AWeber vs GetResponse. Marketer’s Best Friends. Epic Review

May 4, 2016September 4, 2017 Adrian Jock 28 Comments

My Email Marketing Services Series continues with a comparison between two veterans: AWeber (founded 1998) and GetResponse (founded 1999).

If you’re an internet marketer, I guess you know how restrictive the majority of the email marketing services are.

From no content from work at home & make money online niches to no affiliate marketing, or MailChimp‘s funny “While affiliate marketing is fine under certain conditions, we do not allow affiliate marketers.”

AWeber and GetResponse are different. Both are internet marketing friendly. (more…)

Email Deliverability Myth Regarding the Email Marketing Services

Email Marketing Services: The Deliverability Myth

February 10, 2016April 12, 2017 Adrian Jock 21 Comments

I had enough.

Every time I review an email marketing service, there’s a smart guy who comments on that post like this:

“You might pay less per month with another service, but how well does it deliver your mail? Do they get through the ISP barricades? Does the email land in a spam folder before it reaches the intended party?”

Then they tell me that they use AWeber. Or GetResponse. Because the deliverability of the emails sent via these services is awesome. (more…)

Testing the Email Support in the Email Marketing Industry

How Fast Is the Email Support in the Email Marketing Industry?

November 4, 2015September 14, 2017 Adrian Jock 3 Comments

The customer support is one of the factors that should be assessed when choosing the email marketing company that is the most appropriate for your needs. It’s not the most important factor. But one of them.

Most companies provide clear and helpful answers to your questions. However, when it comes to how fast these answers are given, quite big differences can be noticed …

5 minutes. Several hours. One day. One week. Or never. (more…)

Mad Mimi vs MailChimp – A Comprehensive Comparison

July 1, 2015May 4, 2017 Adrian Jock 17 Comments

My Email Marketing Services Series continues with a comparison between the veteran MailChimp (founded 2001) and the younger Mad Mimi (founded 2008).

The review evaluates all important aspects an email marketer should assess before deciding what service to choose: pricing, additional costs, prohibited content and actions, customer support, tech stuff.

The color scheme I used is intuitive: red is for disadvantages or features worse than the competitor’s, green is for advantages or better features.

Now let’s see who wins this email marketing game … (more…)

Lame Email Subject Lines, High Open Rates. Is it Possible?

June 3, 2015September 5, 2017 Adrian Jock 18 Comments

Everyone tells you how important writing killer headlines is. Tons of articles and books include headline templates, study cases or tips on how to write great subject lines.

Writing appealing headlines isn’t that easy though. Is the average Joe doomed to fail?

Isn’t there any solution that can offset a lame headline and make the recipient open the email?

Isn’t it somehow possible to get high open rates without writing amazing headlines?

Let’s start with the easiest to understand example… (more…)