Five Apps: Facilitate mass business mailings
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Five mostly free mass mailing applications
Five mostly free mass mailing applications
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Although I would never condone spamming, there are plenty ofrnlegal and ethical uses for mass mailing applications. Mass mailing applicationsrnare commonly used for opt-in advertising, communicating with group membersrn(clubs, churches, etc.), or for newsletter or blog post distribution. Thisrnarticle lists five applications that can facilitate mass mailings.
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1. Bigg Mass Mailer
rnrnBiggrnMass Mailer is a free tool for generating mass mailings. The best thingrnabout this tool (aside from the price) is probably its simplicity. Bigg MassrnMailer has a very clean and straightforward interface that allows you tornspecify your mail server’s credentials, compose your message, import yourrnmailing list, and click Send. This utility could not be any simpler to use.
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2. e-Campaign
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e-Campaignrnis a full featured mass E-mail tool that is a good fit for those who wish torncreate and monitor an E-mail marketing campaign. The software allows you torncreate a series of mailing jobs, and messages can be sent in HTML or plainrntext. More importantly, the tool has rich reporting features and offersrntracking capabilities so that you know who has opened your message and who hasrnunsubscribed.
rnrne-Campaign sells for $149.95,rnbut a free trial version is available for download.
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3. MailList Controller Free
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MailListrnController Free is a free tool for generating mass mailings. The initialrnsetup process walks you through setting up your SMTP server and setting up yourrnfirst mailing list, but you can create additional lists later on. It is worthrnnoting however, that the free version only allows for a single list with up torn100 recipients. The professional edition allows for ten lists with up to 10,000rnrecipients, while the extreme edition is unlimited.
rnrnThe software seems to havernall of the basics covered. It allows you to import list members or add membersrnmanually. There is also a very rich interface for composing messages. You canrnalso keep track of outgoing messages and previously sent messages.
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4. GroupMail Free Edition
rnrnGroupMailrnFree Edition is a free tool for sending out bulk E-mail messages. Thisrnapplication has all of the basics covered, but it also has a few nice extras.rnFor example, the software can use its own internal database, but it can alsornconnect to an existing external database or pull recipients directly from yourrnaddress book. There is also a scheduler feature, but to use it you have tornupgrade to the paid version. My personal favorite feature is that even if yourndecide to use the internal database, you can create and modify database fieldsrnso that you can create rich, personalized messages.
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5. Sendblaster Free Edition
rnrnSendblasterrnFree Edition is a free tool for mass messaging. The tool is full featuredrnand provides a very nice reporting and tracking engine. The software is alsorndesigned to work with Google Analytics so that you can track which of yourrnrecipients actually made a purchase after receiving your E-mail. Another nicernthing about this application is that it includes a number of different messagerntemplates that you can use, although some of the templates are only availablernin the paid version.
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