It seems that 2010 is the year where “content is king” for more businesses than I can shake a stick at. More clients are asking for newsletters to be set up and we’ve had our own reasons to have start looking at different services that offer autoresponders.

Currently, I use and recommend Mailchimp to everyone I see. I love the service. Their graphics knock me out. Their price for businesses building their list is the free-est I’ve ever seen. But. Their autoresponder leaves something to be desired and I need that autoresponder to sweet-talk the pants off a rockstar.

Last week I did a run down on Mailchimp vs. Aweber for a client and came to a dismal conclusion. I’m going to have to give up my illustrious Mailchimp for Aweber.

Here’s why...Click here to read the rest of this post at the Monday Morning VA Blog.

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Thank you for sharing this... reading through all these posts, I am learning a lot! Thank you!!

You are very welcome, Cassandra! The blog post came about after a client needed to make a decision between the two services.

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This is an excellent post! Nice job! I didn't know this about MailChimp.

FYI, even though Aweber doesn't have a free trial such as MailChimp, they do offer a 30-day MBG, which is at least 'something' to try out the program. Mail Chimp has a birthday reminder service whereas Aweber (and Constant Contact) do not. I also believe that surveys can be integrated between Mailchimp using SurveyGizmo whereas with Aweber, only a link to an outside survey can be provided, such as SurveyMonkey.

I'm an Aweber-fan myself but no one particular program seems to have it all. (That would be nice.)

I am working in MadMimi, a new autoresponder for me and will post a review on my blog. I'll have to ask MadMimi about the charge for the same subscriber on different lists. That's an excellent point.

Janine

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You know so much has changed since I worked last. I do not even have a newsletter set up. I would not even know what to include or what to write about. Even though I have been an Administrative Assistant in the past and was beginning in the VA industry I did not get into the VA part long enough to get into sending out newsletters. I feel like I'm NEW to this whole thing.

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