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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Mailing List Provider for Your Blog


As your website becomes more popular, more and more readers would want to get updated of all your posts. That’s what we, bloggers would always want after we have published our blog. We’ve always anticipated for the time that our blog be known by the public. And when that time comes we need to update our readers with everything new on the site. So what do we do? How do we update them when most of them don’t visit our site 24/7? Most of us know the answer; it’s through the aid of mailing list services. There are a lot of websites offering this service, but how do we know which one’s the best? It is either through the reviews the site is getting, by popularity of by own experience or probably some other way.

So I’ve made a list of some mailing list service provider which I have known so far and of which I think would be reliable.

Aweber is founded in 1998. They create email marketing software to aid small businesses in automating email follow-ups and newsletter deliveries. With Aweber, you can deliver timely email newsletters and offers with their Broadcast tools.
Their offer includes:
  • Creating and sending newsletters immediately or schedule them for later;
  • Splitting test messages to find the best offer or best subject line and tracking responses;
  • Tracking website clicks using own domain name without the unsightly click tracking links;
  • Automatically twitter your email newsletters; and
  • Over 100 pre-made templates to choose from, or use your own, or even create messages with their built-in editor.
They offer modest price which grows only with your success. Sign-up is only 1$ with a 30-days moneyback guarantee.

Bravenet. This website offers a lot of web tools. They have everything you need to host, design and spice up your website. They specialize in web tools so you can offer your guests the best user experience possible. Their newest tool available for you now is the mailing list service. Their features and benefits include:
  • Double opt-in. Confirmed subscriber registers are more secure from spam complaints.
  • Email notifications. You can get notifications when there are new subscribers to your mailing list.
  • HTML newsletters. They offer an HTML Builder for you to be able to create and send email from your mailing list.
  • Subscriber search. You can easily find subscribers by name or even by date.
  • Multiple templates. Many pre-built HTML email templates are available for you to choose from.
  • Full site integration. You can completely customize the mailing list subscriber box.
  • Easy installation. All you have to do is just copy the code into your website.
They offer a free service so you can now maintain a distribution mailing list with ease.

Your Mailing List Provider (YMLP). Created in 2002, YMLP is now one of the best mailing list providers. They offer both free version and Professional version for a modest price (3.75$/month) for you to choose from. They offer email newsletter builder with over 30 sample templates, newsletters are sent fast and professionally through YMLP’s mail servers.
Some of their free service includes:
  • Contacts of up to 1000 (professional version is unlimited)
  • Personalize newsletters with “mail merge”
  • Schedule newsletters
  • Unlimited image hosting
  • Send in any language
  • Redirect people back to your site
  • Automated list deduplication and clean-up
There are a lot more newsletter provider in the web for you to choose from. And these three I have listed are just a few. I hope even with just three of the best newsletter providers, you’ll be able to find one which would be best for you.

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