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Contact Management (Autoresponders)
Autoresponders are an important marketing tool if you are looking to collect email addresses of subscribers to your blog, newsletter or website and maintain email contact with them. Indeed studies show that the average opt-in needs to be contacted up to 7 times before they make a purchase, so automating your contact management with potential customers and subscribers becomes a matter of efficient business practice.
There are many autoresponders available. Some require a monthly subscription fee but there are also a number of free services that provide almost the same features. It would be overwhelming (and therefore not user-friendly for you) to list them all here, so we compiling a list of the most popular and robust paid and free products.
When looking through the features of the different autoresponders you at least want to ensure that the email service is secure and reliable, that the software is flexible in message construction and timing and provides response tracking.
Happy email campaigning!
 Michael Rasmussen's autoresponder software for list building and lead generation. Allows unlimited number of campaigns and follow up messages. Opt-in forms to install on your website, full training and support included. 30 day free trial
Price: $19.95/month
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 Product Creator:
Response Magic is owned by Platinum Synergy Group Inc., an Ontario, Canada company.
Overview:
The product allows you to create professional looking, personalized email campaigns and includes autoresponder software. Response Magic email responses, populates a contacts database and also manages sales appointments and calls.
The system is suitable for 'non techies' as it generates its own HTML code to integrate into your website. Support is available in the form of an online training library and a Getting Started Guide, which includes training videos.
Price: free trial + $20 or $30/m
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 Provider of email marketing software for small businesses enabling automation, follow up and tracking for email newsletters, messages and marketing campaigns.
Its growing team shares a wealth of experience and knowledge about permission-based email marketing with the over 61,000 current customers they work with daily.
Price: $19/month minimum package
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 Product Creator: TrafficWave.net was founded by Brian Rooney and Stephen Hambright. They develop and manage autoresponder technology for small and medium sized businesses.
Overview: TrafficWave provide an alternative to Aweber autoresponders. They provide solutions for email marketing, tracking, newsletter publishing, contact marketing and training. This tool can be used to build lists from scratch or can have existing lists currently managed by other autoresponders transferred.
The TrafficWave product promotes itself as 'more than an automated responder' stating that it can be used for general email marketing purposes. You can collect data, track click-throughs, create opt-in forms and text messages.
There is a 30 day free trial followed by a monthly plan that is priced the same for managing one list or hundreds of lists. There is also a free report on how autoresponders can help businesses.
Price: $17.95/month
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 An autoresponder system that allows you to upload your own opt-in leads. The upload limit is only limited to the package purchased. Includes automatic spam checking before emails are sent out.
Price: $17.95/month miminum
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 A free autoresponder service. Contains many good features such as unlimited messages and campaigns but does not allow uploading of email lists. Requires inclusion of backlink on your website
Price: Free registration
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 Edwin Hayward originally launched this site in 1998 when autoresponders were just becoming popular. Email Addresses now serves as a repository and review center of both paid and free autoresponder products as well as other types of email services. A members forum is also available.
Price: Free registration
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 Many reviews rate GetResponse as one of the best autoresponder services. It offers robust and flexible and state-of-the-art email customization and extensive analytical functions. Automatically notifies your mailing list when you update your blog or website. A variety of payment plan available.
Price: Various membership rates
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 iContact is a complete email marketing system. The system is claimed to have and a high rate of email deliverability. The easy-to-use interface makes it easy to manage lists and create messages. They alsp provide over 300 templates, response tracking. Customer service is acceptable. This product is popular especially for those with lists ranging from between 0 - 2,500. Above this level, the product may be too expensive for many people.
Price: Various subscription rate
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 ThirdPartyAutoResponder.com is a respository for autoresponder reviews, providing information and evaluations to allow one to choose appropriate autoresponder company.
Price: Free
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