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Bradley Wells
Bradley Wells

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Who do you use for mailing lists and email campaigns?

Which MailChimp alternative do you use to manage your mailing lists and automated email marketing campaigns?

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EmailCenter/Maxemail is a service I've used in the past, but isn't as user friendly as mailchimp (at least back then it wasn't).

Or Newsweaver is another we're using for a client.

Is there something specific you don't like about Mailchimp?

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Bradley Wells

Thanks! No, there's nothing particular about MailChimp I don't like. I just don't see very many serious people in the industry using it, so I'm curious what the alternatives are.

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Most serious people in the industry will either use an email marketing company, or bespoke software. I used to work for an email marketing company in the UK and they had some bespoke software they used - it was super antiquated though... one section could only be opened in IE!

I don't think there's anything inherently bad in using Mailchimp though. :) You can use it and still be taken seriously.

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Gerhard

We've been using SendGrid for a while now and it's working well and have some reporting. It also allows for transactional mail.

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Binyamin Green

Mailchimp has a little service called tinyletter that I found recently

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Bradley Wells

I did not know about tinyletter. It looks like a great service for lists with fewer than 5,000 people and where automated campaigns aren't needed. Thanks for sharing!