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Brendan
18-12-07, 03:32 AM
I have been requested by a client to provide a newsletter type, e-mail marketing solution for them, can anyone recommend something, or point me in the right direction?
gerryonline
18-12-07, 11:05 PM
I have been requested by a client to provide a newsletter type, e-mail marketing solution for them, can anyone recommend something, or point me in the right direction?

have a look at phplist - http://www.phplist.com/ seems pretty good, and you can CRON the jobs so that if you are on a shared server it doesnt use all the resources.

If your host has fantastico installed then it should be a preinstalled script for you.
rosshill
03-01-08, 04:09 PM
MailBuild (http://mailbuild.com) is great if you want to set up custom templates and have a super easy to use system they can manage themselves - you just get sent the profits each month. Freshview is an Aussie company who I interviewed a few months ago (http://www.hatchthat.com/david-greiner/) at Hatchthat.
Leela
23-01-08, 02:19 PM
Aweber is the king of subscription services ... aweber.com

I use 1shoppingcart.com - but then, I use the full version of that for product sales and stuff, so it's probably overkill for just a newsletter.

I've also heard good things about constantcontact.com - I used to use it when they had a trial that was free up to X members, but that was a year or so ago ... was good then, though.
Brendan
23-01-08, 09:12 PM
Hey Leela,

Thanks for the feedback, I have heard lots of good things about aweber and managing a list, I think I will look into it for sure.

I was hoping for more of a self hosted solution like phplist, but then I realized being on a shared host you are limited to the amount of emails you can actually send out per hour/day.

I have started to use phplist for now as my list base is under 2000 so this doesnt seem to impact the server on mailouts at all.. maybe as it grows I will look into a hosted solution
rosshill
28-01-08, 10:23 PM
Just be aware that if you grow a decent list at one place then decide to move elseware you may have to ask people to opt in again and that could have a big effect on your subscriber numbers. I know it is tough but make the decisions early before you put a lot of effort into growth, move quickly if you're not happy or try a few out.