Regarding MailChimp
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davidnorth
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Regarding MailChimp
As somewhat anticipated, MailChimp has flagged our account as violating their terms of use, so we are going to drop using it. I'm not even sure mail can be sent from it now in any case. It's astonishing that after all the years adult content has been out there on the internet, these companies still have a burr up their arse about it. Sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused you.
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Many of the companies are trying to promote the image of the dominant woman. They usually see the damsel-in-distress as another form of male domination and try to curb that influence. These companies, and people, do not realize that the damsel-in-distress genre does not actually promote the subjugation and domination of men over women. It is just that the DiD community feels a woman looks better tied up than a male victim. On ALL of the forums I follow concerning DiD-themed material, The promotion of "dominating" the woman in real life is never encouraged. Those few posters who do lean towards that have been informed that their views are not tolerated and they need to post elsewhere, preferably, somewhere where the proper authorities can view their material for evidence against them later.
I, for one, have been an avid fan of the Damsel-in-Distress genre for many years. I am an avid fan of a few studios whose material showcase this genre very well. I belong to a few forums where we discuss this genre, share photos, mainstream video content, and commercial teasers. After all of this, I have NO desire to kidnap a woman just to tie her up and gag her. I watch violent, action and silly sitcom content on the television and yet I have no desire to rob a bank, shoot up a venue, cheat on the wife, or run for political office. I feel my life is balanced. I have a stable home life so I sit comfortably and watch these shows and not feel like that I am going to be influenced to commit those acts later.
This is my rant! I will get off my soapbox now. Sorry about MailChimp. The advantage is that the Internet shows MANY companies who are great alternatives to MailChimp.
I, for one, have been an avid fan of the Damsel-in-Distress genre for many years. I am an avid fan of a few studios whose material showcase this genre very well. I belong to a few forums where we discuss this genre, share photos, mainstream video content, and commercial teasers. After all of this, I have NO desire to kidnap a woman just to tie her up and gag her. I watch violent, action and silly sitcom content on the television and yet I have no desire to rob a bank, shoot up a venue, cheat on the wife, or run for political office. I feel my life is balanced. I have a stable home life so I sit comfortably and watch these shows and not feel like that I am going to be influenced to commit those acts later.
This is my rant! I will get off my soapbox now. Sorry about MailChimp. The advantage is that the Internet shows MANY companies who are great alternatives to MailChimp.
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davidnorth
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Re: Regarding MailChimp
Would you care to suggest any?
Re: Regarding MailChimp
Be happy to, To quote from "MailChimp Controversies":
Mailchimp used to be one of the top email marketing services on the market. They grew in popularity due to their famous “forever free” plan.
However, in the recent years they have failed to keep up with innovation especially when it comes to marketing automation.
To make matter worst, their recent pricing changes is not user friendly because they’re now charging businesses for unsubscribed users in their account. You should NOT have to pay for subscribers who are no longer receiving messages from you.
Their support has become increasingly unhelpful and almost every request gets a standard message like: we’re forwarding this to our engineering or leadership team.
While they’re using fancy marketing lingo such as “all in one marketing platform”, you don’t have the availability to do basic things like bulk delete more than 100 contacts at a time.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Constant Contact: Constant Contact is the best email marketing service for small businesses and non-profits.
They allow you to create professional email newsletters with an easy to use drag and drop editor, in just a few minutes.
You get all the essential features such as the ability to manage email lists, track email deliverability and open rates. Their beautiful reports show you how your email marketing campaigns are performing.
Constant Contact has basic email automation features that lets you send welcome messages to new subscribers, trigger emails based on user behavior, and resend emails to non-openers automatically.
It also has built-in tools for eCommerce solutions to help you reach existing customers. Constant Contact makes it easy for you to create survey and polls, donation pages for non-profits, dynamic sign up forms, and more.
The best part about Constant Contact is their unmatched support with live chat, phone calls, email, community support, and a vast library of helpful resources.
Constant Contact is a perfect Mailchimp alternative for WordPress because it works with all popular WordPress plugins like OptinMonster, WPForms, and more.
Pricing: $20 – $45 per month.
Bonus: WPBeginner users can use our Constant Contact coupon code and get 20% off.
2. Sendinblue: Sendinblue is a powerful email marketing and SMS marketing service for businesses.
It’s packed with powerful tools to create email newsletters, email marketing automation, SMS campaigns, landing pages, Facebook ads, live chat, and more.
Their personalized marketing automation solution lets you send emails to a targeted audience based on user behavior.
It comes with an easy to use template builder and great email deliverability to boost your marketing campaigns.
SendinBlue makes an excellent alternative to Mailchimp with additional features like SMS marketing and live chat software. They also offer more fair pricing plans for business owners, including a forever free plan.
Pricing: Free – $66 per month.
3. Aweber: AWeber is another great email marketing solution to connect with your users and accelerate business growth.
It comes with an impressive set of features like auto-fetch articles to create automated blog newsletter emails, beautiful email templates, email analytics, list segmentation, and automation tools.
It also includes other standard features like A/B split testing, autoresponders, list management, etc.
AWeber is a direct alternative to Mailchimp with flexible pricing plans based on the number of subscribers. It also includes a free trial for 30-days.
Pricing: $19 – $149
4. Drip: Drip is a popular email marketing automation service for eCommerce stores. It features multichannel touch-points to reach customers by sending emails and creating engagement on social media accounts.
It helps in managing users based on their interaction on your website. You can collect the user data and store it in tags, events, and custom fields. Furthermore, it automates the process of reaching out to customers at the most impactful time based on their behavior during the buying journey.
With advanced personalization, you can use the clients’ data to create custom discount codes, product recommendations, price-drop notifications, and more.
If you want to integrate your email marketing service with an eCommerce solution like WooCommerce, BigCommerce, or Shopify, then Drip is the best Mailchimp alternative with several integrations that will help you boost sales.
Pricing: $49 – $122
5. GetResponse: GetResponse is an email marketing software for small businesses. Similar to other popular email marketing services, it offers multiple solutions like email marketing, automation, landing pages, and more.
You can setup your email marketing campaigns with their templates and design beautiful emails in a few clicks. You can also use their landing pages to capture more leads.
It comes with powerful integrations which allow you to connect your favorite apps like WordPress, Magento, Slack, etc.
Pricing: $15 – $1199 per month.
6. MailerLite: MailerLite is another robust email marketing service and a great Mailchimp alternative. It comes with a beginner-friendly email editor and pre-made email templates for different campaigns.
You can use landing pages, popups, or embedded signup forms to capture leads. It comes with powerful email automation, segmentation, and personalization features which allow you to target the right users at the right time.
You can analyze your strategy with built-in reporting tools or run A/B split tests to improve your campaigns.
Pricing: Free – $50 per month.
I gave you a lengthy list and some review commentary from the research. I hope it is not boring reading. Just know, there are alternatives to MailChimp.
Mailchimp used to be one of the top email marketing services on the market. They grew in popularity due to their famous “forever free” plan.
However, in the recent years they have failed to keep up with innovation especially when it comes to marketing automation.
To make matter worst, their recent pricing changes is not user friendly because they’re now charging businesses for unsubscribed users in their account. You should NOT have to pay for subscribers who are no longer receiving messages from you.
Their support has become increasingly unhelpful and almost every request gets a standard message like: we’re forwarding this to our engineering or leadership team.
While they’re using fancy marketing lingo such as “all in one marketing platform”, you don’t have the availability to do basic things like bulk delete more than 100 contacts at a time.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Constant Contact: Constant Contact is the best email marketing service for small businesses and non-profits.
They allow you to create professional email newsletters with an easy to use drag and drop editor, in just a few minutes.
You get all the essential features such as the ability to manage email lists, track email deliverability and open rates. Their beautiful reports show you how your email marketing campaigns are performing.
Constant Contact has basic email automation features that lets you send welcome messages to new subscribers, trigger emails based on user behavior, and resend emails to non-openers automatically.
It also has built-in tools for eCommerce solutions to help you reach existing customers. Constant Contact makes it easy for you to create survey and polls, donation pages for non-profits, dynamic sign up forms, and more.
The best part about Constant Contact is their unmatched support with live chat, phone calls, email, community support, and a vast library of helpful resources.
Constant Contact is a perfect Mailchimp alternative for WordPress because it works with all popular WordPress plugins like OptinMonster, WPForms, and more.
Pricing: $20 – $45 per month.
Bonus: WPBeginner users can use our Constant Contact coupon code and get 20% off.
2. Sendinblue: Sendinblue is a powerful email marketing and SMS marketing service for businesses.
It’s packed with powerful tools to create email newsletters, email marketing automation, SMS campaigns, landing pages, Facebook ads, live chat, and more.
Their personalized marketing automation solution lets you send emails to a targeted audience based on user behavior.
It comes with an easy to use template builder and great email deliverability to boost your marketing campaigns.
SendinBlue makes an excellent alternative to Mailchimp with additional features like SMS marketing and live chat software. They also offer more fair pricing plans for business owners, including a forever free plan.
Pricing: Free – $66 per month.
3. Aweber: AWeber is another great email marketing solution to connect with your users and accelerate business growth.
It comes with an impressive set of features like auto-fetch articles to create automated blog newsletter emails, beautiful email templates, email analytics, list segmentation, and automation tools.
It also includes other standard features like A/B split testing, autoresponders, list management, etc.
AWeber is a direct alternative to Mailchimp with flexible pricing plans based on the number of subscribers. It also includes a free trial for 30-days.
Pricing: $19 – $149
4. Drip: Drip is a popular email marketing automation service for eCommerce stores. It features multichannel touch-points to reach customers by sending emails and creating engagement on social media accounts.
It helps in managing users based on their interaction on your website. You can collect the user data and store it in tags, events, and custom fields. Furthermore, it automates the process of reaching out to customers at the most impactful time based on their behavior during the buying journey.
With advanced personalization, you can use the clients’ data to create custom discount codes, product recommendations, price-drop notifications, and more.
If you want to integrate your email marketing service with an eCommerce solution like WooCommerce, BigCommerce, or Shopify, then Drip is the best Mailchimp alternative with several integrations that will help you boost sales.
Pricing: $49 – $122
5. GetResponse: GetResponse is an email marketing software for small businesses. Similar to other popular email marketing services, it offers multiple solutions like email marketing, automation, landing pages, and more.
You can setup your email marketing campaigns with their templates and design beautiful emails in a few clicks. You can also use their landing pages to capture more leads.
It comes with powerful integrations which allow you to connect your favorite apps like WordPress, Magento, Slack, etc.
Pricing: $15 – $1199 per month.
6. MailerLite: MailerLite is another robust email marketing service and a great Mailchimp alternative. It comes with a beginner-friendly email editor and pre-made email templates for different campaigns.
You can use landing pages, popups, or embedded signup forms to capture leads. It comes with powerful email automation, segmentation, and personalization features which allow you to target the right users at the right time.
You can analyze your strategy with built-in reporting tools or run A/B split tests to improve your campaigns.
Pricing: Free – $50 per month.
I gave you a lengthy list and some review commentary from the research. I hope it is not boring reading. Just know, there are alternatives to MailChimp.
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davidnorth
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Re: Regarding MailChimp
Thank you for all this. Very thorough. Unfortunately, I am not looking for a mailing service where I have to start paying what I consider outrageous fees every month. I'd probably only send out about 8 messages so it really isn't worth it. There used to be free services which were very simple, just emails, none of this campaign crap, but they have gone the way of the dodo. I'll probably not worry about it.
Thanks again for taking the trouble.
Thanks again for taking the trouble.
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You are welcome! Unfortunately, you seem to be correct. Everyone now seems to see the "Free" craze as having run its course or lived its intended life.
Re: Regarding MailChimp
Here a a few more suggestions that are cheaper (or Free!)
Moosend:
Moosend’s free forever plan is free, Forever!
You can sign up here today, without any limitation when it comes to emails or which features you can use or how you can use them.
With Moosend, you get unlimited customer segmentation with any variant you could think of, even as a free user.
Not only that, but mastering list management for your eCommerce business or agency becomes easier than ever.
What is more, the automation builder is fast, reliable and most of all, available for every pricing plan.
In fact, Moosend is 30% cheaper on average than Mailchimp, making it the most affordable and value-for-money of the Mailchimp alternatives.
All in all, Moosend is an affordable, sophisticated choice for those of you that need a simple option but are on a shoe-string budget, with free email newsletter templates for every occasion, sophisticated segmentation, and fantastic customer service.
Features:
Moosend has a series of features available for those of you that like fast and sophisticated options.
You’ve got a:
powerful drag-and-drop editor to go with the free email newsletter templates,
landing pages you can create with an easy to use landing page builder
email marketing automation features that make repetitive tasks a thing of the past + premade automation workflows
sign up forms so you never miss a lead
list segmentation options that will help you increase your open and click-through rate
real-time analytics that can guarantee success and
integrations for all your favorite apps and services
You can also test the designer by registering to Moosend for free!
Moosend offers a free plan for brands with up to 1000 subscribers but its prices will help your brand grow in no time.
It can offer a wide variety of pricing plans, from the classic monthly ones to a custom pay-as-you-go option that allows you to pay only when you send, without any extra fees.
Moosend:
Moosend’s free forever plan is free, Forever!
You can sign up here today, without any limitation when it comes to emails or which features you can use or how you can use them.
With Moosend, you get unlimited customer segmentation with any variant you could think of, even as a free user.
Not only that, but mastering list management for your eCommerce business or agency becomes easier than ever.
What is more, the automation builder is fast, reliable and most of all, available for every pricing plan.
In fact, Moosend is 30% cheaper on average than Mailchimp, making it the most affordable and value-for-money of the Mailchimp alternatives.
All in all, Moosend is an affordable, sophisticated choice for those of you that need a simple option but are on a shoe-string budget, with free email newsletter templates for every occasion, sophisticated segmentation, and fantastic customer service.
Features:
Moosend has a series of features available for those of you that like fast and sophisticated options.
You’ve got a:
powerful drag-and-drop editor to go with the free email newsletter templates,
landing pages you can create with an easy to use landing page builder
email marketing automation features that make repetitive tasks a thing of the past + premade automation workflows
sign up forms so you never miss a lead
list segmentation options that will help you increase your open and click-through rate
real-time analytics that can guarantee success and
integrations for all your favorite apps and services
You can also test the designer by registering to Moosend for free!
Moosend offers a free plan for brands with up to 1000 subscribers but its prices will help your brand grow in no time.
It can offer a wide variety of pricing plans, from the classic monthly ones to a custom pay-as-you-go option that allows you to pay only when you send, without any extra fees.