921,504
I would advise putting some thought regarding the intent and consequence.
Who are you blasting to? If these are unknown folks who have provided their email address and it ended up on a list you possess, take care to use a e-mail service and IP that is expendable.
If these are folks who do not know you, but have requested something from a unknown source (opt-in) you will want to keep these addresses separated from the 'met you' data base. For these I would recommend any of the resources already mentioned.
For those you have met, they are in your CRM and should be receiving highly targeted messages that may be gender or passion specific.
Before you pull the trigger on your BLAST, make certain you are prepared for the consequences or have taken measures to shield your business.
Before you choose to use YOUR internet connection to send big emails, chat with your internet service provider and ask them the 'email block sizes' they impose. (time warner is 50) Use a blaster like SendBlaster that allows you to adjust your block sizes so your ISP does not shut you down.
Lastly, always test the service yourself. Sending emails with disabled links and vacant images will not produce the results you want.
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Sheryl Arndt
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Thomas McCombs
Akron, OH
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
1,120,773
Sheryl Arndt
I am a big BIG fan of ixactcontact for software to keep track of Clients and do email. FREE TRIAL!! Two full months and no contract
It is easy to use and has other features I LOVE -
1. Any telephone numbers entered into your smart phone are uploaded to ixact contact. No need to re-enter when back at the office!
2. Lead capture is available.
3 . Email up to a certain number of people each month (I believe 1000).
4. ixactcontact sponsors a monthly newsletter (included in price)
5. Data Entry process is simple -- Still needing help?
The Support Team at ixactcontact will do data entry for you if you prefer 6. ALL OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS may access same account.
So many FEATURES!!! Click here for your free trial. Or explore lots more information right here in ActiveRain. Check out the multitude of posts from the ActiveRain ixactcontact Blog.
Have a happy day -
Lynn
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Sheryl Arndt
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Thomas McCombs
Akron, OH
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
1,027,602
LOL...thank you Lynn B. Friedman for writing all that out so I do not have to do it. Ditto what Lynn said, ixact contact. It is the only CRM I have tried that I actually use! I have tried a few but ixact is super easy and intuitive to ise.
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Sheryl Arndt
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Thomas McCombs
Akron, OH
5,773,392
We like Vertical Response, that is our choice for doing that.
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Sheryl Arndt
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Thomas McCombs
Akron, OH
3,988,013
ChimpMail is pretty darn good and free at many levels. It looks good too.
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Sheryl Arndt
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Thomas McCombs
Akron, OH
630,251
80,193
ChimpMail continues to improve, one of the challenges of using a service like that is it can get tagged as spam or promotions in gmail and many things don't reach the recipient.
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Sheryl Arndt
7,872,843
6,426,360
3,071,589
279,878
4,800,132
4,319,873
71,390
Thank you for the many suggestions. I will check them out to see which one I want to utilize.