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Feedblitz  http://www.feedblitz.com

Constant Contact  http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp 

Graphic Mail  http://graphicmail.com.au

Pricing

Dependent on the number of email subscribers, 50-99 subsrcibers is $4.99 per month

60 day free trial then $20 per month

Free trial then $9.95 per month

Import mailing list

Upload your email list from Excel, Gmail, Outlook

Upload your email list from Excel, Gmail, Outlook

Upload your email list from Excel, Gmail, Outlook

Graphic customization

You can customize all elements of your mailings at FeedBlitz. 'Burner lets you add a single graphic logo and some basic font selections.

Drag and drop intuitive templates

Drag and drop intuitive templates

Custom fields

Yes, including: A/B testing: Sending a different message to different groups to test response rates;
Special offers: Send a message to subscribers who have (or have not) bought a product or service;
Registration updates: Send a message to subscribers who have not completed your registration form;
Geographical targeting and event marketing: target subscribers in specific regions.
Seed lists: Sending messages to a select few subscribers prior to a full blast.

Yes

Yes

Perosonalized emails

Yes

Yes

 Create automated welcome and RSVP messages – they can be scheduled and we give you delivery reports on these.

Creates auto-response

Yes

Yes

Yes

Creates messages from template

Define a graphic design (template) once and FeedBlitz can format all your emails from all your feeds with it for total brand consistency for the least effort (but you can override a Master Template at the individual list level if you want to). Change the master template and all FeedBlitz mailings and subscriber pages pick up the change immediately.

Selection of customizable templates

Hundreds of personilized templates

Add images

Yes

Yes

Yes

Social Media

FeedBlitz's social media engagement report can show you which Twitter accounts generated what activity for any individual mailing. We also allow your visitors to post your news to their followers, dramatically increasing your potential reach.

Hit send and post your emails to your social networks all at once.

Share your emails on your own Facebook, Google+, Twitter and other social accounts in one click!
Ask your email readers to share your newsletters and comment on them from their own social accounts!
Get more subscribers by including an opt-in form on your newsletter via Twitter, Facebook.
Grow your mailing list. Add a subscription link to your newsletter via social media channels.
Tweet or post a Facebook update straight from your GraphicMail account!

Analytics

You should be able to track open, click through, bounce and complaint rates. FeedBlitz has all this data in its Deliverability Metrics report.FeedBlitz provides the publisher with a visual representation of how their readers are interacting with their mailings. Heatmaps shows what links are clicked on and how often.

Tools to tell you who's opening, clicking, and sharing your emails and social posts in real time.

Using GraphicMail AU you get to find out who opened, shared, and clicked on your newsletter. Get heatmap reports that show where readers click in your emails.  See how subscribers open your message—on mobile or desktop—and what browser they use.