoo.com and its free

ngywng · 03-20-2011, 06:14 AM

I have been using aweber & Getreponse. Both are very good autoresponsder , but i like more aweber due to easy to use.

RogerAderholdt · 03-21-2011, 12:39 PM

I use Getresponse. Been using them for years and have the OLD payplan... up to 10,000 members for $17.95 per month or something like that. I pay yearly so it's even cheaper than that.

But what I like most about Getresponse is the Customer Service.

Always been a great help and timely.

Highly recommend.

BoJon · 04-10-2011, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoneyMonkey

For Wordpress, I use WP AutoResponder. The only thing that is bad about it is not very user-friendly. It takes a long time to understand everything and it is a long process.

It's free I assume

Maybe I should drop Aweber and use this one since I mostly use Wordpress for my sites.

RobinInTexas · 04-10-2011, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paleochora

here are two to add to your list.

Imnica Mail
Listwire

I tried listwire and dropped them like a hot potato, I don't like that they send offers to your list.

diggdug · 04-10-2011, 10:05 PM

I recently test drove IContact, did a test, and did not like the results. Although I setup an autoresponder 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 days after the initial sign up, my test email account got all 6 emails at once. Maybe I did something wrong, but I really don't think so. Anyway, now I'm considering Aweber or one of the free ones.

03-09-2011, 01:11 PM	#1
JonMills Advanced Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 913 Thanks: 1 Thanked 81 Times in 68 Posts Social Networking	What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I am in the process of developing a plugin that works hand in hand with autoresponder services and software. I want to make sure the major ones are covered such as Aweber Mailchimp AutoresponsePlus Getresponse Constantcontact icontact infusionsoft emailaces Are there any others that you have been using?

03-09-2011, 01:34 PM	#2
chilidawg Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Mountain Home, AR Posts: 67 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I have tried aWeber and icontact. Right now I'm using a free one that came with the business building package I am currently using. It works fine for me and at no cost it's hard to beat.

03-09-2011, 01:40 PM	#3
russells HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 433 Thanks: 48 Thanked 979 Times in 64 Posts	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I'm using Aweber at the moment and I'm getting on with it alright. Mailchimp is cool if you haven't got the budget.

03-09-2011, 01:43 PM	#4
Mike McAleer WSOCharity.com War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,217 Thanks: 58 Thanked 256 Times in 210 Posts	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I use mailchimp and it is not as bad as some people have said. I mean they have good templates to use and you can use them for free for up to 2000 subscribers.

03-09-2011, 01:44 PM	#5
hpgoodboy www.WSOReviewDaily.com War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,826 Thanks: 405 Thanked 796 Times in 602 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I use Aweber. It works!

03-09-2011, 02:18 PM	#6
Paleochora Barry Rodgers War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Big, wet ball with billions of others Posts: 874 Thanks: 108 Thanked 230 Times in 158 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? here are two to add to your list. Imnica Mail Listwire

03-09-2011, 02:27 PM	#7
realnetworker HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fingerlakes, N.Y. Posts: 124 Thanks: 201 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? AWeber for me! It does the job. Not tried any others.

03-09-2011, 02:33 PM	#10
Istvan Horvath Watching you... War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Waterdown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 6,525 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 1,766 Thanked 3,059 Times in 1,827 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? Not knowing any details about the script you are working on... be aware that aweber has several 'white label' versions. (almost) everything works on them like in aweber, except the default pages return on their own domains. There used to be a plugin where I had to replace manually all the lines in the code that were referring to the URL of the aweber thankyou page and the like.

03-09-2011, 02:36 PM	#11
Kurt Abel HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sunny southern California Posts: 127 Thanks: 13 Thanked 21 Times in 13 Posts	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I'm a happy aweber user.

03-09-2011, 03:15 PM	#12
marcuslim Marcus Lim War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 733 Thanks: 61 Thanked 124 Times in 108 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? ListWire. It's the best FREE autoresponder service, with pro features like built-in Twitter support, list replication, merge fields, subscriber and link tracking, and a unique co-op list building + traffic building system.

03-09-2011, 04:06 PM	#13
IM nice guy Nick Earl War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Sunny Oiland Posts: 159 Thanks: 68 Thanked 39 Times in 18 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? Aweber is my favorite, never used anything else, but don't see the need to

03-09-2011, 04:27 PM	#14
shawn horton The Treashure Chest Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Louisiana Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I am currently using aweber it seems to be working out pretty good they allow you to put on as many follow up messages as you need so thats great they are also running a special for the month a $1.00 for the first 30 days thats pretty good for everything that they offer

03-09-2011, 04:32 PM	#15
Partner Guy Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 72 Thanks: 1 Thanked 29 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? Aweber has my vote for sure.

03-09-2011, 05:09 PM	#16
cjreynolds Greedy Ex-Programmer War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Posts: 306 Thanks: 149 Thanked 46 Times in 38 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? Gotta be Aweber - for all of the reasons mentioned above, but more important, reliability! I've never had a glitch w/Aweber. joe

03-09-2011, 08:05 PM	#17
pringrod HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK) Posts: 110 Thanks: 26 Thanked 18 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? Aweber for me...just to be original!!!!always used them, never tried any others so can't really comment much more but works great for me..

03-09-2011, 08:07 PM	#18
JonMills Advanced Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 913 Thanks: 1 Thanked 81 Times in 68 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? Thanks for all the feedback folks, really helps me with this project

03-10-2011, 06:22 AM	#19
BoJon Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 77 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I have tried Aweber and GetResponse. The later one was to confusing to me. I really like Aweber because it's pretty easy to know how to do things.

03-10-2011, 06:19 PM	#20
MoneyMonkey HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: UK Posts: 142 Thanks: 14 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? For Wordpress, I use WP AutoResponder. The only thing that is bad about it is not very user-friendly. It takes a long time to understand everything and it is a long process.

03-11-2011, 01:14 PM	#22
JRGautreaux Living Off Internet $ War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 143 Thanks: 3 Thanked 44 Times in 39 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I've been using Imnica Mail for the past 3 months and they have been pretty good until recently. I know they had some server problems a few weeks back and were suppose to be getting some new hardware. But the auto response message from my opt in list has been very slow. So slow that I'm now getting more and more emails from people who purchase my products telling me they never got the link. So I'm working on moving to Aweber as I can't be looking bad, especially after I have paying customers. Plus Aweber integrates with the Wordpress shopping cart I'm using. JR

03-11-2011, 01:23 PM	#23
Jimspeed HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: The internet! :) Posts: 109 Thanks: 14 Thanked 30 Times in 15 Posts	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? i used aweber and icontact but recently switched to fully icontact. Why? It seems icontact deliverable seems best and so is the customer support. It's a little pricey but as the old saying goes- you get what you pay for

03-13-2011, 09:29 AM	#24
Adam Sussman Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: , London , UK Posts: 1,248 Thanks: 292 Thanked 145 Times in 123 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? ProFollow (Aweber white label) and Imnica Mail.

03-13-2011, 09:56 AM	#25
Josh Richardson HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 272 Thanks: 19 Thanked 42 Times in 33 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? Aweber - never faulted me, why should i move elsewhere?

03-15-2011, 11:31 AM	#29
Evan887 Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 80 Thanks: 7 Thanked 12 Times in 2 Posts	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I have a client who has 1300 e-mail addresses. Which autoresponders allow you to import? I use aweber and they don't.

03-15-2011, 01:30 PM	#33
red dog HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 134 Thanks: 5 Thanked 34 Times in 24 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I use aweber and I have tried out trafficwave before I decided to go with aweber...

03-17-2011, 10:55 PM	#35
JeromyS HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Salmon Arm, BC , Canada. Posts: 211 Thanks: 144 Thanked 37 Times in 35 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? Any further feedback on Imnica Mail? I was just checking out their offer and it appears they claim to have resolved the server issue they just had. It is considerably cheaper. Cheers!

03-17-2011, 10:58 PM	#36
social saint Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 271 Thanks: 40 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I am currently using Aweber and tried mailchimp (free plan) before. So far I am very happy with the service and features of Aweber.

03-18-2011, 02:35 AM	#37
NetAffiliate Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: USA Posts: 80 Thanks: 12 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I was using GetResponse but changed to Aweber, so far i'm liking Aweber much better.

03-20-2011, 03:13 AM	#39
Glengara Peter Fry Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 75 Thanks: 1 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? If its just a capture you want without having to run an autoresponder series of emails the best one is wuffoo.com and its free

03-20-2011, 06:14 AM	#40
ngywng Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 33 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I have been using aweber & Getreponse. Both are very good autoresponsder , but i like more aweber due to easy to use.

03-21-2011, 12:39 PM	#41
RogerAderholdt The Vacation Man War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toccoa, Ga / Chiang Mai, Thailand Posts: 174 Thanks: 4 Thanked 28 Times in 25 Posts	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I use Getresponse. Been using them for years and have the OLD payplan... up to 10,000 members for $17.95 per month or something like that. I pay yearly so it's even cheaper than that. But what I like most about Getresponse is the Customer Service. Always been a great help and timely. Highly recommend.

04-10-2011, 10:05 PM	#44
diggdug Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 75 Thanks: 17 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: What Autoresponder Service Do You Use? I recently test drove IContact, did a test, and did not like the results. Although I setup an autoresponder 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 days after the initial sign up, my test email account got all 6 emails at once. Maybe I did something wrong, but I really don't think so. Anyway, now I'm considering Aweber or one of the free ones.