Can you recommend a database email marketing service provider?
Can you recommend a database marketing email platform ASP -- not intra-company emails, rather the database marketing sort.
Who have you used? What's been your experience with them? How many emails do you send a month? How much do you spend? Whom would you recommend?
Thank you,
Kam Zardouzian
VP Marketing
IDEA Health & Fitness Association
Clarification added February 4, 2008:
Thanks for everyone who responded in such a short time....amazing!!!
Let me clarify: We are looking for an application service provider (ASP) and not a software or software/hardware solution to maintain in-house.
Also, if you are the vendor, please include some referenceable client names and contact information.
Thank you.
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We have a Marketing Application that you can send out emails to your database. www.completexrm.com
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Kam,
I'd highly recommend ExactTarget. I was a Product Manager at ExactTarget and am a client currently. It's an excellent product. We had clients when I worked there that put out millions of emails weekly. Prices can vary quite a bit based on your volume.
If you give them a call, be sure to let them know I sent them your way!
Doug
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Clarification added February 4, 2008:
Kam, ExactTarget is an ASP.
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I would recommend several.
Constant Contact is an excellent options, online, self-service. and good pricing.
I would also highly recommend SilverPop. There are more a full service email marketing firm. I have had great experiences with both.
Good luck
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Kam we provide email marketing services check us out at http://bhggraphicdesign.com/bhgmail
Prices range according to volume and customization. Love to hear from you. Thanks Bryan Grundon
We use OnLetterhead for our email and newsletters. The service is reasonably priced and the creative is great.
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Chris Barnes is the definitive independent expert with ASP-based Email Service Providers. Chris spent many successful years w/Exact Target, should be delighted to evaluate IDEA' needs & recommend a solution. Good luck Cam.
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Hi,
As you are US based I would suggest http://www.mailermailer.com/. Its important that you use a provider that handles bounces and unsubscribes automatically. I used to use MailerMailer but as I am based in the UK we now use www.emailvision.com, they have relationships with the relevant ISPs for whitelisting.
There are many 3rd party ESPs (email service providers), and roughly split into two segments primarily by price/features. ExactTarget (mentioned above) represents the high price/high feature segment, whereas Constant Contact represents the lower price/not as many features. ExactTarget, Yesmail and others are well documented by the industry analysts, and used by many Enterprise-level businesses. For the SMB marketplace, Constant Contact and VerticalResponse fit very, very well. Recommendation: if you are just starting down this path, then take your first step with one of the ESPs focused on the SMB space (we use VerticalResponse). Theirs is a self-service model where you pay by the piece sent (often less than a penny each), and there's no long term commitment nor a setup fee. Should you need additional features, then look to the higher tier providers. Hope this helps.
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This is Riverhall System's business (http://www.riverhall.co.uk). Get in touch with Andrew.
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php list will enable you to do this yourself easily. Any competent db tech should be able to install and configure it and then you can use it to import and manipulate any data.
I've had very good success with Constant Contact - simple to use, no complaints. Have heard good things about Exact Target, and also a service (out of Nashville I believe) called Emma.
Hi Kam,
Since no one's mentioned them yet, I'd like to suggest GotMarketing's Campaigner product. It is an ASP solution and I've been using it for about 4 years now. We send in the 10's of thousands per month but they support much heavier loads.
I added a link to my Squidoo lens below on "How to set up Campaigner".
Good luck!
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Kam
+1 for Constant Contact.
We have also used Campaign Monitor, recommended.
Hope this helps
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Hi Kim: NCR Corporation has a great product: Customer Power. You can check them out here: http://www.ncrecommerce.com/.
We use our own products, naturally, but I would recommend it even if i didn't work there. Internally, our business unit send out about 8 emails a month, but plan to increase that greatly over the next year.
Customer Power can help you segment, transmit, maintain lists and track performance.
You might find this interesting as well: http://www.emailyogi.com/
Good luck!
Colleen Swanger
Director, Graphics and Digital Services
NCR Corporation
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Kam,
I met with Scott Thomas here in my Atlanta area not too long ago. I think you should talk to him. is company specializes in that. Look him up on LinkedIn also. His email is sthomas@mansellgroup.com.
Good luck with your search.
