Best autoresponder + squeeze page builder combination

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Firstly is there any service that offers an all-in-one autoresponder and powerful squeeze page builder solution?

Secondly in terms of autoresponders many people are going down the self-hosted route but as usual all I want is something easy, simple and effective.

With regard to wordpress plug-ins there are stuff like mailpoet and magic box I think it's called - will these suffice? Then I hear of mymail and rapidmailer and think why should I pay when I can get this stuff for free. Then I see that these paid wordpress plugins are usually limited to one site so what do I do if I have multiple squeeze pages across multiple domains - do I need to buy these powerful paid plug-ins for each wordpress site - no thanks.

I am think cheap but effective autoresponders; perhaps mailchimp, get response, imnica or the free version listwire

and in terms of squeeze page building; pt instant looks too expensive, instabuilder is slightly cheaper but I am constantly asking myself with these things; why I am paying cash here? Yes they have some bells and whistles that I'll probably rarely use but where are the cheap and cheerful effective options and again I return to the free wordpress plug-ins - why not use them for email marketing? Please talk me out of it and make me pay for some fancy stuff, convince me!
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  • Profile picture of the author pbarbanes
    I use Instabuilder all the time and I've owned it since it came out. One of the great things is it's a plugin, not a theme. Themes like OptimizePress or SalesPress (though that one may have changed since its inception) "take over" the look and feel of your WP site; that's why they're called themes. A plugin, like Instabuilder, lets you still have a non-Instabuilder site theme, it can be any theme, really, but then create separate - and as many as you want - squeeze pages, with a completely different design, that don't appear connected and that don't appear as part of your main site. Lots of good bells and whistles, like a facebook connect button - signs people up to your email list just by pressing it - a countdown timer, etc etc you've seen the sales page. Integrate it with my aweber and I'm off and running. I'd say just make a decision and move on. Time is everything. : ) Hope that helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author lukeblower
    Recently aweber is a bit of a nightmare. I'm flipping over to getresponder asap. I heard that office autopilot is one of the best autoresponders but at 300 bucks a month it should be. I use optimize press 2 for sales pages, it's pretty intuitive and looks smart.
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  • Profile picture of the author DidierEv
    OptimizePress 2 + Aweber for me
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  • Profile picture of the author gcbmark20
    Hi,

    I'm currently using GetResponse & Optimize Press 2.

    The templates look fantastic and professional and they are super easy
    to set too.

    I know G.R. do offer some templates in their service but I've never used them.

    Anyway, it's super easy to add a bit of code to the templates at OptimizePress 2
    using the G.R. A.R. code.

    So you'll have no troubles setting it up.

    Once you've done it once you'll be able to set up a funnel in minutes and
    start driving traffic it ASAP.
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    Aweber rocks, as for building capture pages I use my club template
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonvthomas
    Well. this is my suggestion. I will try be as short as possible. will to too

    Why you should only use a professional Auto responder service?

    Yes there are a few good auto responder software’s that you could install on your own website. But Still I would not advice you to use that because of these reasons.

    1.You might need to be on a Vps Hosting, because most Linux servers have a set number of emails that that be send in one hour. A VPS hosting starts at 40$ a month which can work out expensive to those who are starting off.

    2.So if you are using a professional auto responder service you can get a yearly account for about 100$ and take up a 20$ a year hosting account, so you can save about $280 yearly.

    3.If your website goes down due to whatever reason all your emailing also will go down. It might even skip some of your follow-up emails during that period. So it is better to use a professional service.

    4.If your host closes your account due you spam complains by people who don’t remember that they have subscribed then it could be a problem.

    5.The email send from your own web hosting account may not have the kind of deliver-ability like these paid services due to the fact that you might be on a shared IP address which might be blocked by the large email providers due to previous spam complaints.

    6.You would be using the same auto responder service for all your websites, so having a paid service can be like a central area where all your email data for your multiple websites will be safe. You don’t have to worry about them ever going down.

    7.Professional auto responder services follows the can spam act, so you can rest assured that no one can complain spam against you. If they complain and you have proof then they subscribed to you.

    8.Using a professional service will build more credibility to your emails.

    A professional auto responder is one of the most important tools that you need to have ready upfront along with your web hosting account. Later down the line if you would like to import your list created by your auto responder script into the pro auto responder service it will be very difficult as it will require a confirmation mail to be clicked by your subscribers before being added to the list. So you will lose a lot of subscribers here.

    General features of A Professional Auto responder

    1.Create Multiple Campaigns: Once you sign up to an auto responder service you can create any number of campaigns for your multiple lists. You can make the message appear to come from any email id you want. For every campaign you setup you will need to create a thank you page and a list of follow up messages at intervals you specify. It could be days, months or years into the future. Once you create the campaign then you should get the HTML form or popup code and place it on your website or squeeze page to capture subscribers.

    2.Personalize your messages. Instead of using the same: dear subscriber: for all your contacts, you can make your auto responder address each contact personally by name when sending the email. It is always nicer to receive an email addressed to us personally than get the feeling that we are one in a massive group of recipients. The auto responder can even be programmed to wish your contacts “Happy Holidays” or “Seasons Greetings”

    3.Send Broadcast messages: You can broadcast a message to either one campaign or multiple campaigns together.

    4.You can send Html Mails: You can use ready templates or the ones you create to send emails in HTML format along with images and files.

    5.Track sales and click through rates: You can track the sales and click through rates that happen from the links you send using the auto responder.

    6.Automation: There would be many automation features example you could automatically move subscribers from the marketing list once they have purchased that particular product. Send them emails at a particular time of the day, no matter from whichever part of the world they are.

    You can also get free ones like Listwire and Mailchimp.

    but the main catch is that you cannot setup Autoeresponders. basically there are the stuff that is delivering ur product and also do the OTO's updells, downlsells e5tc.

    yes you can only do a broadcast message. Mailchimp its for 2000 customers.

    In Getresponse you can bring in your subscribers who what to read your content as an import. Mind you. Aweber does not have the service. They will have to click on the subscribe link again.

    In a way its good so that you weed out the unwanted people who's wasting resources. People will unsubscribe, if they got getting value from you or good ideas.

    Even in GR i would suggest the same. Cos every subscriber is costing you. Gb is 17 a month, I pay yearly for it rounds abt to abt $15 a monthly.

    I feel GR is better because its simpler that AW. rest choice is for you. AW was earlier, but not now.

    Simple example. whats the time a business manager will check his email most, when its at 10 Am. is its proved to have be best time to email marketing. Im not sure if AW has this stuff called time travel. so don't blame me if mm wrong and they too have.

    Another good feature i like is the automation capabilities. like i spoke initially about OTO's to to's down selling up-selling. and that it depends on automation. This way i Feel GR is better now.

    Im just a user and giving u a simple understanding. No AFF links here

    But pm me if you want to join as my GR affiliate cos i have a free funnel all setup for you to copy in an instant (Gr has this feature)

    The best part is the automation feature of GR. cos when subscribers mover to the download page they are a paying and the means to buy online, that's what we eventually need, right?


    THE MONEY LIST


    Dont worry abot Squeeze pages are they have their own forms that you can build via the system, host them on their pages or blank html pages and get an Amazon S3 free account. cos can host html pages also there now for free too.

    once setup they will can be automatically moved from that that select niche and into the general broader variety niche where you offering them good free info free along with a few recommendations that you also believe in.

    just setup and the msgs will go in time, build a list and in time sales will happen. No 2 ways about it.

    The best part of the web, that i like is that it is that it is FOREVER.
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