Autoresponders
Autoresponders – Automation for Your Business
Autoresponders are automated systems that enable you to reply immediately solicited information automatically and send follow ups to your prospects.
The autoresponder is a program that automatically sends a reply with a pre-designed response -written by you- to any email address that has previously requested to receive the information you give.
Advantages of using an Autoresponder
- They work 365/24/7
- They introduce you and your business to the prospective customer
- Send welcome letters to new members
- Send personalized follow up emails to your subscribers
- Preset time intervals between messages
- Create an easy to manage database of subscribers
- Send broadcasts when necessary (special offers, special events…)
Choosing and Setting up Autoresponders
It can be simple to set up and use an autoresponder, but choosing which one from the dozens of autoresponders that are available can be difficult. Most web hosts offer a simple autoresponder that gives one email message in response to an email to a specific email address. The problem with this type of responder is that one message is often not enough to keep the continued contact or deliver the content that you want to offer your visitor.
Autoresponder services are web based services that allow you to send a series of emails to a visitor who has either requested the email through a web-based form on you site (the service provides the html code for your site to use) or who has sent an email to a specific address the service has provided you to use.
The primary advantage of such services is that they are very easy to set up, and are very reliable. In addition, they are host independent. This means that your web host doesn’t have to allow you to run any particular services on your site to have access to all that an e-mail autoresponder can provide.
The autoresponder we use is Trafficwave. It’s gaining more and more popularity and this is just because it works and it also has the best rates available. You also have 30 days free trial. See the price and the comparision chart by clicking the banner below:
Other great autoresponders that we can recommend you -if you look for other than TrafficWave- are:
and Aweber.
The most tedious and challenging part when setting up your autoresponder is when you have to write your email series. You can write as many as you need and insert them in your autoresponder. Then, when someone will subscribe, the service will do its magic sending those emails at scheduled time. This is mainly a one-time work and when it’s done and you have your email series ready the hard work is done. Then, you’ll only need to write emails when you need to send broadcasts to your subscribers about anything you may want they know.
Knowing what to say in those email series and messages is good but knowing how to write effective and attention grabbing emails that at the same time get money is key!
These are skills that can be learned and one of the masters of email promotions is Michael Rasmussen. If you want to learn from him, we fully recommend his work. Go to Email Promos Exposed and get access to free video series where he teach crucial techniques about writing emails. You’ll learn how to:
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Create each aspect of a powerful email, from the subject line all the way to the PS.
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Create an “email blueprint” that practically writes the email for you!
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Create excitement about whatever you’re selling (even if it’s boring as dirt).
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Get people to act now instead of putting it off until later.
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Polish up your email and get it ready for broadcasting.
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Instantly achieve the creative, powerful mindset you need to write killer email promos
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The single biggest mistake people make with subject lines that guarantees your email won’t get opened.
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Format your emails to make them easy to read.
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… and many more!
