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  1. Anonymous

    26 February 2009 14:17pm

    Hi

    I was wondering if anyone can help me, we send out about 10K emails a week to our database of users.  I am looking for an email service that is very simple to use and one where the emails won't just end up in junk.  I have heard good things about dotmailer and Pure (though I am still waiting for anyone from there to come back to me!) and am currently using a different provider.  I am not sure if it is my current provider, which is why none of the emails that we are sending out are getting opened, but I imagine that this might be part of the problem.  Has anyone had a particularly good experience of the above 2 or Communicator?  Or is there a fantastic email provider that I should try

    Thanks

  2. Jake Hird Staff

    Director of Research and Education at Econsultancy

    26 February 2009 16:29pm

    Jake Hird

    I would recommend that you have a look through our Buyer's Guides, namely last years Email Marketing Platforms Guide.

    We will also be producing our 2009 Guide at some point around Summer.

    - Jake

  3. Sue Fidler

    Director at Sue Fidler Ltd

    26 February 2009 20:12pm

    Sue Fidler

    I have been using dotmailer for about 8 years, since the beginning of email marketing really. It is a great tool, very very easy to use, has all the features you could need. The new version (v4) has simple to use campaign builder, address book manager and all you need plus comprehensive reporting which has ROI and goal conversion etc, a survey builder tool and a microsite builder.

    On top of which I know dotMailer do everything possible to ensure the highest possible deliverability  - registered IP addresses, SPF and sender ID, good working relationships with hotmail, gmail et al.  Also provide both a spam checker and a cheap inbox preview tool to help get designs right and deliverable.

    Happy to talk offline if you want to.

    Sue

  4. Denis Kondopoulos

    Technical Project Manager (MBA, MBCS, CITP, CEng) at Naxtech.com

    26 February 2009 22:57pm

    Denis Kondopoulos

    Hi,

    Without trying to sell you anything, I think you'll find our system quite interesting.  Can easily send a few million emails per month and has advanced features such as triggers  (eg. send an email with a special offer on someone's birthday), and more.  Yet it is very simple to use. 

    See a relevant demo of how simple it is:  http://emarketingkb.naxtech.com/idx/61/090/article/

    You can also find an answer to all your technical questions at the relevant knowledge-base at: http://emarketingkb.naxtech.com/

    I hope the above help.

    regards,

    Denis
    www.naxtech.com - email marketing and emarketing

  5. BbDeath .

    Popular three-letter acronym at BbDeath

    27 February 2009 01:51am

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    >> we send out about 10K emails a week to our database of users.<<

    This looks to be more than funny- amounts start around 100k/night...

    But seriously: have you done at least basic reserch on this topic?

    Looks like not... OK just like the previous post: "Without trying to sell you anything"- look around....

  6. Ben Staveley Platinum

    Head of eCommerce at dotAgency

    27 February 2009 10:11am

    Ben Staveley

    Thanks Sue for your feedback on the dotMailer platform.

    In answer to the post dotMailer has all the latest delivery authentications, feedback loops and excellent relationships with all the major ISPs to assist you as much as possible to get your emails into the inbox.

    The platform and our emails are built to encourage best practice and to build your reputation, and through our customer service and technical teams, we work with our clients to ensure top end delivery.

    dotMailer is developed with usability in mind and is exceptionally easy to use yet allows users to take advantage of all the top end functionaltiy you'd expect from a market leading platform. We would welcome your feedback on dotMailer.

    Hopefully you've got yourself a trial account from our website, if not I am more than happy to set you one up and take you through it.

    You can set up a free trial at http://www.dotmailer.com/trial

    Please do not hesitate to contact me or any other member of the dotMailer team.

    Regards

    Eleanor

  7. Tim Watson Enterprise

    Founder at Zettasphere

    01 March 2009 21:26pm

    Tim Watson

    Hello,

    I assume you have talked to your current provider about the issue with none of your emails being opened? Even some of the worst email service providers will deliver more than zero emails and your campaigns are small so should not be a big challenge. Sounds like may be the problem is with the tracking on open not working rather than delivery.

    That said perhaps you have another reason you are looking to change - ease of use you mention.

    dotMailer and Pure get shortlisted sometimes along with ourselves so feel free to make contact for a demo. http://www.smartfocusdigital.com/

    We deliver campaigns from a few thousand to many hundreds of thousands, so you can have confidence on that and we have an easy to use UI,

    Good searching,

    Regards, Tim.

  8. Hamish Gilbertson

    Consultant at Southern Content

    04 March 2009 09:15am

    Hamish Gilbertson

    Hi

    I recommend www.constantcontact.com or www.icontact.com to my SME  clients -- both are affordable, usable, offer comprehensive reporting for performance managemnt, include all sorts of list management/segmentation functionality and survey functionality. People sometimes find the support response less that speedy with iContact but both email marketing solutions boast hundreds of thousands of users...

    Cheers

    Hamish

  9. G J Garth

    Kitbag.com at Kitbag.com

    05 March 2009 13:56pm

    G J Garth

    Been through various issues with a handful of ESPs ..... my subjective view, in hindsight, was that Cheetahmail were the better of them.

    Cheers

    John F
    www.kitbag.com

  10. Tim Watson Enterprise

    Founder at Zettasphere

    05 March 2009 14:02pm

    Tim Watson

    Hello,

    Re the last post. Cheetahmail are certainly a well known ESP so should be a safe pair of hands.

    We weren't one of the handful of ESPs to work with Kitbag or John Fitzpatrick. May be one day we get a chance :-)

    Kind regards,

    Tim.

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