How Can I Send a Newsletter to 100 Recipients via E-Mail Without Issues?

[Leigh0725]

If you're using hotmail, you can create groups and then just send the email out to the group. You can only have 50 people at most in a group for hotmail. My email list currently is up to three groups, so then I only have to send out three emails come newsletter time.

 

[roxylady]

Ann,
May I have a copy as well? My email is [email protected]. I am clicking on your siggy now to sign up for Constant Contact.

 

[urbnk8]

When you send the emails throught Constant Contact, are the other email addresses you send it to visible to each contact. For example, if I sent it to you with a bunch of other people, will you be able to see the email addresses to everybody I send it to?

I signed up for the 60 day trial and am ready to send my first newsletter, but I can't find anything that says it's private...anybody know for sure?

 

[urbnk8]

Found the answer...they are automatically blind copied according to their FAQ's.

 

[Debala715]

Thanks Ann! I'm going to give it the 60 day trial run to see how I like it.

 

[chefann]

I get several newsletters through them from other companies, and it is completely blind.

 

[PCBritt]

Ann, could you send me your november newsletter to see if i like constant contact??

 

[chefann]

I need your email address to send it.... Thanks.

 

[Chef_2_Four]

Ann do you mind sending me a copy of your Nov newsletter. I would really like to try the 60 day trial and see how it works for me. my email is [email protected]
Thanks!

 

[chefann]

Sent to April.

 

[StacieB]

Could you send me one to please Ann!! Thanks! [email protected]

 

[sarahlegare]

If it's not too much trouble, could you send one to me too? [email protected]
Can you import the contacts we have in our PWS or hotmail/yahoo/aol... so that we don't have to type all the email addresses again???

 

[Jules711]

You can import. I use Outlook and I just click a button to update it. It's really great. I highly recommend it. It's nice to see what interests everybody too and isn't a huge email coming in even though there are pictures. Try it for the 60 days. And WOW, Ann, you are going to get free for a year with all of this interest

 

[Geekgirl69]

Can I jump on the email bandwagon as well, please? [email protected]Thanks!

 

[KimmyDarling]

Ann, I'd love to see it, too. I tried the 60 day free trial, but canceled it. I needed more flexibility with the contact portion.Thanks!
[email protected]

 

[chefann]

Sarah, Lynda and Kim - sent. I send my customer newsletter to about 200 people, and I have a separate list for my team. I've been sending them weekly notes (Monday morning) with deadline reminders and announcements of new promos (2 are inactive, and I'd like to keep them interested with the stuff from HO). Because my Director sometimes asks me to send things to her entire team, I also have a list comprised of those people, too.I haven't gotten more response from my customers since I switched to Constant Contact, but at least now I can see who's opening it and what they're likely to click on. So I can change content in the future.

 

[KimmyDarling]

Thanks, Ann! It looks great.I wish we could do real newsletters from our PWS, complete with sections and photos and links. It would be great to have the ability to send something with a look that is completely consistent with our emails and websites. I think it would really add value to our PWS if we could.

 

[chefann]

I agree! I do love the ability to track who opens it, too, as well as see which addresses bounced and for what reason. My own experience with email from PWS is that it gets filtered as spam by most ISP's, so I have no way of knowing if it was even reaching my customers.

 

[urbnk8]

I did the 60 day trial and sent out my first newsletter yesterday. My director loved it and offered to pay for it for 3 months for me if I would help put a newsletter together for her! Or she would give me free product, whichever I would prefer! I thought that was kinda cool. Ann, I would love to see your version too! [email protected]

 

[LibrarianChef]

Also, be aware that if you send to more than 10 people at a time, the recipients' internet providers' may flag them as Spam. So you're actually better off sending them in really small groups.

I always send mine as bcc to protect everyone (and put my own email in the "to" line). Can other internet providers tell how many recipients there are even if it's hidden to each individual person?

 

[LibrarianChef]

Being able to track is really SO nice! I may have to try out another program. I'm signed up for a free on through Bravenet, but I don't think it has all of the bells and whistles that yours does. Guess I may need to dig deep.

 

[jenwallace]

Ann,
Can I see your newsletter as well? I'm having "it went to my spam folder" problems...
Thanks!
[email protected]

 

[Chef_2_Four]

Thanks for the email Ann!

 

[urbnk8]

Ann, I would love to see the newsletter you send to your consultants too!

Thanks, [email protected]

 

[chefann]

Sent it! The week of Halloween I used a Halloween template for my team, and I have one started in a Thanksgiving template for that week.

 

[Chef Stacy Edwards]

Hi, Ann Please send to me. [email protected] TIA

 

[chef greta]

Hi Ann,
Could you send me your newsletter too... [email protected]
I'm going to check out that websited now.

Thanks!

 

[pamperedposey]

Poor thing! This could be never ending.

I also signed up for the 60 day trial through your link. Could you send me your Newsletter too? I'm not good at creating from scratch.

Thanks a bunch!
[email protected]

 

[pamperedposey]

Ok, got your e-mail. I just spent forever putting together my own and it won't let me save it!! I confirmed my e-mail address like they told me to. Why won't it let me save my Newsletter? I'm so afraid that if I back out it will lose everything. Has anyone else had problems?

 

[chefann]

There's a little save button, but it doesn't give you a confirmation that it saved. And when you click to leave the screen, it will tell you that you'll lose changes since you saved, even if you JUST saved.