Email newsletter hosted service recommendation please (UK)

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Muj Jum
TRUE

13 June 2008 23:41pm

Is Lyris an in house / local server solution?
Seems they are based in the US. Are you?
On 17:55:36 13 June 2008 rbarbs wrote:

Have you considered getting an in house solution for your client?

Because of the nature of the campaigns a council shouldn't have problems with deliverability, will likely only send plain text messages, but could end up with a large list, sending a considerable number of mailings.

We have found Lyris to provide excellent service and allow us to have the control that we need for our campaigns.

Richard
Neil Warren
Publisher at 2N Media Ltd - ModernSelling.com

14 June 2008 15:23pm

Or, back to hosted services, I started a couple of years back and have so far successfully managed to send 7 million+ emailed newsletters and bulletins out with hardly any problems. Manage my own data, .html loads, sends, etc., but with automated unsubscribe, spam management issues, ISP broadcast blacklist avoidance and all the rest of that nasty business.

They're nice people too, and we're talking hundreds rather than thousands. Might be worth checking out at least on http://www.circdata.com/dynamail.htm.
Vicky Smith
Online Marketing Manager at Inghams

15 June 2008 11:17am

Hi,
I've previously used NewZapp (http://www.newzapp.co.uk/) when working for a niche volunteer travel operator, Different Travel, though I see that they have worked for Devon County Council too so perhaps have experience of the sort f thing you are looking for.
For me, at an annual cost of about £1K, they offered everything I needed - a fairly easy to use, self explanatory online account (only one connection issue ever), email database management, professional templates, more than adequate open /click tracking and friendly and helpful staff, though they were seldom required. Speak to Darren Hepburn.
Vicky Smith
Marketing Manager
travel.co.uk
On 17:52:05 12 June 2008 spirelli wrote:
We have a local council in the UK as a client, and in addition to a leaflet campaign they also want to send out the information via emai.
They haven't sent out regular email newsletters in the past, although it is something they would like to be doing on a regular basis in the future.

So far they've sent emails to mailing lists generated from their CMR database (via a CSV file).

It could now be the time for them to move to something more sophisticated where people can subscribe/unsubscribe, and it'd be easy for them to send emails that are professionally done, i.e. based on proper templates and with a proper and neat text-only version.

My impression has been that this can be best dono through some online service. Am I right, and can you recommend any good UK-based services?

Many thanks.
Simon Welsh
Senior Account Manager at Pure360

19 June 2008 14:39pm

Hi,
My name is Simon Welsh and I'm a senior account manger for Pure360. Our service ticks all the boxes stipulated in your email inquiry so I like to suggest you contact me directly to discuss it further, or pass my details on to your client (whichever you'd prefer).
My phone number (dd) is 01273 647883 or you can email me at simon.welsh@pure360.com
Best regards,
Simon Welsh
Senior Account Manager
Pure 360
Brighton
East Sussex
On 17:52:05 12 June 2008 spirelli wrote:
We have a local council in the UK as a client, and in addition to a leaflet campaign they also want to send out the information via emai.
They haven't sent out regular email newsletters in the past, although it is something they would like to be doing on a regular basis in the future.

So far they've sent emails to mailing lists generated from their CMR database (via a CSV file).

It could now be the time for them to move to something more sophisticated where people can subscribe/unsubscribe, and it'd be easy for them to send emails that are professionally done, i.e. based on proper templates and with a proper and neat text-only version.

My impression has been that this can be best dono through some online service. Am I right, and can you recommend any good UK-based services?

Many thanks.