Learn About E-Mail Marketing

This is a summary report.  To get the detailed report which analyzes five e-mail marketing services, by filling out the information to the right.

There is no one  service that will cover all your Internet Marketing needs.  Each provider has its own strengths and weaknesses.

Comparison Chart

Below is a summary of the features for three of the e-mail marketing services.  To get our free detailed report, which includes Constant Contact, Vertical Response, and MailChimp, click here.

	Website	Website	Website
Price for 500 subscribers	$19	$11.90	$29
Price for 2,500 subscribers	$29	$24.65	$29
Requires double opt-in for imported contacts	YES	NO	YES
Create a multiple list web form	NO	YES	YES
Are test messages sent right away?	YES	YES	~10 mins
Can I attach a file to a mesage	YES	NO	NO
Send an e-mail automatically when a post is published on a blog	YES	YES	NO
Choose the weekdays and time to send the blog broadcast	YES	NO	–
Can a notification be sent everytime there is a post?	YES	YES	–
Can a periodic digest be create of new posts?	YES	NO	–
Create a custom HTML format for blog broadcasts	YES	NO	–
Can I send an autoresponder message	YES	YES	YES
Can I select the weekdays and time to send the autoresponder	YES	NO	NO
Can a person be automatically subscribed if they purchase something in a cart or Paypal?	YES	NO	YES
Can I conduct a split test?	YES	NO	NO

About the Author

Ricki Steigerwald, owner of Office Animation LLC, has over 13 years of experience in the web technology industry.  After working with a Fortune 500 IT company for seven years in various roles such as web developer and project manager, she opened her company, Office Animation.

Office Animation has provided web support services such as e-zine publishing, database customization, and maintenance of  web sites, blogs and shopping carts for over six years.

Many clients and colleagues ask us what service we recommend for e-mail marketing – hence, she wrote this report to assist them and you.

A Note About 1ShoppingCart

We always get asked about 1ShoppingCart’s  autoresponder system.  It is very rudimentary.

It works well enough for broadcast messages and auto-responders.  However, it does not have a blog broadcast feature and it takes approximately 10 minutes to get your test message out, prolonging the time it takes for you to setup your message.

1ShoppingCart is a shopping cart first and foremost – an e-mail marketing service second. 

AWeber can receive your 1ShoppingCart notification messages and automatically add a person to one of their mailing lists.