Comments on: Constant Contact versus Aweber

By: Cgwwbooks

Cgwwbooks — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:03:00 +0000

Thank you for a great comparison. I have AWeber and am trying to use it to market.

By: Lee Raito

Lee Raito — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:39:00 +0000

Hi Dave,

I think you’ll be happy with your decision on switching to Aweber. As for
your Craiglsist marketing question send me your details via my contact page
and I can get back to you with the contact info of a friend of mine that has
done a ton of marketing on Craigslist… I’m sure he could help or at least
point you in the right direction.

Good luck with selling all those low rate mortgages

Cheers,
Lee

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:44:00 +0000

I’m a Constant Contact user but have been only for a short time. I’m a mortgage consultant – not so much a full time marketer, although I guess you could say I’m a full time marketer and part-time mortgage consultant since I spend way more time lately doing marketing and much less time doing actual mortgages – maybe because I’m not that good at the marketing yet. I need some help creating and implementing a marketing plan using Craigslist and Backpage primarily – but am open to other suggestions. Who would be a good group that is not too expensive because I have a very tight budget to start with. Any thoughts? Also, I noticed something that Aweber has that Constant Contacts doesn’t. With Aweber you can create and host landing pages. With Constant Contact you can’t without using an API (not sure what this is but I think it means you need to hire someone to write the landing page for you). I noticed this because I sat through a video presentation and the presenter was showing how to create a landing page and he embedded his sign-up form that he created with Aweber. I immediately went to Constant Contacts to figure out if I can do this same thing with Constant Contacts and it said I either need to use the survey/poll which cannot be customized much or I have to hire someone to do it for me. So I think on that basis, I’m switching to Aweber.

By: Lee Raito

Lee Raito — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:06:00 +0000

Thanks for the question.

Honestly, both Aweber & Constant contact will give you what you are looking for… Although I’m not 100% sure on the ‘forward to a friend’. I have been recommending Aweber over CC for quite sometime now as the service, analytics, & customizations are superior based on my experience.

My suggestion would be to call both companies directly & put your mind at ease by getting all your questions answered upfront.

Good luck with your transfer!

By: KMI

KMI — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:28:00 +0000

Hi Lee –

We’re moving 5000 email-addresses only from Topica. I want either AWeber or CC to send auto-responders when my people click something on our site off the newsletter; I want to see easy to understand analytics; I want the “forward to a friend” link; and I really, really, really need to have some great scalable template options – Topica offers only three. Your best advice?

By: Lflaming

Lflaming — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:31:00 +0000

Thanks for the review. I find the lack of image hosting and therefore logos and branding in the confirmation email to be a problem on aWeber. They also have extremely limited number of characters on the content of that confirmation email. I also imported a comma delimted list and had it completely rejected but did not receive notification. So, I’m back looking at Constant Contact.

By: Remedy Records

Remedy Records — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:26:00 +0000

After three years of this blog post being online, it’s STILL so very worth the read. And, after months of comparing Constant Contact with Aweber and Patron Mail, NONE of these three services were able to bolster offering 100% FREE service to non-profit organizations. Michael, thanks so much for your response. Your response just saved us tons of $$ in overhead that we could not otherwise afford as a ground-level non-profit org. I’ll forego the bells and whistles (auto responders) for the FREE service, 10,000 emails per month, unlimited storage space, and pay-as-you go option. Excellent choice for us non-profits!

By: Lee Raito

Lee Raito — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:21:00 +0000

Jan. 10th, 2010 Just did a review of both Aweber & Constant Contact to update the comparison chart. Please let me know if you think it should include anything else or if you notice anything out of order.

By: JS

JS — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:40:57 +0000

I enjoy using E-MAIL NETWORKS as my email marketing service for PR purposes and think it's user-friendly for the most part. I also liked the fact that the service dept is dependable when I have issues with some of my segment groups, depending on the newsletter campaign.

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