Possible that Aweber didn't send email??

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Hey Warriors,

The weirdest thing happened to me... I broadcasted an email for a short promotion I was running, and I got no responses and no sales. With this list it is really unheard of.

What's even more strange is that in the "recent broadcasts" section in Aweber, the email is listed with 0 bounces and 0 opens - yet the message was sent 2 days ago.

Has this ever happened? I don't want to resend the message, but it seems that the email was actually never processed.

Ryan
#aweber #email #send
  • Profile picture of the author Peter Bestel
    Can't answer your specific question Ryan, other than to say it's not happened to me, but why aren't you on your own list?

    You'd then have a clearer idea of whether the mailing was sent or not.

    Peter
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan_Taylor
    Wow, do I feel like a dumb a**

    Of course I'm on my own list and didn't even bother to check (hitting head against desk)

    Thanks for making the obvious so clear to me Peter.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mantero Cantrow
    Get on your own list is the best thing to do to test the emails is works out well or not.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    Ryan,

    I am guessing the the SPAM fillters blocked the email itself. This will happen with all the spam emails that are going out there in cyberspace.

    Tal
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  • Profile picture of the author mario2001
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    Actually i agree with Tal.


    Mario
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan_Taylor
    Hey Tal,

    I checked my Spam filter and entire gmail account, and no sight of the email. The message had an Aweber spam score of 0.4, so it shouldn't have had any trouble.

    I think Aweber actually failed to deliver the message. I'll resend the same message and see what happens this time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan_Taylor
    I got on chat with Aweber, and as usual they were very helpful. The reason it says 0 bounces and 0 opens is because it was a plain text email, which apparently can't be tracked.

    Now I just need to figure out what was wrong with my offer that didn't drive any response!
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    • Profile picture of the author AllanJames
      Originally Posted by Ryan_Taylor View Post

      I got on chat with Aweber, and as usual they were very helpful. The reason it says 0 bounces and 0 opens is because it was a plain text email, which apparently can't be tracked.
      Yep, that's the reason.

      Actually, Aweber recommends you send both versions.

      HTML will track Opens, Bounces and, to my mind most importantly, Clickthroughs on your included links.

      Good info.

      Cheers,
      AllanJames
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