There is a BETTER WAY to Send Unlimited Text, HTML, Audio And Video Emails Automatically Dear Internet Friend, Maintaining continuing contact with your customers and prospects is a fact of life if you are to build your business. The often repeated statement that it take 5 to 7 contacts with a prospect to make a sale should be reason enough for you to be using an autoresponder service to maintain contact with not just new prospects, but past customers, as well. The truth however is, most online businesses are scared off email marketing by the CAN-SPAM Act! (Herein called the Act.) While Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) is covered by that act, communications with your customers is not. Communications with existing customers and clients are considered “transactional or relationship messages", not UCE. You may contact your clients or customers numerous times in the course of a sale. From pre-sale inquiries through after sale follow-up you may have a half-dozen or more emails to them. All well within the framework of the CAN-SPAM Act. None of these would be considered unsolicited. What few realize is the major features of the Act have to do with the emails themselves. You cannot use fictitious sender addresses, you must include a "functioning return address", you should include an opt-out link in each email, you should include full contact information and the header and subject lines should not be misleading. So, use your real name, email, contact information and include an easy way for them to ask to be removed and you are well on your way to sending compliant emails. Introducing - The Next Generation Autoresponder.... Affordable Responder Affordable Responder is a fully automated system that delivers information instantly to your customers and prospects as they make a purchase or request information. Affordable Responder will then follow up with them multiple times, with personalized messages (standard text, HTML, audio or video), on a pre-determined schedule over the coming days, weeks or months. Affordable Responder's automated follow up system will save you time, maximize your marketing efforts, keep you organized and greatly enhance your profits. Unlike the autoresponder you may have with your email account, our service is actually referred to as a Sequential Autoresponder and Email Broadcaster. While it can be set up to reply to specific queries, the major use of Affordable Responder's autoresponder services is to send out prewritten emails on a scheduled basis. And the Broadcast feature is used for one-time messages, such as newsletters. Automated, Personalized Customer Followup One example of using our Affordable Responder service is for automated sales followup messages. You can pre-design email messages, either plain text or HTML, and have them waiting to go out on a schedule after a purchase is made. You can have a "thank you" go out the day of the order, a "follow-up" go out 3 days later, a "make sure everything's OK" go out 10 days after purchase and a "follow-through to see that you're happy go out 21 days after purchase. You can then have the name and email transferred from your "new purchase" list to your "existing customer" list, all automatically. Then you can begin sending out pre-designed monthly specials, including sound and or video if desired. Again, these emails are just sitting there until their time comes up and then they go as scheduled, with no activity on your part. Naturally, all of these will have the customer's name in both the Subject line and within the Greeting. All of the requirements to keep your messages from being regarded as SPAM are addressed. From using one of your real "attended" email addresses, through the entire message to your full contact information and "unsubscribe" option, everything is just as it should be for a "no worries" campaign. You can have as many "lists" as you want. You can break them down "recent customer", "older customer", "returning customer", etc. As long as there was an established transaction initially and you include the Opt-Out Link with each message, you are within the guidelines. (For prospects, newsletter subscribers and other "non-customer" types you also have the "Double Opt-in" services. More on this below.) Regularly Sent Course Materials Another use of our AR services is for training. You can have an entire course designed and ready to send out as needed. As someone asks to receive your 10 lesson course in candle making they will automatically receive their welcome letter immediately, followed up shortly by Lesson 1. Then, depending on the schedule you set up, they will continue to receive the following lessons until completion of the course. This could be one a day, one every 2 or 3 days, once a week, etc. (And they can even be "transferred" to a different course at the completion of the first.) It doesn't matter when they join your course. 3:00 AM Sunday or 8:45 PM Tuesday, etc. For a course they will first receive a "Double Opt-In" confirmation email, asking if they really did join. This is for two reasons, one to make sure it wasn't someone enrolling them as a joke and two to keep you in compliance with the Act. They are now verifying that they, indeed, did come to you and you did not send them something unsolicited. As soon as they click the confirmation link in their email the system will mark them as confirmed and send out the first lesson. The following lessons will go out as scheduled from there. It makes no difference when they join, Lesson 2 will always go on Day 2, or Day 3, or whenever you have it scheduled to go. Broadcast Newsletters, Timely Specials and Notices as Needed Using the included Email Broadcast feature you can send out timely specials, newsletters and more as needed. Rather than on a schedule, these are sent as needed. You can Broadcast to any, or all, of your lists. While you may send certain scheduled messages to List A, another entirely different set of messages to List B, etc., you can send your Monthly Newsletter Broadcast to all Lists. For newletter subscribers and other "non-customers" you will use the "Double Opt-in" mentioned above for the courses. They will say they are interested by filling in a 2 line form - First Name, Email - and clicking "Submit". That will connect them to the AR, but only to send out an email asking "Did you really want to join.?" Only after clicking another "I agree" confirmation link are they actully added to your list. As a further safeguard from SPAM complaints, the exact time, their IP address and other "proofs" of their voluntary enrollment are stored in a database should you need to argue against a complaint. We Walk You Through The Process We guide you through the CAN-SPAM minefield. The system will automatically generate "Opt-Out Links" at the bottom of all of your messages, complying with one of the major requirements of the Act. You will also have one or more "Footers" with all of the required contact information ready to paste at the end of your messages. Act compliance is a constant consideration throughout the system. Our automated email autoresponder and broadcast service guarantees you are within the Act's guidelines by instantly removing anyone asking to be "unsubscribed". While you are allowed a 10 day period in which to complete this, it is done immediately. There is no need for your or your employees to monitor this routine, although you can chose to receive an automated email notice each time someone asks to be removed. Unlike other autoresponder services, Affordable Responder allows you to import your current customers and begin sending messages without first sending an annoying Opt-In message. We will also allow you to include in your imported list ALL of your customers, not just those within the last couple of months. Depending on the size of your customer list, we may ask for some proof they have actually purchased from you. Hopefully you will understand we cannot allow our service to be considered as spammers. Purchased lists cannot be used. We can offer a number of tools for you to use to enroll new subscribers or course participants. And the enrollment forms can be tagged in such a way that you will be able to track just where each now subscriber joined. Selling items from sales pages on the net? You can capture the buyer's name and email address as part of the checkout process. There would be no need for a second opt-in form, or for you to import or cut and paste the new customer to your list. Both the enrollment and the purchase can take place during a single process. For existing customers or new prospects and newsletter subscribers, Affordable Responder can automate it all for you! In Any Style You Wish! Affordable Responder enables you to setup and automatically send Unlimited Multi Media Autoresponder emails, Unlimited Multi Media follow ups, Unlimited Multi Media broadcasts and Unlimited Multi Media campaigns. Please don't mistake Affordable Responder as any run-of-the-mill email autoresponder service. Affordable Responder does things no other autoresponder service does. With Affordable Responder you can send emails in the following formats automatically: Plain Text Autoresponder Emails HTML Autoresponder Emails Audio Autoresponder Emails Video Autoresponder Emails Look At The Possibilities With Multi Media Emails... Multi Media Product Announcement Emails - Increase your orders with new product announcements by using Video Email to sell and demonstrate the product in action. If you are selling a product as an affiliate you will stand out from the crowd while all the others use the standard text email that is normally provided by the affiliate company. Order Confirmation Video Emails - Thank your customers for their order with a follow-up Video Email. This gives them reassurance and the feeling of a more personal service, reducing refund requests. Customer Support Emails - Cut down on customer service resources. Instead of telling your customers how to do something complex using a number of text emails, show them with one Video Email. Reduces confusion, we all know it is much easier to do something if we are shown how to do it. Multi Media Autoresponder Courses - Instead of letting people read your lessons, let them hear or watch them. A multi media autoresponder course immediately creates the impression of higher value than a plain text course, even if it contains same content. Multi Media Email Newsletter - Make your ezine newsletter come to life. Using audio commentary and/or video to promote new ideas to subscribers. Video / Audio Testimonials - Imagine the massive impact your sales will generate with your customer testimonials on video / audio. The effect of multi media email testimonials have over plain text testimonials is astonishing. They add pure realism and support to your offers. The possibilities of using multi media emails are truly unlimited! All this is possible and much, much more with Affordable Responder. Grab Your Prospects Attention Like A Magnet... Multi Media Emails immediately grabs your prospects attention. A recent study found that emails that used multi media more than tripled conversions over plain text emails. According to Forrester Research "Multi media email will replace text email messages as the online communications mechanism. Text-based email will seem as archaic as black and white television." However, presently a very small percentage of people have their computer set to not receive HTML and Audio / Video Emails, so we have added a powerful feature to Affordable Responder called Automatic Email Format Detector, which automatically combines several email message formats together in a single email message - Plain Text, HTML, Audio / Video and AOL Optimized Plain Text. Affordable Responder automatically detects what email format a reader can receive and then delivers it to them. Those that can receive HTML, Audio / Video, then it will be delivered automatically to them. When only Plain Text can be read, only Plain Text is delivered. When the email message is sent to an AOL user and they can't receive HTML, Audio / Video, then the Plain Text email message is automatically optimized and delivered with properly formatted hyperlinks that AOL users can read and click. No Other Autoresponder Comes Close To What Affordable Responder Has To Offer... Software And Data is held securely on our server. No Third Party Ads or banners in any of your autoresponder email messages. Online Control Panel An extremely Easy to use password-protected control panel. Professional, autoresponder addresses are whatever@yourdomain.com for professionalism. Different campaignes can have entirely different addresses. *Unlimited Autoresponders *Unlimited Multi Media Campaigns, Unlimited Multi Media follow ups, Unlimited Multi Media broadcasts. (*Depending on your plan.) Unlimited Message Length Your autoresponder email message can be as long or as short as you want. Unlimited Message Changes Change, update or edit your autoresponder email messages whenever you want, 24 hours a day. Advanced Personalization. Merge Unlimited different fields of each subscriber's personal information into every autoresponder email message you send. Signature Files Create and manage multiple signature files in a single location. All email messages where the signature file is used will all automatically change when you change your signature file content. Autoresponder Attachments Send attachments of up to 1MB with your autoresponder email messages. Send subscribers your company brochure or additional literature. Audio / Video Autoresponder Email Content Upload unlimited multi media audio / video - which will play automatically when the reader opens your multi media autoresponder email message. Automatic Email Format Detector Automatically combine several message formats together in a single autoresponder email message: Plain Text, HTML Audio / Video and AOL Optimized Plain Text. Multi Media Autoresponders software automatically detects which email format a reader can receive and then delivers it to them. Confirmed Opt-in You may switch your autoresponders to opt-in mode, so that your subscribers must confirm their intention to subscribe before they are added. With the CAN SPAM Law, you need all the protection you can get! (If you transfer a list from another autoresponder service or software - your list does not have to click a confirm link again, as you can switch the opt-in mode off while you transfer / import your existing list). Spam Complaints Protection IP address and subscription date / time recorded for all form-based subscriptions. Emailed subscriptions have their email header records stored for each subscriber and can be emailed to subscriber as proof of subscription. Test Autoresponder Email Messages Test your autoresponders by sending all saved messages instantly to an email address of your choice, so that you don't have to wait days before all follow-ups are delivered. Manual Broadcast Broadcast an email ('a manual follow-up') to your mailing list; you can use this to announce new products, notify your prospects about special offers etc. Broadcasting To Multiple Lists Broadcast a single email across multiple lists in one go, with automatic exclusion of duplicate subscribers so each only gets one copy of the email message. HTML Form Generator Copy and place generated HTML code on your website, which will automatically add prospects to your autoresponder. Includes an option for "multiple choice subscriptions" to accept subscriptions to multiple autoresponders on one form. Automatic Capitalization of your subscriber's name when they complete your subscription form. Customization of your subscriber-facing web pages such as subscription confirmation pages. Powerful Tracking Features Helps you determine where your prospects came from. Active Prospects Lists Edit/remove all active prospects (people who have triggered your autoresponder recently and are in your autoresponder cycle, waiting for all follow-ups to be delivered), you may also add more prospects manually. Mailing List Shows your mailing list (all people who have triggered your autoresponder in the past, not just the active prospects); you can edit/remove/import entries. Undeliverables Views a list of emails that were rejected ('bounced-back') by the email system, because for example your prospective customer changed their email address. Removals Shows a list of email addresses of people who removed themselves from your autoresponder. Charts Six colored bar charts are available at any time showing daily, monthly and yearly activity. Included are your Active, Suspended, user Cancelled, Dropped, Finished and Failed subscribers. Users Online Help Guide Step-By-Step Instructions to guide you, meaning that the answers to the most commonly asked questions about the functions of Spam Check Software is never more than a click away. We link you to a free service where you can subject your messages to powerful spam checking software BEFORE you send it out, giving you the opportunity to edit your messages and remove the "trip words" that set off spam filters, resulting in a much higher amount of messages actually delivered. Make Your Autoresponder Emails Jump From The Ordinary To The Very Extraordinary With Affordable Responders ... There is ABSOLUTELY nothing on the market that even comes close! So sky-rocket your email response in using the new next generation multi media autoresponder! Click Above for Free Trial! TRY BEFORE YOU BUY! Yes, you can have a free trial account to "get into" the Operations Center with your own limited account. You can even use real messages, set up the real signatures you plan to use and actually send messages to 5 different addresses. You can have up to 10 different "campaigns" and send up to 20 messages. This is strictly a trial account. You will not be automatically billed after 30 days. It will not turn into a full account on it's own. It is just what we claim it to be, a live, but limited, user account within the Affordable Responder system. Click Above for Free Trial!   Not interested in the Free Trial? Ready to take your marketing to the next level? Here's a breakdown of what's available and the pricing on each package. Package     Bronze     Silver      Gold     Unlimited   Max Profiles         1       3        10     Unlimited  (Different Companies) Max Subscribers  10,000 20,000  250,000   Unlimited   (People on List) Max Campaigns      20     40 Unlimited   Unlimited   (Series of Messages) Max Messages     100    200 Unlimited   Unlimited   (Total in system) Max Emails   2,500   5,000   10,000   Unlimited   (Sent Monthly) Cost Monthly  $ 5.00 $ 10.00  $ 15.00   $ 20.00       :  : Don't Want to Do It Yourself? We can do it all for you! You can supply us with your messages and we will set up your campaigns for you. Give us a schedule and the messages and consider it done. Have a current list? We'll import that, as well. (As long as it's real customers or opt-in subscribers, of course.) For as low as $ 5.00 we can set up an autoresponder or broadcast for you. It will go out under your email address to your supplied list. On-going campaigns are no problem. Simply supply the messages, in the format of your choice, and we will see that they are sent. In addition, we will supply Reports and Charts showing how many active subscribers on your list(s), how many Cancelled, how many emails failed to be delivered, etc. We can supply this monthly as reports and can also supply you with a link to your own specific charts that show daily, monthly and yearly activity.