E-MAIL MARKETING

My advice is to go for paid autoresponder like Aweber or GetRespond.

The free ones are free for a reason. This is most important tool in IM and and the best investment for your hard earned cash.

The paid one ares good because they have high deliverability rate. That means a high percentage will end up in your subscribers' inbox instead of the junk folder.

Try Imnica Mail. Not free, but very cheap.

try listwire.com.

but my advice:
dont depend on it entirely might let you down at anytime, but it is still a great way to start

Try the free version of Email Marketing and Email List Manager | MailChimp

Last I checked you can use for up to 500 subscribers, but double check yourself.

Hiya buddy!

Your list is the LIFEBLOOD of your business, whether you like it or not. Your autoresponder/ e-mail service software is an area you shouldn't scrimp on, like someone above me said, they're FREE for a reason! I personally use aweber, which is only around $20 a month, which is nothing for how great it is!

Aweber allows you to send e-mails as if they are coming from your own inbox, which is what you're after. They allow a free months trial for $1, why not try that? You have nothing to lose my friend

All the best.

Rob

I use Aweber...have done for over 2 years. I find it easy to use and the support is great if you have a problem. I have heard some horror stories about the free ones. I think I have an article about it over on my blog... AllanDevlin.com

While I'm sure most autoresponders operate ethically some of the free ones can be risky as their whole purpose is getting you to give them your email list. The value and privacy that you get with a company like Aweber is well worth the cost.

The next best alternative is to set up an autoresponder script on your own hosting account but you'll want a separate domain and hosting that is not connected with your website(s) because of the resource drain that a script like this can create. Additionally, you then have the headache of getting your emails through certain filters when you start mailing to a big list.

A company like Aweber handles all that for you and just makes life easier. The only issue is that your emails will not look like they came from your computer because of the removal links at the bottom of the message but it will personalize the messages for you.

Another alternative would be a desktop mailer that allows mail merge like Pegasus or others that you can find for free many times at Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com and type in "email software". Just be careful when running these desktop versions that you do not mail too much at once or else you might find trouble with your email provider. With these desktop emailers your messages will look like you wrote them individually for that specific person.

Go sign up for GetResponse its free for the first 30 days or so.

Don't use Mail Chimp because they hate affiliate marketing

But you would be in your best interest to go to a paid auto responder like Aweber and GetResponse.

Thanks you all for the advice, i am very grateful....will definitely try out your suggestions.

Just pay Aweber $1 for the 30-day trial, and then use them for broadcast emails. After 30 days, you will only have to pay $19 a month. This nothing compared to how much money your site can make... if of course, you're broadcasting emails to a list of interested prospects who either bought from you or signed up to your opt-in email list.

You can get the full version of interspire autoresponder at fiver for $5

thanks Alaxender for the free version link..i have just signup at site.

You can try Comm100 Email Marketing. It provides free trial which enables you to send 200 emails.

Getreponse had a 30days trial for free, and they dont ask for your credit card. After the 30 days trial, you may then decide if you want to continue with it. This is good because you will then know whether you want to continue. Anything that is free, like what had mentioned above, may not be fully great and with lots of restriction. a

First of all, you have to encourage yourself to invest in small amount of money to buy a autoresponder.

I would recommend GetResponse or AWeber.

Try KoobooMail. It is extremely easy to use. It fulfills the exact requirements that provided by you: both downloadable and online version available. A trial account is free for up to 100 subscribers and NO expiration days for the trial account! The custom fields in KoobooMail allows you to send out email at only one time but looks exact customised for each individual subscriber! Also integrated with powerful result tracking tool, report, handy group communication(mailing list), survey etc.. I think the most outstanding point of KooboMail is it combines EASY-TO-USE user interface with all necessary features, which allows you a hassle-free start.

Aweber is to marketers as rifles are to soldiers. There is a reason wars aren't fought with bows and arrows anymore. Better technology for the guy who wants to win.

Try them :
- Listwire (100% free)
- Imnicamail free version (up to 1000 subscribers).

Yes I've tried them both, and they both are very supportive for the customer support. And they have a good delivery rate too. I personally like Imnica for the tracking stats. Beware if you dislike an ugly optin form, that's Listwire (hehe sorry Gary). However I'm OK with it, and my visitors don;t mind to optin through it, so what the heck.

I have used Mail Chimp but ran into the problem of them not liking IM. I then moved to TrafficWave. Traffic wave is really good and is the cheapest because the price is a static $17.95 no matter how many subs you have. First 30 days are free. However, the interface is pretty complex and the reporting is not as good as GetResponse or Aweber. I am now with aweber and would not move to another at the moment.

List wire is a good free option, but it is ultimately there so that the owner can email you his own affiliate offers. It is his free offer to get you on his list. That is fine, as long as you know this!

As has been said before. You get what you pay for!

Paul

I've used just about every autoresponder in the
business in the last ten years including Aweber
and GetResponse.

My favorite of all of them was ResponseBot which
closed after about 5 years. (There goes the old
"I want to be sure my autoresponder is going to
be around in 10 years" theory. Any one of them can
close the doors tomorrow and there's nothing you
can do but cry.)

Right now, I'm using two different responders;
Followup101 which belongs to Kelvin Brown, and
Listwire which belongs to Gary Ambrose.

Kelvin has been operating his service for over
10 years now that I know of. It's not a free service
although if you approach him in the right way, he
might hook you up with a trial.

I love the service. I've sent thousands of emails
from there without it choking on me.

Listwire doesn't charge a fee for their service
which I also love.

Yes, Gary is going to send you promotional emails
because you join HIS list when you sign up for his
free service. Why is that any different from giving
away a free ebook so you can send your list emails
that have something to sell inside?

There are some people that claim Gary gets access
to your list when you use his service.

That's a crock of BULL!

The only person who emails your people through
Listwire is you and whoever you give access to.

I've known Gary personally since 2004 and though
he may be a little rough around the edges in some
ways, he's a straight up marketer.

He believes in treating his customers and subscribers
with respect and expects the same from them.

Deliverability? Gary Ambrose has spent over 8
years that I know of cultivating relationships with
the major players in the email business as well as
making sure the Spam Cops know he's for real and
that he does everything in his power to keep his
operation clean.

He was running Email Aces paid service long before he
put Listwire together as a list builder.

Regardless of what you decide to do, don't jump
on the Aweber or GetResponse bandwagon just because
everybody says it's the thing to do.

Take advantage of the free trials and see which one
works the best for you. See if you like the interface.
See how hard it is to set up and learn all the different
little quirks in the setup.

Chances are they'll be there for years to come, but
when it comes right down to it, there are no
guarantees. As in the case of ResponseBot, a paid
service can shut down just as quickly as a free one.

It all depends on the person running the operation,
and I'll put Kelvin Brown and Gary Ambrose up against
the best of them.

And that's all I got to say about that.

Thanks for your time and kind attention.

Michael

Hey, you could start out with a free trial of the Get Response auto responder. The first 30 days are for free!

As a couple have already said, Mailchimp is great for trying out a free service. Yes you do run the risk of being banned if you send certain types of emails, but as long as your stats are good, this isn't usually a problem (You're only really flagged if you have people marking you as spam etc).

If you do decide to use the Mailchimp free service, be sure to back up your list regularly. Then if the worse does happen, you can still bring your list elsewhere.

Try mailchimp or interspire email marketing script. mailchimp is cheap but IEM is little bit expensive.

My point of view of using the "FREE" bandwagon is this : no one telling you should use the free autoresponder, free website, or free hosting FOREVER and ever and ever. If cash is tight, you can use them as a stepping stone. After all, the rule here is not using a service "just because it's free", you want a free and steady good quality (at least the "quality" until you can make your first money and invest to the paid ones).

I actually joined someone's religious niche who use MailChimp. he never sell affiliate product, and only sell his own product in religious niche. Maybe that's why he thrived. But Mailchimp hates affiliate marketing.