how true is this?

by lukee Banned

Posted: 14 years ago 16 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

"I have seen hints that Aweber is moving their business away from the IM community. It has been suggested, and I tend to agree that Aweber is trying to maneuver itself more to corporate clients, and less with IM clients."

coming from post #2 here
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-oh-irony.html

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Kreator517 14 years ago

I doubt they intend to stop accepting IMMers.

Most likely they're merely seeking to brush up their image to attract more lucrative corporate clients.
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Thomas Smale 14 years ago

Yep, over the last few years they've been making it more and more difficult for the average IM-er to send out their spam. And that's a good thing, as this means better delivery/inbox rates to those who use their services like they're meant to be used.

A good example of this is that they require each new account to pass address verification, so gone are the days when you could put a random address below your e-mails.

I've also heard that they take pretty quick action if the complaint (spam report) rate goes over a certain (low-ish) percentage. Again, that's a good thing.

But no, they won't (and couldn't) stop accepting Internet Marketers per se. This just wouldn't make sense and would be nearly impossible to enforce.
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- Dan Grossman 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Thomas Smale
  
  But no, they won't (and couldn't) stop accepting Internet Marketers per se. This just wouldn't make sense and would be nearly impossible to enforce.
  
  MailChimp already doesn't allow any affiliate marketing, make money online and MLM clients... and they're the larger, more profitable business. 2 million businesses vs. 115,000.
  
  Enforcement is not difficult; just review every mails sent by new accounts, and mails that get more than a certain percentage of subscribers reporting as spam.
  
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lukee Banned 14 years ago

A good example of this is that they require each new account to pass address verification, so gone are the days when you could put a random address below your e-mails.

can you elaborate this please?
Do the ask for address proof,id verification,etc. ?
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Pawita Worapattra 14 years ago

I don't think so because I think IM clients are the large number of customers they have.
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- M Thompson 14 years ago
  
  Don't think it's true, many many IM'ers have very low complaint rates.
  
  They will deal with people who have high complaint rates but are happy to work with most IM'ers
  
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CyberAlien 14 years ago

B2B transactions are always going to be bigger so almost every company gears for them. But having so many smaller IM clients adds to their stability. They may enforce more rules, but definitely won't stop accepting IM clients.
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handymoney2 14 years ago

I doubt they are going to ignore IMer's they are the ones who made the business what it is and if they ignore them they will end up losing alot of money
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SuperRyan 14 years ago

I don't think it's true.
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MatthewWoodward 14 years ago

IM'ers are just a small part of their target market
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Mark T Lucas 14 years ago

I have had nothing but a pleasant experience with Aweber. They have always been great in answering questions in a timely manner. Have definitely made it more difficult for the spammers which is fine with me.
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shane_k 14 years ago

like another warrior said, they are just weeding out spammers, and this is great because it improves the quality of their service which is good for us to.
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banx63 14 years ago

Would be very hard to enforce - those in contracts with them would only get their accounts shut if they abused (spammed) like any other auto-responder.
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MrMonetize 14 years ago

If they cut off the IM community they would slash their income considerably. It right to monitor what they are sending but they know if they drop the IM'er, they would defect to GetResponse or similar and that doesn't make business sense.
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Joseph Robinson Banned 14 years ago

No one but the big shots at Aweber can really say for certain, but I'm inclined to believe it. GetResponse is much better anyways, so I don't worry about it .
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kimboslice 14 years ago

i'm not sure they are cutting out IMers, per se... I think they are trying to get rid of the scammers and spammers.
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