Quick newsletter survey

[antonia]

who do you send your newsletter with?

I just make my own email
I have a yahoo group
I use constant contact
I use somethng else/......

many thanks
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[Ravenfire]

Hi Antonia

I use a template that Daffs created for me and I send myself through the vbulletin forum software or via email

[obscure]

I don't do an actual newsletter (maybe will one day but not atm LOL), but when I do an email shot I use a HTML template I create and send using thunderbird where I have distribution lists setup with my different client types in (hosting only, web clients, logo clients, etc).

HTH
:) Sadie

[Daffs]

I design my own HTML newsletter and use Outlook with a distrubution list, etc, etc..

[Chutney]

I design my own HTML newsletter and use Outlook with a distrubution list, etc, etc..

Oooooooo that is a good idea! I hadn't thought about using an Outlook distribution list!
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[antonia]

excellent - thanks everyone
Still interested to hear more too

Antonia

[sadierhianne]

I do my own, i have a thing in my admin that just requires a bit of text - then it does it in html for me - so it sends out two newsletters but everyone only gets one - somethinf else attached my header for me, something else addresses the newsletter to the specific customer, then i have a bit that asks who do i want to send it to - either all customers subscribed or just those who haven't logged on for three months or more etc - so i chose an option and press a button and off they go.

Ahhh this thread has just given e a fantastic idea for the next newsletter - cheers.

Anne xx

[antonia]

sounds good anne - which web host do you use to do this?

[willowcat]

I use Constant Contact .. it's nice and simple and cost effective .

Sharon

[sadierhianne]

Now you are asking difficult questions.

Hmmm - i think - webhost4life? But is it not just part of my zen cart? Does everyones admin not do newsletters like that?

Maybe we aren't talking about the same newsletters - i mean the things that i use to tell people about new products etc - ( only i never ger round to talking about new products ;-) )

people pay for this? Does it not all get included when you pay for hosting at the start of the year? Ooo and there's me taking it all for granted.

As always confused ;-)

[sadierhianne]

Although it could be opensourcehost 'cause i have that written down too and a price underneath and i am sure that when my emails are coming in i see opensourcehost in the little box.:unsure:

[trogette]

no it's a thing in the oscommerce admin, the account sign-up can have an option for newsletter opt-in if you want it to, plus the email manager would make it so you could send it to others who aren't account-holders if you want.

[antonia]

yup - just what I was after! And yes, not everyone gets that with their hosting and people do pay for it!

[judithbl]

I use constant contact but they do charge quite a bit
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[judithbl]

Ps Can someone explain the outlook distribution list or the os commerce bit.
I have oscommerce but it won't let me send pretty newsletters.
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[trogette]

I think there's a setting that says whether you can send email in html or not, try tinkering with that and see hat you get? The distribution list thing is that outlook and other email programs have 'distribution list' facilities, you can add email addresses to a list and then send an email to the whole list at once. Have a fiddle around with your email program and see what you can do with it, most email progs are vastly underused :)

[sadierhianne]

Just had a look and i have a newletter manager - i have lots of managers, don't have a clue what to use them for though.

[NikiJ]

Hmm right now I'm paying too much for my mailing list and would like to move to a free or low cost option if anyone has any suggestions could you let me know please?

I have 2 main mailing lists atm one with over 500 and the other with about 200 subscribers on.

Thanks
Niki
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[Arianna]

For Ihelm Enterprises I have a template that I use and then I use a free newsletter thing Michael found for us which sends it in html format and text format - depending on what someone has ticked. Works a treat and makes it super easy. :-)

For Delicate Dreams I just use the newsletter function in zencart which works quite well. :-)

Arianna

[judithbl]

Hmm right now I'm paying too much for my mailing list and would like to move to a free or low cost option if anyone has any suggestions could you let me know please?

I have 2 main mailing lists atm one with over 500 and the other with about 200 subscribers on.

Thanks
Niki
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Me too - I've got about 1500 on newsletter and could do with putting more on but never get around to it.
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[sadierhianne]

hmmm if i had to work that way i'd never send out a newsletter - i am so thankful that i got zen, even though i didn't know what i was getting ;-)