Review on Email Marketing – AWeber

If you have a business of some sort you have likely heard of email marketing, autoresponders or list building. Hopefully, that was one of your first things that you set up, if not, please get on it now. When I first started my business, that was one of those things that I needed and wanted to get started on, but labored on. Why… because I wasn’t sure what to write, how to do it, why people would follow me, how to get them to opt in and more. Surely you have had this internal argument conversation, right?

If you are a quick learner, you got started on your email list right away, I… was a little stubborn and it took me longer. Want to know one of my top regrets… that I didn’t start my list sooner, why, because it takes time to build. But I finally got started and did research on which autoresponder to use.

What autoresponders are out there?

There are many, but several tend to stay in the forefront of marketers and business owners everywhere – AWeber, MailChimp, Constant Contact, Infusion Soft and many more. I’m NOT here to compare them, many have done that work. However, feel free to do a search for AWeber versus MailChimp and the like, and you’ll run across all of the pros and cons of each.

Pay special attention to the fine print (like for MLM’s), what your goals are with your business, your growth, what type of website you have and the functionality of the autoresponder. I happened to like AWeber and haven’t turned back yet.  I’ve had them over a year and have been really pleased.

Customer service is key with this service

With having an autoresponder, you are doing the work, or you have a marketer, like me, helping you out. But other than that, you have to figure it out, so a huge plus with this type of industry, is killer customer service – AWeber has it. I have been pleased with their customer service via phone, email and even chat. They have helped me manage my campaigns and understand the process, by the way, yes, it can be confusing.

In one of my first conversations with customer service, I learned that I could get their designers to help me create a customized template – WHAT?! How awesome is that, and so I took them up on their free services because learning new software, which I am fine with, can still be overwhelming when “extra time” is limited. Additionally, they do have a help section, which is pretty robust, that helps you with DIY stuff when you want a quick answer and you are one of those, coughMEcough, who wants to figure things out themselves – yea, I’m stubborn! (Take note, offers may vary based on when you sign up with them, check em out either way.)

They even have a blog – ummm, hello, what good business doesn’t, right? By the way, if you don’t, you seriously must get to blogging, that is huge value to your consumers and oh, it’s super kicking for search engine optimization (SEO) too!

Go with what works for you, but just do it, really

So, I’m not here to tell you what to do or which autoresponder to use, but I am telling you that I have done research, found one, set myself up and continuously working on my email marketing campaign with AWeber. Within that year plus, I have seen great improvements, not that they were poor before, but there is ALWAYS room to improve, they listen to their customers and make the changes that they can. I would highly recommend AWeber to you, Mr. or Ms. Business Owner. If you want to ask me any questions, I’m happy to help.

And, if you have any questions about SEO, marketing your business or if you need help with your list building, just contact me and I’ll get you rolling.

(Please note, I am NOT being paid to write this post, however, if AWeber would like to, by all means, we can talk. LOL  On the other hand, I am an affiliate member so if you click on the AWeber links within this post, and sign up, I will be compensated so thank you.)

~Kristen

Kristen Day

CEO/Founder of A Visual Business

Kristen is a small business owner and thus dedicated to other small business owners by helping them improve their online presence with search engine optimization, social media marketing, email marketing and pay per click advertising all of which are necessary 'evils' in the digital marketing sphere but enables small business owners the opportunity to compete with larger companies. When not in the digital arena, you can find her riding her Honda VTX1300 or drinking a margarita.