Hello. I'm stuck. I have a popular website with a few hundred thousand visitors per month, but my host doesn't let me email any of them. I used to have a newsletter that was double opt in, but the same people who signed themselves up apparently chose to mark it as spam, so it was reported to the host and the host took down my website. So, I have not been emailing any of them, but a consultant tells me the lack of a newsletter and signup is the #1 problem and missed opportunity with my site. Do you do email marketing campaigns? Have you found a host that doesn't punish you for it? Keep in mind I'm not talking about selling things via email or any offers at all, just sending information- a can-spam compliant message to users who sign themselves up for it, then confirm, then later I confirmed them again. So, does anyone know what host allows this and what software you use, and how often you email?
You need to use a service like Aweber or Get response or mailchimp for email marketing. These services can handle large emails and understand when people mark things as spam just because. You should not be sending over 1000 emails a month directly from your host.. that is the best way to get your site red flagged which seems to have happened. Hope this helps -- best of luck!
Thanks, but I have to send email from my own host, because I send chapter readings from a book (that's what people sign up for), and it has to query mysql to generate the email. I can't do that with those external services that I'm aware of. Plus the bounceback rate on aweber, mailchimp, constant contact, etc, are awful- they are already blacklisted on so many servers, and when you're not emailing from your own server, delivery rate goes way down. Further, a lot of these email services add their own crap branding at the bottom- html and images that can't be removed- and they LOOK like spam. My emails have to be unbranded. Any ideas on how to send mysql-generated emails efficiently so server doesn't get banned?
If you spam people , usually hosting provider will give you a warning because this would effect other hosting as well due to share IP. Why not try to use email marketing system that allow you to send thousand of emails within one day and you able to track all your email marketing campaign by , open rate, bounce rate and unsubscribe rate. You can use mailchimp, aweber and so on . If possible , you may get email marketing system from your hosting provider as well if they do offer.
Let's not assume wanting to send someone email is spam. I already said it was can-spam compliant. It's chapter readings with nothing sold or offered, offered as a free service for those who double-opt in. That's about as benign as it gets. I also said above I can't use email services, because I need to query mysql every time to generate the content. My hosting provider doesn't have an option that would work either. Are you saying aweber, mailchimp, etc can allow me to run a php script that queries my externally hosted mysql database to generate the content and bypass the email services' templates? or did you miss that part about the mysql requirement?