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Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by joelrunyon » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 12:19 AM UTC

shard wrote: post #39

joelrunyon wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They HATE HATE HATE spam. I got flagged one time because I used the word craigslist in a blog post I sent out automatically through an RSS to Email feed. Luckily customer service threw a banana at the spam team and they got me back up and running.

You have to avoid using the word "craigslist" when using mailchimp??

Apparently. Immediately got flagged when it went out. It was a blog post about how I bought & fixed up a bike for $150. I mentioned I got it off of craigslist and it set their filters off.

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by jkahn » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 12:28 AM UTC

Does anyone know of an easy way to migrate to MailChimp from Aweber?

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by vaksel » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 12:42 AM UTC

jkahn wrote: post #42

Does anyone know of an easy way to migrate to MailChimp from Aweber?

You can just do a bulk import.

So download your aweber list csv and then just upload it to mailchimp.

The only problem is that autoresponders don't seem to work for old users unless you do a dirty hack

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by jkahn » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 4:52 AM UTC

vaksel wrote: post #43

jkahn wrote: post #42

Does anyone know of an easy way to migrate to MailChimp from Aweber?

You can just do a bulk import. So download your aweber list csv and then just upload it to mailchimp. The only problem is that autoresponders don't seem to work for old users unless you do a dirty hack

Does the bulk import send everyone a resubscribe message? I've got a very small list (sub 100 people) of customers and prospects that I meet with IRL, and I don't want to annoy them by asking them to subscribe again to a list they've already subscribed to.

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by mise » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 7:34 AM UTC

I wish they gave better campaign-like reporting for autoresponders.

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by cmorrisrsg » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 12:11 PM UTC

jkahn wrote: post #44

vaksel wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can just do a bulk import. So download your aweber list csv and then just upload it to mailchimp. The only problem is that autoresponders don't seem to work for old users unless you do a dirty hack

Does the bulk import send everyone a resubscribe message? I've got a very small list (sub 100 people) of customers and prospects that I meet with IRL, and I don't want to annoy them by asking them to subscribe again to a list they've already subscribed to.

No, bulk importing does not send a resubscribe message. MailChimp assumes that if you have access to the address list, then you have permission to send.