Finding a good email newsletter software as an Accountant, CPA Firm, or Bookkeeper can be challenging. Which is why we put together a set of reviews on some of the leading applications in the marketplace. Enjoy!
Mailchimp
What it Does:
Mailchimp makes email management and list management a breeze
Main Features:
- Subscriber profiles
- Automation and personalization
- Advanced analytics
- Flexible design options for teams of all sizes
- Send anytime, anywhere
Free Trial: (Yes/No)
No. They offer a free plan for 2,000 and below subscribers
Pricing
Plans start at $10 per month. Pay as you go option lowest pricing is $9
Cloud based?
Yes
Website:
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Vertical Response
What it Does:
Vertical Response allows businesses to easily and conveniently do their marketing activities – whether email, social media, mobile, etc. – from one place.
Main Features:
- Design
- professionally designed, free templates
- beautiful email in minutes
- sign up forms
- Autoresponders to save you time
- 100% Mobile & Social Friendly
- Delivery, engagement and next steps
- Integrations
Free Trial: (Yes/No)
No. They offer a free plan for 1,000 contacts and below.
Pricing
Lowest monthly plan at $17.60 per month (Introductory price). Pay as you go is offered with lowest pricing at $7.50
Cloud based?
No
Website:
http://www.verticalresponse.com/
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Aweber
What it Does:
Aweber makes email marketing simpler and faster
Main Features:
- Autoresponder Follow Up
- Send a sequence of automatically delivered emails.
- Email Deliverability Rate
- Get more messages delivered to your subscribers
- Sign Up Forms with Style
- Build your list quickly with great looking mobile-responsive sign up forms.
- Email Newsletters
- Simple enough for newbies with advanced options for experts.
- RSS to Email
- Automatically create emails from your newest blog posts.
- Drag-and-Drop Editor
- Create and send professional email marketing newsletters.
- HTML Email Templates
- Over 700 mobile-responsive templates make it easy to create stunning emails.
- App Showcase
- Integrates with other online tools to help build your list.
- Manage Subscribers
- Collect, track and manage your subscriber list.
- Subscriber Segmenting
- Target subscribers based on their actions with a single click.
- Email Marketing Tracking
- Gain a holistic view of your email campaign.
- Email Marketing API
- Integrate third party applications with AWeber.
Free Trial: (Yes/No)
No. But for $1 for the first month they offer a 30-day money back guarantee
Pricing
Plans start at $19 ( 1st month is just $1)
Cloud based?
Yes
Website:
http://www.aweber.com/index-awb.htm
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Campaign Monitor
What it Does:
Creating, sending and optimizing email marketing campaigns is a breeze with Campaign Monitor
Main Features:
- Design Beautiful Emails
- Through email builder Canvas (range of designs to choose from) or using your own designs (Importing takes a single click)
- Personalize email campaigns easily
- Template Language makes it easy for anyone with HTML experience to turn any web page into a flexible, re-usable email template
- Mobile-Ready Templates
- Easy updating any email code live in the browser
- Send Campaigns
- RSS to Email
- A/B Testing
- Social Sharing
- Autoresponders
- Segmentation and Personalization Tools
- Track results
- Insightful Analytics
- Opens and Clicks
- Social Sharing
- Bounces
- Google Analytics
- Social Reporting
- Monitor for iPhone
- Subscriber Snapshot
- Insightful Analytics
- Grow Audience
- Simple tools to grow audience (Subscribe button, subscribe forms, enlist for iPad)
- List management made easy
- Subscriber notifications
- Drag and drop importing
- Subscriber snapshot
- Segments
- Facebook subscribe
- Flexibility built in
- Preference centers
- Custom fields
- Auto-list management
- Be Social
- Social Sharing
- Social Reporting
- Facebook Subscribe
- Real-time Conversations
- Integrate
- 100+ Integrations
- Powerful API
Free Trial: (Yes/No)
No but setting up an account and creating a campaign is free. You will need to pay if you’re sending to more than 5 subscribers.
Pricing
Monthly plans start at $9. Offers Pay per campaign at $5 per campaign + 1 cent per recipient
Cloud based?
Yes
Website:
https://www.campaignmonitor.com/
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Zoho
What it Does:
Zoho lets you create, send & track email and social campaigns easily
Main Features:
- Effortless Email Marketing
- Professional Email Newsletters
- Campaign Tracking & Reporting
- Integration with Zoho CRM
- Promote on Social Media
Free Trial: (Yes/No)
No. But they offer a free plan (2000 subscribers and less)
Pricing
Plans start at $5 per month. Pay as you use starts at $6
Cloud based?
Yes
Website:
https://www.zoho.com/campaigns/
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Constant Contact
What it Does:
Constant Contact provides easy, affordable, and proven to get results email marketing solutions.
Main Features:
- List-building tools
- Contact management
- Mobile-friendly templates
- Image and file storage
- Social media tools
- Free, award-winning support
Free Trial: (Yes/No)
Yes, 60-day free trial
Pricing
Plans start at $15 per month
Cloud based?
Yes
Website:
http://www.constantcontact.com/email-marketing2/overview
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Active Campaign
What it Does:
Active Campaign provides an all-in-one marketing platform
Main Features:
- Email Marketing
- Send newsletters, design beautiful email campaigns, and keep in touch with your contacts and customers.
- Marketing Automation
- Automate your marketing channels using personal and behavioral data about your contacts.
- Sales & CRM
- Get more leads and close deals faster with our refreshing new take on customer relations
Free Trial: (Yes/No)
Yes, 14-day free trial
Pricing
Plans start at $9 per month
Cloud based?
No
Website:
http://www.activecampaign.com/
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