Yakezie.com - Topic: Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 Lena Gott on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/page-2/#p85286 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/page-2/#p85286 Jeff Rose said:

Lena Gott said:

So I guess my main question now is: Did you all wait until you had a freebie (ebook, etc) to give away before you put a newsletter box on your sites? 

I supposed you get more subs if you had something to giveaway BUT I haven't given away anything as a lead magnet and I still get 20-30 new subs a day.  

I will say that I am working on a free ebook (Finally!) so I hope it will only get better. 

I promise you it's better to just start now.  I regret not starting from the beginning.  Sounds like Corey's realizing that, too.  Even Pat Flynn said that was one of his big mistakes starting out.  

Build your list……NOW! Wink 

And just in case you do......here's a nice link to Aweber for you.  Laugh

Alright, you guys have convinced me!  I read one of Pat's post on this and believe him when he says it was a mistake. What does it say about him that I feel guilty for using your link instead of his?  I've learned so much from following him over the years, that I almost owe it to him.  But then again, you responded personally to my questions. LOL  

I'm gonna hold off until I can get the 10 or so blog posts off my immediate to-do list, but then I will definitely sign up for Aweber.  I've used MailChimp in the past and can't say I liked it all that much.  

]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:06:04 +0000 20s Finances on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/page-2/#p85270 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/page-2/#p85270 Yep - That's it exactly! Don't wait!

 

Jeff Rose said:

 

 Sounds like Corey's realizing that, too. 

 

]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:42:27 +0000 Jeff Rose on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/page-2/#p85268 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/page-2/#p85268 Lena Gott said:

So I guess my main question now is: Did you all wait until you had a freebie (ebook, etc) to give away before you put a newsletter box on your sites? 

I supposed you get more subs if you had something to giveaway BUT I haven't given away anything as a lead magnet and I still get 20-30 new subs a day.  

I will say that I am working on a free ebook (Finally!) so I hope it will only get better. 

I promise you it's better to just start now.  I regret not starting from the beginning.  Sounds like Corey's realizing that, too.  Even Pat Flynn said that was one of his big mistakes starting out.  

Build your list……NOW! Wink

 

And just in case you do......here's a nice link to Aweber for you.  Laugh

]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:37:29 +0000 The College Investor on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85266 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85266 Start ASAP.  You don't need something to give away, and you shouldn't wait until you have a plan.  Just start your list now!

]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:57:19 +0000 Lena Gott on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85258 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85258 Do you guys recommend setting up a list before you have an exact plan for monetizing it?  Right now, all I have is Feedburner, which just sends out my posts.  It would be nice to have a way to email my subscribers separately without posting on the site.  But, because I have limited time right now, I''ve ignored setting up MailChimp or Aweber, justifying it with the monetization thing.

Jeff - I didn't realize until just now that you responded to my comment in April on your blog post.  LOL  Guess I need to do a better job of keeping up with that kind of thing!  After reviewing your post, I can see the wisdom is setting up a list sooner rather than later.  

So I guess my main question now is: Did you all wait until you had a freebie (ebook, etc) to give away before you put a newsletter box on your sites?  

I suppose deep down I'm worried that I'll go to all this trouble to set up a mailing list, then no one will want to subscribe! Maybe what I really need is a pep talk!

]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:52:30 +0000 20s Finances on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85213 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85213 haha - I know, right? I may have saved $200 ish dollars for the first year, but now I have to start from scratch basically. *sigh

md said:

It's about time you stop being cheap Corey!

]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:34:16 +0000 martin on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85210 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85210 It's about time you stop being cheap Corey!

]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:30:44 +0000 20s Finances on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85202 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85202 Thanks to Robert and Jeff (among other promoters), I literally just made the jump and blogged about it too. (What else am I going to do on a Wednesday night? ;) ) If anyone is interested in hearing my rationale, both why I didn't use it starting out and why I switched, you can check out the post here.

 

I plan to create newsletters on all my sites, but it will take a little time to implement... I like the autoresponder features as well as the tracking abilities to just name a few. Feedburner is old-school now that I see Aweber's interface.

]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:50:54 +0000 The College Investor on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85193 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85193 Aweber is definitely worth the price!

]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:28:51 +0000 michael @ financial ramblings on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85143 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85143 Gotcha. I mis-read that. I thought that you started with FeedBlitz and then migrated your list to Aweber, leaving FeedBlitz behind. So it sounds like you basically cloned the list over to Aweber but kept FeedBlitz rolling -- is that right?

Assuming so, do you periodically sync up the lists? It's good to know that Aweber allowed you to bring over your confirmed addresses without requiring a new opt-in. Was it hard to do this? That is, did it take some convincing, or is this a standard operating procedure at Aweber?

]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:57:06 +0000 Jeff Rose on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85140 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85140 Another realization of why having a newsletter is so important is the ability to survey your readers.   You can find out their demographic, topics they want to write about, topics they could care less about.  

 

I just sent a survey to my readers (using Survey Monkey) today and was blown away at some of the responses.   I haven't surveyed them in about a year which is WRONG.   I'm sure Ramit would suggest to constantly survey your readers. 

Sure you can do this on a blog post, but I think you get more candid responses via email and using a survey program like Survey Monkey.  Google Docs could work too but I like the layout features of SM. 

Personally, between blog comments, Facebook messages or emails, I've got the most intimate of responses from my readers through email stemming from my newsletters.   

]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:19:17 +0000 Jeff Rose on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85139 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85139 michael @ financial ramblings said:

Jeff: What's the advantage of Aweber over FeedBlitz? They seem pretty equivalent. You can use both for RSS-to-email and you can also use both to send e-mail blasts (newsletters and the like). And both offer the ability to set up autoresponders.

Is there something I'm missing? Or perhaps FeedBlitz didn't have all these features back when you made the jump?

The only reason I kept Feedblitz is 1. I'm lazy and 2. I'm lazy..... haha...

 

No seriously, at the time I wanted to send out a weekly email blast to all my subs highlighting my posts for the week.   In my mind, it was easier (albeit more expensive) to keep Feedblitz for this and Aweber for auto responders and broadcasts. 

 

Now realizing I can do the same thing with Aweber, my primary reason for not combing the two.....  3. I'm lazy.  Laugh

]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:14:29 +0000 michael @ financial ramblings on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85113 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85113 Jeff: What's the advantage of Aweber over FeedBlitz? They seem pretty equivalent. You can use both for RSS-to-email and you can also use both to send e-mail blasts (newsletters and the like). And both offer the ability to set up autoresponders.

Is there something I'm missing? Or perhaps FeedBlitz didn't have all these features back when you made the jump?

]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:51:30 +0000 FamilyMoneyValues on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85112 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p85112 Thanks all for your replies.  I hadn't thought about getting my feed subscribers into my email newsletter list.....so I'll need to ponder that and look into FeedBlitz.

]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:58:30 +0000 Jeff Rose on Is Aweber worth the cost? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p84982 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/is-aweber-worth-the-cost/#p84982 I started with Feeblitz and was able to import into Aweber without my subsribers having to re-optin.   I had to contact Aweber and verify them with this.  

 

I use MailChimp for monthly newsletter for clients.  It's free and easy. 

 

For my blog, I use Aweber.   The big component (which I think you would have to pay for Mail Chimp to do this) is the autoresponder.   A constant and automatic touch to your newsletter subscribers is what makes it all worth it, IMHO.  

 

One of the biggest mistakes that I made when I started my blog was not have an email newsletter.  

Which I so happened to right about here.  :)

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