Building a list, part three

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25.03.2011 (423 Days Ago)

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Building a list, part three

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Autoresponders

Wikipedia describes an autoresponder as:

An autoresponder is a computer program that automatically answers e-mail sent to it. They can be very simple or quite complex.

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Autoresponders are often used to promote community web sites, to immediately provide information to their prospective members and then follow-up with them at preset time intervals.

The following are currently among the most popular and widely used autoresponders:

AWeber (http://www.aweber.com/)

Founded in 1998, AWeber is a company based in Huntingdon Valley, PA that develops and manages opt-in email marketing tools. It currently has over 80,000 international customers.

Getresponse (http://www.getresponse.com/)

GetResponse provides turnkey newsletter publishing and hosting features, as well as unlimited follow-up autoresponders. With over 160,000 active accounts and over a million subscribers, Getresponse delivers over 8 billion messages each year from almost 180 countries.

iContact (http://www.icontact.com/)

iContact empowers businesses to engage, educate and retain customers, targeted prospects and website visitors. Based in Durham, NC, iContact currently provides email marketing software to over 600,000 users across the globe.

Infusionsoft (http://www.infusionsoft.com/)

Infusionsoft is the first ever Email Marketing 2.0 solution for small businesses. It has an integrated contact manager, powerful automation, and the ability to send additional types of messages (such as letters, postcards, faxes and voice messages). Infusionsoft has helped support over 400 entrepreneurs world-wide.

1ShoppingCart (URL: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/)

1ShoppingCart is both an autoresponder and an online payment processor. As such, it makes the process of communicating with customers and processing orders seamless.

Constant Contact (Constant Contact makes it easy and affordable to build strong relationships with your customers. Try our FREE 60-Day Trial. )

Launched in 1998, Constant Contact, Inc. offers email marketing, online survey, and event marketing tools to small businesses, associations, and nonprofits, helping them connect with their customers, clients, and members. It currently has more than 350,000 customers worldwide.

MailChimp (http://www.mailchimp.com/)

MailChimp makes it easy to design and send beautiful emails, manage your subscribers and track your campaign’s performance. MailChimp is currently serving over 450,000 companies ranging from one–man startups to Fortune 500 bigshots.

StreamSend (http://www.streamsend.com/)

StreamSend offers an easy-to-use, affordable and dependable email marketing software solution designed to help businesses make the most of their time and money. The company’s clients range from professional email marketers to online retailers and include fortune 500 companies, self-employed entrepreneurs and everything in between. Among them are MTV, UPS, Jelly Belly, Barnes & Noble, and Western Union.

Build Your List Now

To help you get started, I have listed in the following pages various services that you can use in building your list. Good luck!

Top Article Submission Sites

Suite101 (PR 7)

URL: http://www.suite101.com/

EzineArticles (PR 6)

URL: http://www.ezinearticles.com/

Helium (PR 6)

URL: http://www.helium.com/

ArticleBase (PR 6)

URL: http://www.articlesbase.com/

WebProNews (PR 6) URL: http://www.webpronews.com/	Buzzle (PR 6) URL: http://www.buzzle.com/

Isnare (PR 6) URL: http://www.isnare.com/	American Chronicle (PR 6) URL: http://americanchronicle.com/

TheWhir (PR 6)

URL: http://www.thewhir.com/article-central

SelfGrowth (PR 6)

URL: http://www.selfgrowth.com/

ArticleDashboard (PR 5)

URL: http://www.articledashboard.com/

SearchWarp (PR 5)

URL: http://searchwarp.com/

ArticleCity (PR 5)

URL: http://www.articlecity.com/

IdeaMarketers (PR 5)

URL: http://www.ideamarketers.com/

Site Reference (PR 5)

URL: http://www.site-reference.com/

Article Alley (PR 5)

URL: http://www.articlealley.com/

Article Snatch (PR 5)

URL: http://www.articlesnatch.com/

GoArticles (PR 4)

URL: http://www.goarticles.com/

Articles Factory (PR 4)

URL: http://www.articlesfactory.com/

Amazines (PR 3)

URL: http://www.amazines.com/

Top Free Web Directories

DMOZ (PR 8)

URL: http://www.dmoz.org/

So Much (PR 5)

URL: http://www.somuch.com/

Pegasus Directory (PR 5) URL: http://www.pegasusdirectory.com/	RoAsk (PR 4) URL: http://www.roask.com/

viesearch (PR 4) URL: http://viesearch.com/	Wikidweb (PR 4) URL: http://www.wikidweb.com/

Autowebdir (PR 4)

URL: http://www.autowebdir.com/

Pedster's Planet (PR 4)

URL: http://www.pedsters-planet.co.uk/

Net Insert (PR 4)

URL: http://www.netinsert.com/

Link Centre (PR 3)

URL: http://linkcentre.com/

Jayde (PR 3)

URL: http://www.jayde.com/main.html

Exact Seek (PR 3)

URL: http://www.exactseek.com/

Top Bookmarking Sites

Google bookmarks (PR 10)

URL: www.google.com/bookmarks

Digg (PR 8)

URL: http://digg.com/news

Slashdot (PR 8) URL: http://slashdot.org/	Mixx (PR 8) URL: http://www.mixx.com/

Mister Wong (PR 8) URL: http://www.mister-wong.com/	Jumptags (PR 7) URL: http://www.jumptags.com/

Bibsonomy (PR 7)

URL: http://www.bibsonomy.org/

Diigo (PR 6)

URL: http://www.diigo.com/

A1 Webmarks (PR 5)

URL: http://www.a1-webmarks.com/

BuddyMarks (PR 5)

URL: http://buddymarks.com/

PR Sites

PR Newswire (PR 7)

URL: http://www.prnewswire.com/

All Business (PR 7)

URL: http://www.allbusiness.com/

PRWeb (PR 7)

URL: http://www.prweb.com/

MarketWire (PR 7)

URL: http://www.marketwire.com/

PRLog (PR 6) URL: http://www.prlog.org/	PR.com (PR 6) URL: http://www.pr.com/

24-7 Press Release (PR 6) URL: http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/	ThomasNET (PR 6) URL: http://news.thomasnet.com/submitpr.html

Newswire Today (PR 6)

URL: http://www.newswiretoday.com/

PR Inside (PR 6)

URL: http://www.pr-inside.com/

PR Leap (PR 5)

URL: http://www.prleap.com/

Press Release Point (PR 5)

URL: http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/

Q & A Sites

Askville

URL: http://askville.amazon.com/

Yahoo Answers

URL: http://answers.yahoo.com/

AnswerBag

URL: http://www.answerbag.com/

Fluther

URL: http://www.fluther.com/

FunAdvice URL: http://www.funadvice.com/	AOL Answers URL: http://aolanswers.com/

Dizzay URL: http://www.dizzay.com/	Rediff Q & A URL: http://qna.rediff.com/