Bulk Email

[johnp]

I spent a lot of time trying to find the best bulk email client for my email list. If anybody else needs a good service then I suggest looking into MailCheat(Chimp).

The two big services that I narrowed my search down to are MailCheat(Chimp) & ConstantContact. I start using CC then my free trail expired. I couldn't justify paying $15 per month for a service that I use one-two times per month. So I went over to MailCheat(Chimp) to give it a try. I think they allow for a greater number of free emails than CC. I was able to email over 300 people on my list. They make the process very simple, I think 5 steps. And MailCheat(Chimp) has a friendlier design than Constant Contact.

So yea, if anyone is looking for something like this then take a look at MailCheat(Chimp), I'm very happy with them so far. However, if all of the emails start landing in spam then I take that back.



-I do not work for MailCheat(Chimp). This is not an advertisement.

 

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[johnp]

Update*

Looking over my statistics -- I had 18 bounces for the emails that I sent, which isn't too bad. 8 were soft bounces and 10 were hard bounces. I think that some of them had to do with the fact that a few email addresses are fake or entered wrong.

So I guess that is a good sign for Mail Chimp

Another Note**

The list shows a ton of cool statistics. I can see things like who opened the email (so I can spy on my friends), how many times they opened it, it shows my social reach on twitter & FB, it shows my geographical reach..apparently I have members on my list from Alaska, and a bunch of other stuff.

Constant Contact probably has the same information, but I found all of the stuff hard to find on that cluttered site.

 

[Brander]

GUI hell for both. Dealing with the freebie members by MC must be a nightmare, but it sure gets them links and mentions, so it's a rapid list growth strategy.

CC as far as I can tell is smacking MC in terms of profitability by a huge margin. Gimmicks can be gimmicks only for so long - I am sure they are actively looking for liquidation very soon.

 

[johnp]

but it sure gets them links and mentions, so it's a rapid list growth strategy.

agreed. It seems to be what they are going for. My email has a big MailCheat(Chimp) logo in the bottom right corner haha

 

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[bane]

Hello,

So you think MailCheat(Chimp) is still the way to go? Not sure whether to go for Aweber or not.

Are they all roughly the same? (in terms of interface, features etc?)

I am of course primarily concerned with each companies ability to not get caught in spam filters - are they all equal in that sense do you think?

Using the free version of MailCheat(Chimp) now and I really like it's interface and "theme". I have no other experiences to compare to though...