Email Marketing Campaign Help?

[mrplastic]

Hi,

If anyone could give help on this it would be brilliant.

Looking for software/program that we can enter our potential customers details onto ie email address and name etc.

Once a month send an email to all the customers on the database as a gentle reminder we are still here, and looking for there business.

Potential customer base is over 20000 uk businesses, does anyone have any experience with these kind of programmes/software.

Any recommendations would be brilliant,

Kind Regards

Aaron

 

[Creatania]

Ive not tried it very much but it always seems to get good feedback - http://www.mailchimp.com

 

[mrplastic]

Hi,

Mailchimp is one of the options we are looking at, hoping someone will come on the thread and rave about a certain programme.

Thanks for the note and advise

Aaron

 

[richard_simplyexpenses]

Ask your ISP or a web developer you use what they have or can suggest - there can be some readily available (maybe free) options if you ask around.

Be warned though, this way you may need to break your list into a few smaller parts at the time of sending.

 

[Esk247]

Mailchimp or Dotmailer? both have scanners in place to vet your list before adding it to the database.

if any addresses match up with blacklisted or isp complained in the past they won't add them to your send list.

 

[Databroker]

Try BrotherMailer or MessageHorizon - just google either. Dotmailer are also good.

 

[dubOnline]

http://www.simplymail.me is good for this

 

[Alexpure360]

mail chimp is a good entry level system,the only downside is that they are us based so you wont get much support and development,and theyre servers are grey-listed i have got a friend works at pure360 i know that theyve got the best customer service and development team and they ve got clients like the ft,l'oreal and virgin active if you want me to get him to call you message me

 

[andygambles]

mail chimp is a good entry level system,the only downside is that they are us based so you wont get much support and development,and theyre servers are grey-listed i have got a friend works at pure360 i know that theyve got the best customer service and development team and they ve got clients like the ft,l'oreal and virgin active if you want me to get him to call you message me

Because they are US based you won't get much support or development? Seriously?

There servers are grey-listed? Greylisting is an incoming SMTP technology not outgoing.

You have a friend that works at pure360 - you mean like your username?

 

[Databroker]

mail chimp is a good entry level system,the only downside is that they are us based so you wont get much support and development,and theyre servers are grey-listed i have got a friend works at pure360 i know that theyve got the best customer service and development team and they ve got clients like the ft,l'oreal and virgin active if you want me to get him to call you message me

ermm.....Alex, dont you work for Pure360?. As it happens, I quite like Pure360 but the above post makes out you have nothing to do with them.

 

[UKtroubleshoot]

Why not keep them in a spreadsheet or database, and use it to mailmerge with Word / Outlook?

Fairly simplistic, and may not be cost effective, but you might already have the tools at your fingertips so you can start immediately. Loads of info how to do this on the internet.

 

[driverds]

Four years ago I ran a construction company and started using Video Email to communicate with my client base and as information for potential clients.

I immediately experienced a 20% increase in phone call to acceptance conversion rates and a 10% increase in add on and referral business.

People receive black & white emails all day, video gives your mailings a wow factor. You can track the responses, see if they forward them and if they click to your web site.

If you want to know more, let me know, I use it for everything now, I believe email will go the way of the letter in a few years.

 

[Market Location: B2B Data]

Hi Aaron,

I agree, mailchimp, pure360 and dotmailer are all good broadcasting platforms which I have used previously and with a customer list you shouldn't have any problems loading this up.

If you are interested in a managed broadcast solution and HTML support please give me a call as we provide managed broadcasts and also hold a list of all trading businesses within the UK which can be utilised for cold mailings when required.

 

[crissyjones]

Hi,

If anyone could give help on this it would be brilliant.

Looking for software/program that we can enter our potential customers details onto ie email address and name etc.

Once a month send an email to all the customers on the database as a gentle reminder we are still here, and looking for there business.

Potential customer base is over 20000 uk businesses, does anyone have any experience with these kind of programmes/software.

Any recommendations would be brilliant,

Kind Regards

Aaron

I would recommend our email marketing software that allows you to add up to 32 IPs per cluster. We called this as STEALTH MTA SYSTEM. If you want to know more about this software, just PM me.

 

[Phil Richardson]

Why not keep them in a spreadsheet or database, and use it to mailmerge with Word / Outlook?

Fairly simplistic, and may not be cost effective, but you might already have the tools at your fingertips so you can start immediately. Loads of info how to do this on the internet.

There are a number of issues with this.

Bandwidth - if you are sending lots of emails out it can take up a huge amount of resource and bandwidth.

Blacklisted - I have seen companies get their own mailserver blacklisted which effectively stopped all emails sent from outlook reaching their destination.

Intelligence - Effective email marketing isn't just about blasting out a message you think will work. You need to look at the results you are getting, why are some campaigns getting a higher open or click through rate. Outlook will not allow this.

 

[silvercreek]

It all depends on what you are going to do with the results you get back from your campaign.
If you are looking to call interested hits, then you have to look at itmscrm they have an integrated email marketing and crm solution. Very cost effective

 

[francsutherland]

Hi,
We use an opensource program called PHPList. Free and easy.
You can stagger the sending rate, set up templates, get click through by user. I can think of much that it is missing.
Give me a shout if you need any help with it. There's loads of help and instructions online too.

 

[PennyLane]

I also recommend you to use Mailchimp. It lets you design your own newsletters, logo and images with your mail which you can also share to your social media pages/accounts. You can track easily the reuslts of your campaign emails with mailchimp . You can try it for free up to 1000 subscribers and send approximately 6000 emails in one month.

Penny

 

[mittray]

I use Aweber for both my websites and it's really good. It's only $1 for the first month and $19 per month after that. With one account you can use it for as many websites as you want to.

 

[BoxClever]

I use Sendblaster. Their package is quite comprehensive and at present they offer a free tracker which allows you to see what links prospects are using listing the email addresses. I also use my own ISP to sent emails. The downside to this is that I am limited to 2000 emails a day but hey its free! One other thing they have their own email design software too. The tracker used is linked back directly to your own domain so it cannot be spammed.
Hope this helps.

 

[PayPoint net]

Here are a few similar threads that may be helpful.

http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=233960&highlight=email+marketing

http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=223184&highlight=email+marketing

http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=232093

Looking at them Mail Chimp seems very popular! I have used Campaign Monitor in the past - never had any problems with them.

Let us know how you get on
Siobhan

 

[dubOnline]

I use Aweber, when you start getting higher subscriber levels and work out the cost of per mailing I find it the cheapest out there..

Good luck you could do great

 

[Mike W]

I use Aweber, when you start getting higher subscriber levels and work out the cost of per mailing I find it the cheapest out there..

Good luck you could do great

Dub - you realise this thread is 12 months old?