Hi Vishal, I can see the appeal in a "one time" expense - even if you had to shell out some additional money - for desktop software. Hopefully you'll figure it out and be pleased with how well it works in time. You never know how good or bad something is unless you play around with it for a while. Since you ponied up some extra funds, I assume that you are generally quite pleased with the software. ~Newbie Shield~
I use a free autoresponder and mailing list manager software. Downloaded it, and installed it at my hosting. I can create many lists, unlimited users, it does the basic job of what the paid services provide. It has an ugly interface though, but as long as it does the job...i'm fine with it. You can download it for free at infinite.ibasics.biz. If you're not a technical person, you can get someone to do it for you at probably less than 50 bucks in elance.com.
VictoriaNTC: I would never compromise your business with a free autoresponder. True That! Your marketing online is not something to play around with. If you were a mechanic would you want cheap plastic tools or serious stuff to do a great job. An autoresponder and capture page is not something you toy around with if you are serious. It's not an expense, it is part of the "course" of successful home business and online marketing. It amazes me the people that don't use them based on a cost and then wonder why they are not succeeding. 12secondcommute has a nice capture page, autoresponder, capture page, tracking and more online tools marketing system that is not expensive, $29 a month. Aweber and Getresponse are the known leaders, but they add up when just getting started. For those of us grandfathered in with aweber at $20 a month from years ago, it was one of the best things we ever did. There are other great capture page and autoresponder system that with a one time pay you get that and a whole lot more to create an autopilot online marketing system. Get the tools to succeed and get busy doing the marketing to create the income you desire. You can make $1000s monthly online, Believe and Receive!
I would suggest Mailchimp autoresponder. It is very friendly software, 6000 e-mails monthly they send for free, if you need more you can upgrade. I think it is good for free start, and it has good lessons for newbies.
If your looking for a free autoresponder, you can't go wrong with Mail chimp, however I also use Aweber & to be honest I find Aweber easier to uae when it comes to creating campaigns. At present Aweber's doing a $1 trial for a month
Getresponse is winner in terms of value and benefits if you are building your first list! Aweber is second winner because of value and benefits that Aweber offers. Both are great and both have more than 10 years expertise in handling email marketing. GetResponse and Aweber are remotely hosting autoresponder services, so you have to pay monthly subscription, however if you prefer to pay one time fee for a start, then DR Quek AMLM is best option. You just need to install the script in your server, then you can use it on multiple domain, and multiple database for unlimited subscriber.
Some good free autoresponders that I've tried are FreeAutobot and Listwire. The both have been pretty reliable and not shabby at all at zero cost. With Freeautobot, the only thing that really don't like is that you have to set-up all your autoreponder messages in advance. So I find this to work fine for a limited email course or series of messages. With Listwire, this works just like any other autoresponder. And you can have unlimited autoresponder and optins at zero cost. I have been testing it out for about 6 months and the features, support and delivery rate is great! Plus renowned marketer Gary Ambrose is behind this and vows to support the service long-term, so it does have some strong credibility. There are of course some drawback to using free services, largely the fact that you don't have full control compared to a paid service. But the level of service I seen with both of the above along with the small sacrifices are ok with me for a majority of my list building efforts. Outside of the free ones, I use the listbuilder built within my paid hosting account with Sitebuildit(SBI).
VictoriaNTC Gotta agree with you! AWeber is great. You can start a business for under $30 monthly overhead, a good autoresponder is one tool you need to pay for!
I've used Grab That Lead for a free autoresponder. But, I prefer TrafficWave and you get a free 30 day trial with it.
Theres not a free user option on it anymore, but mlmresponder.com is a great autoresponder with tons of excellent features like the top ones have. Plus it's so much cheaper, check it out.
Benchmark Email also offers free autoresponders. I've created a free for life account with them by putting up a sign up form on my website which they provided.
Try Mailchimp.com. It's free - a little annoying to use with flash, but still free. I think you have to pay after 5000 subscribers or so.
I have toyed with autoresponders in the past and found that Aweber is the way to go. Spend the money and create a squeeze page. Flex Sqeeze and Mini Site Shark are 2 of the best to use. If you are serious, spend the money and work at it.
inter I would also suggest Aweber and Get Response. What is great with them is that they integrate well in marketing systems that are out there like My Lead System Pro and The 7 Figure Networker.
I havent used this but there is a free autoresponder out there called listwire.. might want to check it out..
There is a completly free autoresponder called listwire,, if you are just starting out I would get comfortable in knowing what you are doing first.
I have been looking into aweber, and would like to know if there is more than just autoresponders as there service. Are there more marketing tools, or is it for the most part all about autoresponders?
There is a free autoresponder out there... listwire.. completle free.. if you are just starting out I would practice on this to just get the feel of how e-mail marketing works..
Thanks, I will check it out right now. I am not in much of a rush to get referals because the program I am with, you don't need referals to succeed, and I am actually doing pretty decent considering the amount I have put in, and only a month in. I need to learn how to market and create lists and start autoresponders just to help excell this program.
Just checked out listwire and your right it does look great! Also realized that I already have an account going, and never did anything with it. Time to start. Thanks again! Chad
