Autoresponder & Email Manager

[gibby]

Looking for recommendations for a new auto responder service, ideally something that I can use to easily upload large lists of contacts without the need for them to opt in again.

I have used Get Response for many years in past projects but they are a pain when trying to load up new contacts.

Thanks
G

 

[justinaldridge]

We use a UK company quite a lot called Sentori. As long as the contacts are legitimate you shouldn't have any problems uploading them.

 

[WHUK]

I been using Aweber since like 3 years and I highly recommend you to check them out. Their support is also good and I never faced any technical issues while using their service.

 

[Alex Calinov]

I use Active Campaign and also recommend it to all my clients. Previously used Mailchimp which is also a good option.

 

[Smart Business Lab]

Another vote for Active Campaign.

 

[garyk]

mailchimp user here for many years, its great and handles 2000 subscribers on the free plan.

It used to be lacking a decent autoresponder mechanism but with the introduction of workflows its as good as aweber or getresponse.

 

[stephen@wp]

Looking for recommendations for a new auto responder service, ideally something that I can use to easily upload large lists of contacts without the need for them to opt in again.

I have used Get Response for many years in past projects but they are a pain when trying to load up new contacts.

Thanks
G

You can try reaching out to their support and see if there is something you can do. Otherwise you can always switch. I don’t think it will be a big issue.

 

[Scott Heron]

Add another to the active campaign vote here.

 

[Website Design Ltd]

As an agency we use Campaign Monitor, and never find it lacking.

 

[Leave it to Laura]

I would go with Aweber, but always check the reviews on deliverability. I heard that Aweber's and Getresponse's has gone down a bit in the past year. Free trials never hurt.

 

[apartdata]

Have you tried MailChimp?

 

[Oliver King]

Hi there. My personal advice would depend on the size of your list(s) and how frequently you mail them. The ones listed are all good - however if you send a lot then things like marketing automation may work well..

 

[webgeek]

When dealing with larger lists, either SendGrid or Lyris - both top notch deliverability, though not masters of the monkeys and zebras where you get visual template builders and other ease of use for non-html speakers.

I used Lyris for several years, rarely had a complaint with anything. Now using SendGrid, which is so danged reasonably priced with good inboxing rates, it's hard to consider anyone else.

Don't forget to cleanse your list before uploading with something like: http://verify-email.org/

If you can get your deliverability up in the high 95%+, you'll hit the ground running with a good sender score, which helps bigtime too.

 

[webgeek]

Hi there. My personal advice would depend on the size of your list(s) and how frequently you mail them. The ones listed are all good - however if you send a lot then things like marketing automation may work well..

The only problem with marketing automation is that almost all of the companies have crazy prices for big lists. Instead of paying 10 or 20 quid a month to mail your list, you're paying 200 or 1200 or much more - it's ridiculous given the fact it's basically a template queueing system with activity triggers to determine who gets what next (simplified view of lead scoring), plus an email service provider on top to actually send to those people.

 

[ISL Recruitment]

Mailchimp is a good start and free for up to 2000 subscribers. Once you top that you should have a broad enough base to make money and it will be worth paying for the premium service.
If you really want to dazzle - and email marketing is an important part of your business strategy, up the game with something like Sharpspring or DotMailer, which is way beyond MailChimp in terms of features.