Small Business Ideas Forum

gbebee · 21st August 2009, 12:00 PM

I am looking for a software to mail out my newsletters and press releases.
I am a really small business and do not want to spend a lot of money, so don't want an outside service.
Can anyone recommend a cheap, user-friendly (non-computer nerd) software?

JoshAk · 21st August 2009, 02:21 PM

MailChimp and Campaign Monitor are email management services I have used that fit that bill. I believe Campaign Monitor charges around $0.01 per email address and MailChimp has a pricing scale based on the number of emails in your list if you are mailing to less then 100 you can use the free edition. Both are easy to use they walk you through the process step by step and I believe both offer premade email templates you can use.

Enjoy!

Josh

maryhruth · 21st August 2009, 04:01 PM

gbebee - You will be thrilled with how easy it is! Check out ConstantContact or aWeber. I think they'll let you try a free trial before paying anything. $15 a month on ConstantContact gets you the basic account after the free one.

maryhruth · 21st August 2009, 04:03 PM

Oh, and also - press releases are a different animal. You'll want to submit those to PR sites that will distribute them. Some of these are free, others charge a fee.

SBMarketingGuy · 22nd August 2009, 03:46 PM

I would suggest using MailChimp or Aweber.

smallbizmkter · 22nd August 2009, 03:52 PM

I use Aweber, IContact and Constant Contact regularly. The first 2 are autoresponders as well which is worth considering if you have sign-up forms on your website - both have free trials. I like Aweber and Icontact equally well - I would say IContact is the easiest to use.

Happy to help with specific questions if you have any.

miwriting · 26th August 2009, 07:57 PM

I usually recommend aweber or constant contact for most of my clients. Their prices are reasonable and you can do pretty much anything that you need to do for email marketing.

andrasan · 3rd September 2009, 01:25 AM

AJ Email Marketer is a good online mass email script provider. AJ Email advertising script is so effective, easy setup and provide high E-mail deliverable rate.

Danielle77 · 24th January 2010, 12:59 PM

You can use Microsoft outlook, is working great. A free online tool id googles feedburner. It works great, I am satisfied with it, I think for your small business will work great

26th January 2010, 09:44 AM

gbebee,

Are you looking for a service for email, direct mail or both?

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