This is one of an ongoing series in the seekBromance blog called Bro Gear, which features staff reviews of various items that bros often buy. We’ll still be going back and forth to the site news and the tips categories, so please keep following this blog for more of everything!
In my recent article about becoming your own bro-boss online, I mentioned that you would need an autoresponder to send out emails to potentially interested customers. Now I’m going to talk about a specific tool which does exactly that. While there are quite a few companies out there who sell autoresponder delivery services, GetResponse is one of the best in terms of giving you the most value for the price.
What the bro likes:
- Full set of email templates, with plenty of storage for graphics and other media. Of course, there are also blank templates that you can use to create your own layouts or just for minimalist text.
- Spam score checker. It’s always good to know if your finished email draft has anything problematic that the spam catchers will attack.
- Price: It’s hard to beat $15/month for up to 1,000 users. And just about impossible for the set of integrations to third-party tools that don’t cost anything extra.
What the bro doesn’t like:
- Setting up your first autoresponder series has kind of a learning curve, but it works well once you master it.
- There’s no free plan, but the trial period is fairly generous (30 days).
- Support. Actually, the support compares fairly well in terms of live chat and email, plus a good knowledge base. However, some problems are best resolved by phone, which is not provided.
The bro gives GetResponse an overall score of: 8 fist bumps out of 10
By the way, if you’re looking into e-commerce or affiliate marketing, and if you don’t have an existing website, you may want to consider subscribing to a ‘funnel’ series page builder. There’s currently a dual-offer to purchase GetResponse with the HBA funnel tool, available as a package from the 30-Minute Work Day. I highly recommend it.
Later,
-The Blog Dude
