Comments on: 11 Email Marketing Alternatives to Aweber

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:14:31 +0000

Nice list of email marketing alternatives to Aweber. However, I still like Aweber the most, it’s pricing is quite competitive actually, and what makes it top in my list is its features!

By: David Hennessey

David Hennessey — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:11:56 +0000

Kevin,
I appreciate your very comprehsive review.

I started off with Aweber because I believe that there is always great challenges migrating readers from one list to another. I have read a lot of examples online.

I moved a big list from outlook to Aweber and I lost people in the move even with lots of preparation.

If one goes with a provider because it is free to a certain amount of subscribers like 500 and then you wish to take advantage of a service like Aweber with more bells and whistles to assist your clients you may lose a lot of subscribers in the change. I am repeating myself intentionally since it is a very important consideration.

I also believe that if you are running a business site $19 a month is a small investment to have top quality service.

Everyone is welcome to contact me about my two years of experience with Aweber.

Cheers,
David

By: Sergio Felix

Sergio Felix — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:44:57 +0000

This post’s content is awesome, thanks for sharing!

I was very close to go with aWeber but as I do more research I’m more convinced to go with the MailChimp guys.

As I’m still getting my feet wet around autoresponders I just want to add to this thread that MailChimp’s service is free for up to 2,000 subscribers and up to sending 12,000 emails a month.

I hope this can be useful for anyone starting out.

Sergio

By: Winning Ideas

Winning Ideas — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:59:12 +0000

This is terrific post. I checked MailChimp. Daniel, you are sharing such wonderful information.
Keep rocking 🙂

By: Martin D Brooke

Martin D Brooke — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:27:57 +0000

Mailchimp have now increased to 1000 free contacts, which i believe is amongst the best free plans,

Martin

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:03:36 +0000

Thanks Kevin and Gloria for your post, i wasted several hours looking for alternatives to Aweber and i found several options at your blog.

GetResponse gives you up to 100 free subscribers, not 10, please fix it.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:00:38 +0000

Hi, your list helps me know more about email marketing services providers, you are really knowledgeable. Here I’d like to add another provider Comm100. Comm100 Newsletter is free of charge. It can collect and manage the contact list, send emails to targeted members and track the status of the sent emails. You can check it out and maybe next time your list member will become12.

By: Web Marketing Tips

Web Marketing Tips — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:58:06 +0000

In reply to Kamal Hasa. Yes if you are starting your online business than you should start with the free one (but yes that should work) ... so mailchimp is the best option

By: Web Marketing Tips

Web Marketing Tips — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:54:15 +0000

Awebar is the first choice of many top bloggers and you will see that CEO of awebar is also adding frequent posts on their blogs.

By: kevinxiao

kevinxiao — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:03:48 +0000

I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading.

By: Rob Salzberg

Rob Salzberg — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:04:57 +0000

A great alternative to Aweber is ComF5. With their service you can have up to 15,000 subscribers included with your monthly fee. It also includes a media vault, the ability to do video and audio campaign mail as well as send regular audio and video emails. The service also includes live broadcasting. Templates are included as well. All this for just $40/month.

By: Start Getting Website Traffic

Start Getting Website Traffic — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:25:31 +0000

Yes, we should all be using email marketing tools, and growing a list, but for many just starting out paying a monthly fee for a service such as Aweber is an additional cost they’d rather not to have.
I hear good thing about the free service FreeAutoBot But if I were just starting out I would definitely go for the cheeky chimp Good Luck All

By: robertflorish

robertflorish — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:24:20 +0000

Email-M.Com is also one of the best web email marketing service provider.It is offering you the free trail for doing email marketing with email-m.com for 30 days.Email Marketing Made easy with email-m.com

By: Vince

Vince — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:52:36 +0000

Wow, that’s a lot of information. I would probably go with vertical response. I already had an opportunity testing it, and it is great both with the service and the price.

By: David Koh

David Koh — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:55:21 +0000

Wow very useful post. Thanks for mentioning MailChimp. All the pro’s on the internet recommended Aweber but I feel that Aweber is too expensive. GetResponse only gives you up to 10 free subscribers which is kind of useless. But MailChimp, up to 500 subscribers free? Now that is useful.

David

By: Lily @ Logo Designer

Lily @ Logo Designer — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:46:29 +0000

I use to use Constant Contact but there system for creating copies of previous newsletter seems a little flawed. The next one I plan on trying is MailChimp.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:53:39 +0000

We used Aweber for a couple of years but in the last three months have switched to MailChimp. Our list size means we pay for the service but it’s worth every cent. You can hit the system cold (i.e. never used it or anything like it before) and be sending out a campaign in minutes. Really user friendly. Can’t fault it so far.

By: Karol K.

Karol K. — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:08:11 +0000

I’m a really big fan of MailChimp. The quality of their website, tutorials, and user interface is just incredible. And on top of that it has a decent free plan … 3000 emails a month for free – this is pretty cool.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:46:39 +0000

I’m planning to try Mailchimp for my next niche site because I’ve been following their blog and digging into their free resources and I’m really impressed with the way they are going.

Aweber is still what I use for my main sites though. No plans to change those.

By: Dean Saliba

Dean Saliba — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:59:50 +0000

Some nice options. Someone kindly gave me a copy of Interspire Email Marketer which is worth around $500, so I host my own email list.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:49:00 +0000

Looking for a new provider so this email was SOOO timely – I just got off the phone with Get Responce and WOW I have to say I was super impressed with the rep I talked to – Brian. Get Responce has so much cool tools – I am so happy I found this site, I was going to go with AWeber, but after learning about Get Responce, I am sold!

Great Post Kevin – thanks for another great resource Daily Blog Tips!
Katie

By: K. Praslowicz

K. Praslowicz — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:44:21 +0000

Thanks for the summaries of the different options. I’ve been meaning to start a mailing list for photo print sales, but have been dragging my feet looking for a free or very cheap solution since I don’t expect the list to be very big for a long time. Signed up for mail chimp yesterday and got a simple sign-up form into my side bar. That should hold me over for a while. If the list ever gets close to 500 people I’ll migrate over to Campaign Monitor

By: Frugal, Freebies and Deals

Frugal, Freebies and Deals — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:06:27 +0000

By: TODHD

TODHD — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:56:42 +0000

I would not consider using any email system besides using Aweber

By: Anne-Marie Watson

Anne-Marie Watson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:49:37 +0000

Thanks for an excellent post. On my LinkedIn group, there is an long ongoing discussion @exactly this topic. But no-one has actually put togther a comprehensive review like yours. I am just starting up my website, blog and had planned a newsletter but your advice sounds very insightful. Thanks again for helping me get my next moves sorted out!

By: Brendan

Brendan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:39:40 +0000

You might want to check out profollow it is a white label version of aweber but has 10k list size for $19.95

By: John Fox

John Fox — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:37:32 +0000

For a hosted solution, Aweber is the hands-down winner.

What I don’t understand is why Constant Contact is still on anyone’s list. It has to be the most clunky of all. Ugh!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:40:53 +0000

Thanks so much Kevin for this post. I started a Blog about 3 months ago, and ever since I started I haven’t been able to get the “I should be building my list” out of my head. The problem is that it’s Aweber, Aweber, Aweber all over the place, and it’s kind of hard starting your list, and sheeling out 20$ a month, for god knows how long before you start seeing any ROI. Your insight has given me another option, and I’m going to try MailChimp today. 500 suscribers for free gives me a chance to get my list to a reasonable size before I have to worry about getting some money back to pay for the monthly suscription fee. Again, thanks for this excellent post. You talked about something that a lot of the PRO’s don’t bother mentioning.

By: Gary David | Build Your List Fast

Gary David | Build Your List Fast — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:42:43 +0000

In reply to Kamal Hasa. I agree. Those are some nice alternative. I've been using Aweber for almost 2 years now. I think the best alternative if you're starting is mailchimp. After using mailchimp, you should go to either Aweber or GetResponse.

By: Lye Kuek Hin

Lye Kuek Hin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:22:31 +0000

It seems MailChimp is more suitable to beginners like me and i think i will try it out. Thanks for the post Kevin.

By: Kamal Hasa

Kamal Hasa — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:34:31 +0000

In reply to Free Ads. Well Aweber is good but to start off mailchimp is a better alternative I believe ;)

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:45:57 +0000

Great idea putting this list together. I have been using MailChimp for a few years and with the cool stuff that they keep developing I think I will keep with them.

By: Dev - Technshare.com

Dev - Technshare.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:00:14 +0000

Hey Kevin,

Nice Post. Great list.
I think aweber and getresponse are best autoresponder service.

and Mailchimp is great for beginners, as it is free till 500 subscribers.

Anyways, Thanks for sharing this great Post.

~Dev

By: Dana @ Blogging Tips Blog

Dana @ Blogging Tips Blog — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:28:11 +0000

Thanks. This post help me a lot. I am in my searching of autoresponder service and found that aweber is quite expensive for me. And now, I have the alternative.

By: jason

jason — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:38:14 +0000

I knew there were others out there, but it seems like Aweber definitely owns the top spot. Thanks for providing further options for us to choose from.

By: godlark

godlark — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:09:15 +0000

I think similiary to you. Now I have a small blog so I don’t need account on aweber. I am teenager so 15$ per month is big cost for me. Thanks for links to free portals helps building newsletter list.

By: Josh Garcia

Josh Garcia — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:10:06 +0000

Hey Daniel,

Thank you for putting this together. I only knew about 3-4 companies. Now, I like the idea of using Mailchimp for any new blog I put together as I’m building the list up.

Thanks again for putting this together…
Josh

By: Robert @ Techinfo-4u.com

Robert @ Techinfo-4u.com — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:10:01 +0000

Nice post, I’ve been thinking of starting up a newsletter subscription on my blog for the last while, but just haven’t gotten around to it,maybe this will get me going to do it

Thanks

By: Kevin Muldoon

Kevin Muldoon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:25:04 +0000

I used Awber for years and never had any complains. Currently using the mailchimp service since my blog is still new. It’s a great option if you don’t think your list will exceed 500 emails for a few months.

By: Nabeel | Create Your First Website

Nabeel | Create Your First Website — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:59:16 +0000

In reply to Nabeel | Create Your First Website.

Hi,
I use Aweber. I have heard great reviews about it and I personally use it too.

MailChimp looks goods, but I wonder whether their up time, delivery rate etc are the same as Aweber.

MailChimp looks good for the beginner, as it is free for the first 500 subscribers.

Kindest,
Nabeel

By: Nabeel | Create Your First Website

Nabeel | Create Your First Website — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:57:41 +0000

Hi,

I use Aweber. I have heard greatg review about it and I

By: Gonzalo J. SuÃ¡rez

Gonzalo J. SuÃ¡rez — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:57:12 +0000

I used MailChimp for more than two years. It`s very realiable, and as my list did’t pass 500, I had it for free!!

But it’s important to also comment that they integrate with Google Analytics, make great reports and had a “ChimpRewards” program, in which if you accept to send a badge “powered by mailchimp” in your emails, and someone subscribes, you get free updates on reports or mails… So the real cost could be less than cero!!

For small blogs or starting ones, is THE choice.

Saludos,

Gonzalo

By: Wallace

Wallace — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:51:11 +0000

Recently signup a Mailchimp free account, install their WordPress plugin, look pretty good and having a professional user dashboard.

By: Free Ads

Free Ads — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:29:55 +0000

I use both AWeber and iminica (imnicamail.com) I think imnica is the most cost effective mail system. So, far I’m very with them and but I not yet ready to ditch AWeber. I keep most active subscribers in AWeber and move the less active subscribers to imnica toreduce my email marketing cost.