Do you back up your AR (Auto Responder) email list regularly?

12 years ago

Never done till now.

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Shaun OReilly

12 years ago

I mainly use a self-hosted autoresponder and with it I
have a cron job set-up to back-up my list database
every day.

Lists are the most important asset in my business so I
look after the subscribers and the database too.

I heard an old mentor say that he took the most recent
copy of his list to a safety deposit box at the end of
every week.

If you're using a third-party autoresponder service like
AWeber, then back-up your lists regularly - weekly at
minimum.

Dedicated to mutual success,

Shaun

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wordwizard 12 years ago

Not NEARLY as often as I should...

I better do it today, while I'm thinking about it. And set up a regular schedule.
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- Aussie Dazzler 12 years ago
  
  ** Gulp ** Backup....
  ( As darren hides behind keyboard and madly rushes to backup email list ).
  
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Bio Emma

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Shaun OReilly

I mainly use a self-hosted autoresponder and with it I
have a cron job set-up to back-up my list database
every day.

I do the same as above.

My list is much too valuable to leave in the hands of another person/company (ie., Aweber and/or GetResponse).

In lieu, I forked out the cash to have a self-hosted autoresponder installed onto my dedicated server. The main difference between myself and Shaun? I have a cron job set up to backup my list database every 12 hours.

Unfortunately, I need to make a decision now: either cut it back to every 24 hours, or purchase a bigger dedicated server that can handle multiple lists (that are rather large -- XX,XXX people each) being backed up every 12 hours.

I think it is definitely worth the money to protect the list.

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Ellrose 12 years ago

Great question. I don`t backup but sorta knew that I should be doing it.One more thing to put off in favor of chasing more leads.
I think I`m gonna change that right now!
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Troy_Phillips

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Bio Emma

I do the same as above.

My list is much too valuable to leave in the hands of another person/company (ie., Aweber and/or GetResponse).

In lieu, I forked out the cash to have a self-hosted autoresponder installed onto my dedicated server. The main difference between myself and Shaun? I have a cron job set up to backup my list database every 12 hours.

Unfortunately, I need to make a decision now: either cut it back to every 24 hours, or purchase a bigger dedicated server that can handle multiple lists (that are rather large -- XX,XXX people each) being backed up every 12 hours.

I think it is definitely worth the money to protect the list.

Why not have the old file deleted? I keep 5 of the freshest old backups and each time a new one comes in the 6th one gets deleted.

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Godmode

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Shaun OReilly

I mainly use a self-hosted autoresponder and with it I
have a cron job set-up to back-up my list database
every day.

Lists are the most important asset in my business so I
look after the subscribers and the database too.

I heard an old mentor say that he took the most recent
copy of his list to a safety deposit box at the end of
every week.

If you're using a third-party autoresponder service like
AWeber, then back-up your lists regularly - weekly at
minimum.

Dedicated to mutual success,

Shaun

Mind sharing the name of your self-hosted responder. I want to move my list over to a self-hosted vs aweber.

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Troy_Phillips

12 years ago

I back up to external flash every evening. Learned the hard way once.

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Scott Stembridge 12 years ago

I've been doing mine once a month, guess I should heed the lessons of others and begin to do it more often
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- madzstar 12 years ago
  
  Same as Mr Stembridge. about once a month but havnt for a whole month now
  
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TonyBabb

12 years ago

I backup mine sporadically every few months. If I have a good surge of subscribers I will go in and back it up. I do need to do it more often and will be adding a reminder in my task program.

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dylan4f

12 years ago

I have never done that, but it seams I should start to back up it

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Lucian Lada

12 years ago

About backing up AWeber email lists or even self-hosted lists, does the backup include information regarding where they were in the autoresponder sequence?

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Bill_Z

12 years ago

Yes, every Monday I do it.

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threezerozero

12 years ago

never done it until today. i'll have to start doing it regularly.

for those with Aweber here's the link on how to do it:

https://help.aweber.com/entries/2168...nd-subscribers