Hi, I have built up a mailing list of approx 7000 members. Everyone has requested and entered there email address into my email newsletter sign up form. I have a good % of members that are AOL subscribers ... The last few times i have sent a mailshot (normally every 3 weeks) i have received a email back from saying ... Subject: Client TOS Notification Message: <blank> And a attachment of my email? Are they trying to tell me something? I have a unsubscribe in every newsletter i send out so what the problem? I have tried contacting aol but they do not answer my emails. Suggestions
That most likely means that your emails are NOT getting through to your subscribers, depending upon who thier email service provider is. In other words the server where you are sending the mailings from has been probably been blacklisted. We have had continued success (6 years running) using 3 specific email marketing venues that you may want ot check out to ensure that your emails actually get delivered. Our most important program to the business is Mailloop 6.0. Mailloop is one of the most complete e-mail management solutions available. It's NOT some clunky piece of software, developed by some programmer who knows absolutely nothing about marketing. And it's certainly NOT some hard-to-install, hard-to-use system that's going to collect dust on your bookshelf or sit unused on your computer desktop for years to come. It's a "first-of-its-kind" e-mail marketing system that combines every feature and capability you would need to produce successful e-mail marketing campaigns. They give you 90 days to try this program and check out all its powerful features. Send a couple of newsletters... test an e-mail promotion... this way you see exactly how much your campaigns can positively impact your bottom line. * We use this for our general mass mail promotional campaigns. Alternatively, you can try Desktop Marketer . This option is a direct-to-desktop publishing platform, and in my opinion, is the next generation of e-mail style marketing. I mean, why lose sales due to service providers unfairly marking your opt-in e-mail messages as spam when you can send messages direct to your client's desktops? Let your competitors wrestle with e-mail filters, bad addresses, bounce backs, and blacklists. This technology gives you a direct channel to your customers and prospects, which MOST people know nothing about. *We use this for our individualized niche email campaigns and most active subscribers. Lastly, you might want to check out Constant Contact . This is a (browser based) do-it-yourself email marketing platform and service. Constant Contact makes it easy to build and manage permission email lists, create and send eye-catching HTML email newsletters, announcements and promotions, and track DETAILED email campaign results. *We use this for our entire opt-in list, particularly for our bi-weekly Newsletter and it has been an invaluable tool allowing us to communicate and develop profitable relationships with our prospects, existing customers and clients. Regarding conversion rates using the above mentioned platforms ... we send out our mailings on Tuesdays (never on holidays) between 10 am and 3 pm and our conversion rates range anywhere between 10.9% and 25%. Between September 1st and usually February conversions jump to between 15% to almost 30%. Best of luck to you! Lilly