Do I need an autoresponder?

I'm interested in email marketing I just get so few captures and I don't have any money for solos or anything.

I just signed up for an mlm so I plan on emailing leads with that offer.

This old man came into my bookstore and asked me for my email address. Next thing I know he is sending like 5 joke emails a day. I asked him what autoresponder he was using. He said he just adds people to his contacts and when he wants to send an email he clicks on the contacts he wants to send to.

Like I say I could use the extra 19 a month if this is an okay way to do business. I don't know if I am missing some benefit to autoresponders other then the follow up email chain?

You can put your Aweber account on hold? Haven't heard of that one before.. onto Google search..

If you have a good website, you sure should keep the autoresponder, if you can, as you may have heard it said, that the money is in the list, and it's true, if set up properly. For more info. on this, go to: http:.//home.commissionfaststart.com

But if he can save the money by having his own mailing and subscriber system, that is even better than paying someone monthly, isn't it?

When I started my online marketing I didn't know that something called an autoresponder existed, much less know how much this tool is worth for any marketer in IM or any other niche,,,

I bought a $200 IM course that had a section on autoresponders (AR), but I still didn't get it,,,

Years passed and I was losing thousands of dollars of income because I wasn't using an AR, I was doing promotions for affiliate programs, and without knowing it I was building those affiliate programs owners their very valuable mailing lists,,,

Now I know better, I have my own AR, and now I am building my own lists,,,

It is unprofessional and not business like to use e-mail accounts for collecting subscribers for a business venture, many prospects won't take you seriously and won't buy from you,,,

You can use a free AR service, ListWire is one of the best and have been around for many years, but free AR's have disadvantages,,,

I have used a few free AR services that don't exist at present, they come and go,,,

Uploading your AR software to your hosting account is taking risks, unless you know what you are doing, specially, SPAM issues and delivirility issues, you will pay one time, but you could pay a high price on results,,,

I had once used my own uploaded AR, one time $19, but lost it in a website hack,,,

The best AR's are paid ones and web hosted, that means that you don't have to upload them to your hosting provider, they handle any SPAM issues and deliviribility issues, and you can count on their handy support,,,

Some of these are:

MailChimp, but I understand that they don't accept affiliate marketing programs, I have never used it,,,,

Aweber is the Cadillac of AR's, but they charge based on the quantity of subscribers in your lists, of course, if you know how to profitably market your lists, this won't be a problem, because you will be recovering your AR monthly fee with the sales you get from your list, but you must make sure that you have a "buyers" list,,,

There are several other autoresponders, some of them integrated with other affiliate programs, that is, that you receive an AR when you join this kind of affiliate program, I understand that GVO is one of these, but you are restrain to whatever AR they are using,,,

Some of these AR's have their own affiliate programs where you receive a commission if a referral joins through your link, most of these commissions are one time,,,

Most new online marketers get stuck and/or paralized when attempting to setup their first AR mail campaign, yes, at first, the process seems intimidating,,,

All these AR's have tutorials, some with step-by-step videos, technical support, and forums: where members help each other with setup and other issues,,,

I use TrafficWave, why?:

Because: they are web based, have been around for many years, they are of the most inexpensive priced: $18.95/month, always the same price with unlimited subscribers and unlimited mail campaigns, they are called autoresponders, thus unlimited autoresponders,

They have a 30 day free trail, no credit card needed, if you decide not to continue, do nothing,,,

They have an affiliate program where you get $6.95 for your first three referrals, that means that with three referrals yours is paid for, if your referrals refer other members, you receive a commission for those, too, that is on a monthly basis,,,,

They have video tutorials and a very responsive support team,,,

There are two FREE reports-tutorials available, not endorsed by TW, that use TW as the demo AR, but the basics in them can be applied to any other AR...

One of the FREE reports was written by Carol Walzack on how AR's function and on how to setup TW AR's,,,

I wrote the other one: it is a very detailed FREE report on how to setup a complete ad campaign from scratch to promoting and building your own list process,,,

What I did was to break down a ten step setup process into over 200 tiny steps, bit by bit. Everything you need to start free.

I consider that this is the most complete and detailed AR setup tutorial available online,,,

This free tutorial is available to any marketer interested, you don't have to join through my link and it will be valuable to you, even if you are already subscribed to TW AR...

If you don't have cash to pay for your AR, with the 30 day trail, you have time to promote whatever offer you have and earn enough to pay the next month and from there, the sky is your limit,,,

You have to promote, promote, promote, and after you have finished promoting, start all over again,,,

There are many places that you can promote for free, considering that you don't have to pay for the time you spend promoting, with free things what you are doing is exchanging your time for money,,,

Like you can intensively and extensively use TE's (traffic exchanges), classified ads, forums (following the rules, of course), social media (Ex: FaceBook), there are some paid advertising services that will give you free or low price trails, some will give you a few days, or few ads to place opportunities,,,

For example, in my country there is a mayor printed and online newspaper that will give you unlimited advertising for up to three ads for free in their online classifieds, I have been receiving good leads from them,,,

Your friend,

Antonios

I understand that MailChimp doesn't accept affiliate marketing,,,

And aff marketing is the life of most IM, especially, newbies,,,

:rolleyes: I have been using TraffricWave for some years without any problems, they have an unlimited campaigns, subscribers, and messages for only $18,95 per month, and they have an affiliate marketing program that pays you $6,95 for your first three referrals, this means that with 3 referrals your fee is paid for, free.

An autoresponder is the life blood of any business,

Your friend,

Antonios

Like a few others said, the value of a professional Auto-Responder is it provides some legal protection by opting in and opting out subscribers, protecting you from SPAM accusations and keeping you compliant with the 2003 law. The FCC can totally shut down your business and ruin your life.

Have you tried List-Wire? It's a free Auto-Responder I've seen people use to work their way up.

Another person pointed out you can join something like Traffic Wave (or STIFORP, or Pure Leverage) which gives you kind of an all in one package. With something like this you can generate enough recurring income with a few people in your downline to offset your own monthly cost.

mormo;

if you want to succeed online you must have an autoresponder, AR, it's the life of online, and offline, too, marketing.

even if you are getting one signup per month, its still priceless.

Aweber is the rolls royce of AR's.

if price is your concern, try a free one, like listwire, although it has its disadvantages, i used it for some years. i think that is the only free AR that has survived many years of existence.

Self-hosted ones have advantages and disadvantages, too. Specially, newbies or non-technical marketers. Spam issues could be a real headache, and other technicalities.
you pay for these on a one time payment. i once used one, but spent too much time working the technical stuff, and this is not my strong side.

TrafficWave is low cost, powerful alternative.

Getresponse and GVO could be other solutions.

There are programs, affiliate, that come with an AR integrated, but you depend on that programs system.

i have written a very detailed free report on how to setup TW, including landing page, capture page, thank you page, free giveaway, download page, e-mail series, congratulation page, pc setup section, bookmarking arrangement section, having a completely organized system for your success.

The basic process can be applied to any AR.

There's even a section on transfering one e-mail series from one account to another account.

Send me a pm if you are interested,

you can give it to your referrals of any other program.

your friend,

Luis Antonios