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Posted By Jim on April 21, 2009

Some of the questions I hope to answer are, can you benefit from having an auto responder and what does it do anyway, how can you use an automatic responder and do you buy automatic email responder software or pay monthly for an autoresponder service ?

Exactly what does an autoresponder do ?At its most basic, an automatic responder enables anyone to broadcast emails to people, in small or large quantities, using details from one or more subscriber lists. A database is used by automatic email responder software and monthly services to store collected subscriber details.

Whether you need an unlimited automatic responder will depend on your future use. Right now you may only plan to have one list, but that could soon change when you want to split the list into different target groups.

If you decide to purchase automatic email responder software an unlimited autoresponder would be best, unless it’s possible to easily increase the number of auto responders.

Benefits of an automatic responder you can not be without

Being able to add a subscribers name to the subject heading can be of real benefit as it increases the possibility of your emails being opened rather than just deleted, unread.

You can also put the name of the subscriber in the main text of the message along with links to product pages on your website will also increase traffic and sales.

All but the cheapest automatic email responder software will enable you to set up tracking links that mean you can determine if, your emails are being read and by which subscribers.

Broadcast filtering allows you to email parts of your mailing list based on selected information held on a subscriber in the database.

Keeping your subscriber list free from junk email addresses is easy with automatic email responder software that will routinely delete subscriber details under specified conditions, if emails are not delivered. This helps protect you from SPAM complaints from your service provider because the automatic email responder software routinely removes invalid email addresses.

Follow-up emails can be scheduled months in advance and sent according to a pre-arranged timetable. By using an autoresponder to build a mailing list you can build a loyal subscriber base and use links in your messages to give a reason for subscribers to pay repeat visits to your website.

An automatic responder has many uses

• Collect leads with your auto responder to compile a list of everyone who requests information from you
• Use your autoresponder to give away free stuff to increase your website traffic
• Publish a survey to help you serve your subscribers better
• Publish testimonials or endorsements in your auto-responder messages
• Publish “Frequently Ask Questions” using your auto responder

With your own automatic email responder software you can benefit from being more adaptable and in the long term it can be cheaper than using an automatic responder service.

For further information on what to look for when considering an auto responder see our page on choosing an automatic email marketing responder

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