Traffic is one of the important factors that can determine whether you succeed as a blogger or not. Blogging is an online business that wholly depends on the number of visitors coming to your site. The larger the traffic, the higher the chances of conversion in terms of sales. One of the ways to increase the visitors to your site is by building a subscriber list. With an email list you can promote products or services to the list directly, send email newsletters, run email campaigns etc. In this article we look at some of the best email marketing services that you can use to build your subscriber list and improve your online business.
GetResponse
You can use GetResponse to maximize your online business, augment your email list, build great customer relationship or even generate new subscribers. GetResponse enables you to build attractive newsletters & landing pages as well as manage your email marketing efforts. This comes with a tracking & reporting facility and social media integration. They give a trial offer of 30 days.
Constant Contact
This email marketing software makes it easy to grow your e-business through highly efficient and better managed customer relationships. Constant Contact enables you to carry out Email Marketing in an effective, easy and affordable way. They have a large collection of templates that are easily customized. They have an excellent email list management where you can be able to track the emails sent and get reports too. They have affordable pricing models with a 60 day free trial offer.
iContact
This email marketing software comes with amazing message templates, customization options, social media integration, excellent email delivery and tracking facility. iContact have a good customer support with affordable pricing model.
Aweber
Aweber will help you build a successful online business through enhanced and profitable customer relationship. Aweber comes with numerous template designs, auto responder services, various sign up forms, excellent RSS to Email Tools, highly efficient customer support. They have a free trial of 30 days to enable you test their services.
Mailchimp
This is one of the widely used email marketing service provider. It comes with different pricing plans to suit your specific experience. MailChimp offers a Free Plan in which you can have up to 2000 subscribers. You can also send up to 12000 emails in a month with this free plan. However the emails you send to your subscribers will have the MailChimp badge in the footer. They offer various pre-designed templates that helps you to personalize and customize your sign up forms and confirmation emails.
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Convertkit
This is one of the best email service providers for online entrepreneurs and bloggers. Convertkit provides:
- Easy to create auto responders
- Content upgrade
- High deliverability
- Easily accessible stats and data
- Easy to target your right audience and make sure they get the right emails.
- Automation to save on time and make your work easier.
Don’t wait any more longer, start building your subscribers list now with Convertkit and see your list and business grow.
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Comments
168 responses to “5 Best Email Marketing Services for Businesses & Bloggers”
This is great information. It shows the importance of having a subscriber list when social media platforms go down. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing! I used to be with Mailchimp, and transferred to MailerLite and I am happier with them:)
Hi, I appreciate your feedback.
Such a comprehensive list and a great resource! Thanks for sharing!
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Amazing tips and resources!! This is something I really need to work on. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Lindsey, am grateful for your feedback.
Nice read John! Good list of services – I use Convertkit and love it! Thanks!
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Thank you for listing this helpful email validation tools. Also, email marketing tools like DeliverBility can come in handy my cleaning email list.
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Thanks for listing this useful email marketing tools. Also, email validation tools like DeBounce can come in handy my cleaning email list.
Wonderful round up of email providers. I personally use Mailerlite.
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Glad to know that!
Thanks for the awesome info on these email services. #GlobalBlogging
Thanks Heather for visiting.
Thanks for sharing. I use Sumo Me and was wondering to switch. Now I have choices.
Thanks for the feedback.
Ooooo what a great resource! I need to get better at sending emails to my mailing list
Hi, thanks for dropping by!
I use Mailchimp, but have thought about switching to one of the others. My list is still small, so I have time to do research and make my decision once that happens. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Ann, welcome.
Great post. When i started using WordPress i opted and used mailchimp but currently all my blogs run on Feedburner subscription
Hi, Mailchimp is always the best for beginner bloggers.
Excellent Post. Personally I prefer MailChimp over others.
Hi, yes Mailchimp is good for bloggers especially the beginners.
Those were a great list of apps that I can use with my email marketing. GetResponse sounds very useful and I’ll have to check on it.
Thanks Preet!
I really need to step up my marketing game on blogger. I have slacked for sure but I have to keep my focus on it because blog awareness is important if you want in the industry. I have to get on board with constant contact and mailchimp because I currently don’t use them.
Thanks for the feedback.
My friend is still using Mailchimp and she totally recommend it. Thanks for this very helpful list for us to check.
Hi Chelle, appreciated.
There’s a couple services that I hadn’t heard of. You have great summaries about each one. I just recently started using MailChimp and I like it a lot.
Thanks Sam!
So true. Marketing services make a difference. Thank you for sharing.
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Great software programs, and wonderful technical advice! It is more than just posting pictures, and what you use makes a huge impact!
Thanks very much Courtney for visiting!
I used to use Mail Chimp. I didn’t like it at all. I would love to use Convertkit but it costs money. I am not a big blog yet. It is too expensive.
Hi, Mailchimp is good for new bloggers, you can use it to build a subscriber list in the beginning, then migrate to better ones like ConvertKit when you are established.
As always, great tips and very useful information! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Catherine
These are great tips! I use Mailchimp at the moment, but may switch in the future when I get more subscribers.
Hi Lisa, I appreciate your visit.
Thank you for introducing me to some new email marketing services – I will definitely be checking them out. I already knew of Mailchimp but always like to try other services to see what suits my needs best.
Appreciated.
Focusing on building up my email list is a task high on my list of things to do! I appreciate your recommendations for email marketing.
Thanks Alexandra.
I have heard of iContact before. I’ll have to give them a try. Love your business insights!
Hi Jacque, thanks very much for passing by.
I clearly have some work to do. Of all the tools you mention I only use Mailchimp.
Hi Coombe, I think Mailchimp can still work, especially if you are just starting out!
This is going to help a lot of internet based business men and women. Email marketing can be highly effective if you can do it correctly.
Yes, Email marketing is the next big thing in Internet Marketing.
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Hi John! If I start out on Mailchimp and want to switch to another email marketing service in the future, would it be fairly easy? Thanks for the helpful post!
Hi, I believe all email service providers allow switching, I would recommend Convertkit, it is one of the best. We also have GetResponse. These two have superb support. They will guide should you decide to switch.
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Some great tips here thanks for sharing.
Hi Rachael, thanks for being a loyal reader. Welcome.
Really good article I will definitely look into some of these to up my visitors!
Hi, thanks for visiting.
i use mail chimp for my business but not for my blog. i might just sign up!
It depends on your needs. If you are just starting out, then Mailchimp is the best, but for serious professional and business work, Convertkit, GetResponse are some of the best.
Do you know of any good free email marketing services 🙂
The very best is Convertkit, but GetResponse is also a good option even if you are new to email marketing. They have a free trial that you can try out.
I personally use (read: set up) MailChimp but i find it hard to build an email list. Any tips and pointers on how to grow your subscriber list?
Have you implemented a call to action to enable you get more subscribers? That is what I use, and more than 80 % of my subscribers come through it. You can use a plugin called boxzilla to implement a call to action. This is a small box that slides in from the bottom right or left as someone scrolls down. It converts better than just putting in a subscriber form in your sidebar or below your blog contents. Try it. Another method is to put a link to your sign up form in your content. You can ask your readers to join your newsletter list directly. lastly you can use freebies, give something freely in exchange of an email. I hope this helps.
Thank you for such a great round-up of tools for bloggers. I am jumping on the MailChimp bandwagon by saying I love their products, but their customer service (or lack of) makes it challenging. When you want to quickly send an email and it is incorrectly flagged and held for three days before customer service replies it isn’t really helpful anymore. I am hoping to increase my list and then switch to Convertkit or Constant Contact. Thanks for mentioning Get Response – I have never heard of that one and will look into it.
Hi, thanks for those insightful comments. Constant Contact, Convertkit and GetResponse are some of the best in the market. So you will definitely narrow down to the price. In my opinion, GetResponse has affordable pricing. They also give a free trial that you can sign up without giving Credit card details. Mailchimp is good especially when you are starting, but if you want great sign forms, professional email templates that will enable you convert highly, then you go for the other 3.
Great list of e-mail marketing services. I have recently signed up for MailChimp but still reading on how to use it.
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Great post! Really helpful!
Thanks Erin.
I use mail chimp also but I’m glad I’ve learned about a few more options! Thanks for sharing!
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I use AWeber and couldn’t be more satisfied!
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Thank you for all the great information! I just started using aweber so it’s nice that I can look into these others and compare.
Hi Charleen, thanks for the comments.
I’m currently in the market for a new email marketing program. My domain is set up through wix, but the plan that I have only allows for 3 emails a month. That makes it hard when I post often and are trying to build a relationship and keep communication open with my subscribers. I don’t want to upgrade my whole plan just for more emails but I also don’t want to break the bank using another platform. Thank you so much for these options – I’ll have to look into them!
Hi Veronica, it is always good to compare different service providers, but from my experience GetResponse is one of the best. Maybe you can give them a try through their free offer and see how their services work.
Great tips, never looked into email marketing x
Email marketing offers a good way to get additional traffic, remember for you to get traffic say from social media, you must be active on daily basis, and also you might be restricted by some of these social media networks but with a list of subscribers you don’t need to worry, you just set it up, and every thing works well in the long run. Some like GetResponse give a free trial where you can test out their services.
Okay thank you ! X
Used mailchimp and didn’t care for it. Have to check these others out. Nan
Hi Nancy, I appreciate your feedback.
This is awesome and super helpful!
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This are very powerful list and I really encourage people and bloggers to use them to promote their business online
Hi Reginald, thanks for your comments. Yes, email marketing is one of the keys to successful online business.
Great list! Thank you!
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I cant decide which email company I want to stay with i’ve tried MailChimp and just switch to Constant Contact .
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From my experience GetResponse is one of the best, Aweber and Constant Contact are too good. Mailchimp is good for a start.
The only downside of my blogging is I’m nasty at email marketing. Thank you for your suggestions. This may improve my email list growth.
Hi Fahim, am grateful for your visit and comments.
I’ve heard of a few of these services but it’s good to now have a few more to decide which one is the best fit for me. Thanks!
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Thanks for sharing! ill have to give mailchimp a try
Hi Alice, thanks.
Definitely needed this as a beginner!
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I have mail chimp and use it on one of My Apps. It performs well.
Am glad to hear that. Welcome.
Thanks for the great info. I’m currently using MailChimp, my blog is pretty new so their program is good for now. Hopefully my subscribers will grow to where I will have to upgrade!
Hi, thanks for visiting. Yes, MailChimp is good especially if you are just starting out on building a list since they provide up to 2000 free subscribers and even free automation.
Helpful tips, thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for the advice
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Nice list. I was planning to start out with Mailchimp since it’s the most recognized one but at the end I read info on mailer lite and decided to start out with them. Have you heard or used Mailer lite?
Have heard of Mailerlite, though never used it, I understand it might be somehow be having same features as Mailchimp. I have used MailChimp, and I would recommend it to new bloggers who are just starting out with building a list, they have free plan upto 2000 subscribers which comes with automation tool.
Thanks, I needed something like this!
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Great article.
I loved the iContact part.
Hi Hemanth, thanks for dropping by.
Happy to see my service, MailChimp, is here. Tweeted!
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Hi Janice, am grateful for your comments. I like Mailchimp, especially for allowing automation and up to 2000 subscribers free which I find very useful to new bloggers.
I’ve heard of mailchimp but not of the other ones, ill have to check them out
Hi, thanks for visiting again. It is always good to compare and pick the best.
I love that you talk about many different kinds of email providers, giving people options to chose from! Great post. 🙂
Hi, thanks for the visit, Welcome.
Thank you so much for writing this post! I need to switch my email list management system in the next month or two, and this roundup will be helpful to refer back to!
Most Welcome. Hope you gonna use one of the links here…otherwise thanks for visiting.
I switched from mailchimp to convertkit, but I wouldn’t recommend it for everyone, as each person had different skills and needs! I like to know about the different apps so I can recommend them to people. Thanks!
I appreciate for taking time to comment on this post. You are welcomed.
This is very helpful for others that I coach and mentor. I personally love Convertkit, but I know it’s not in everyone’s budget or goal journey.
Hi Serena, I appreciate your comments on this post. Yes, it is good to have knowledge on the various services available to help you make a good informed decision with regard to price and quality.
Such a nice post which would probably help me to get more subscribers and traffic
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At the moment I am using mailchimp recommended by my webdesigner. So far I have only 19 subscribers so as you can guess I dont have much traffic to my blog.?
Hi, building the subscribers list is not an overnight task, it takes time, so keep working.
def looking to check out some of these reccs, thanks
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Very helpful! Thank you!
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Aweber and MailChimp were the only two I was aware of! Going to try GetResponse for sure! Thank you
Yes, GetResponse offers a good service. You can try their free offer.
Great post, thank you! Wonderful list – I myself am a Mailchimp fan!
Hi Elizabeth, am grateful for your comments, welcome.
I am using mailchimp and not too happy. I really just can’t get a subscriber form to work on my blog page (only the pop up one is working right) but it is a start.
Hi Nikkig, Mailchimp is good if you are starting, but if you want good professional work, you can try GetResponse or Constant Contact.
Brilliant I’ve found maulchimp so helpful too
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Will definitely check Get response!
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Great list! I wasn’t a fan of Mailchimp, so I might have to try one of the other ones. 🙂
I would recommend GetResponse Very good for professional work.
Great post. I can definitely step up my email game.
Hi, Taylor you can start with Mailchimp or go for more better options like GetResponse. You can also read reasons you need an email list.
I love Mailerlite! Great for when you’re just starting out.
Hi Tiffany, if you are starting to build an email list, you can start with Mailchimp, but if you want serious professional work, I would recommend GetResponse, you can also read reasons why you need an email list.
intresting read thanks
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This is very helpful! I’m going to check all of these out!
Hi, Your comments appreciated.
Mailchimp also has the best rating when coming to your inbox. There service keeps the most mail out of the inbox from a study that I heard.
Hi, Holly yes, I have used MailChimp, it is good especially when you are starting to build your email list.
I use Mailchimp but recently decided to walk away from them, they are getting really expensive over time if you increase your email database. The templates are horriable and their support for multi screens and responsive design is useless. Weakness in elements, forms, bounce rate and Apple support, not very professional
Hi Dieter, MailChimp is good when you are starting but when you build a big email addresses collection then you can pursue other services. I would recommend GetResponse or Constant Contact These two offer superior features for professional work.
Yes they are all great and I especially love MailChimp.
Hi Juli, thanks for dropping by, MailChimp is good especially when you are just starting.
Thanks for this awesome roundup! I personally use Mailchimp and I absolutely love it 🙂
Hi, welcome.