Comments on: My Next Project, And Why Aweber Sucks http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/ How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:11:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sharon Rosen http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-5439 Sharon Rosen Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:38:18 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-5439 You're just full of tricks aren't you ;) I just watched the demo for Seoaholic. I love how clean your designs are. So many apps/services don't have a clear flow (which, for at least the US population should absolutely go from left to right) and you do that. Such a simple thing, but it's really important for clear navigation. You’re just full of tricks aren’t you ;)

I just watched the demo for Seoaholic. I love how clean your designs are. So many apps/services don’t have a clear flow (which, for at least the US population should absolutely go from left to right) and you do that. Such a simple thing, but it’s really important for clear navigation.

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-5437 Brian Armstrong Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:53:25 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-5437 Yur right, that's disconcerting....it looks like I'll have to do some more linking building for that. Perhaps with Seoaholic! If you end up posting an affiliate link to it, maybe you can include that in the link text :) Yur right, that’s disconcerting….it looks like I’ll have to do some more linking building for that. Perhaps with Seoaholic! If you end up posting an affiliate link to it, maybe you can include that in the link text :)

]]> By: Sharon Rosen http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 Sharon Rosen Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:43:08 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-5433 Sorry, I should have clarified. FeedMailPro does not come up in the first page (10 responses) for "RSS to Email" - which, is what I had been searching for before I saw someone mention FeedMailPro by name. I just accidentally found your service, but had been looking for RSS to Email, Aweber Alternative, etc. And... since "RSS to Email Made Easy" is your tag line, it would be cool if that came up :-) Sorry, I should have clarified. FeedMailPro does not come up in the first page (10 responses) for “RSS to Email” – which, is what I had been searching for before I saw someone mention FeedMailPro by name.

I just accidentally found your service, but had been looking for RSS to Email, Aweber Alternative, etc. And… since “RSS to Email Made Easy” is your tag line, it would be cool if that came up :-)

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-5432 Brian Armstrong Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:37:01 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-5432 Sweet! I had just responded to your email. Glad you found it :) Btw, not sure what you mean about coming up in Google. I tried searching "feedmailpro" in google and it came up. What did you mean? Sweet! I had just responded to your email. Glad you found it :)

Btw, not sure what you mean about coming up in Google. I tried searching “feedmailpro” in google and it came up. What did you mean?

]]> By: Sharon Rosen http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-5429 Sharon Rosen Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:28:09 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-5429 Brian, If I could kiss the ground in front of you right now, I would. This past week I have tested several services and walked away from each one in frustration. As someone who can pretty much hack my way through most things, I found them all overly complicated. I don't want to watch a video to figure out how to setup a service properly. It shouldn't be *that* hard to setup an easy RSS-to-Email blast, with full summary and image inclusion. As I walked through each setup, I came to the conclusion that an affiliate program really didn't matter. If it took me more than 20 minutes to setup what I needed, and there was no way I could possibly recommend them to new bloggers. I had your service up and running in less than 10 minutes (including adding code to my web site and Facebook Fan page). Your site is exactly what is needed. It's clear, clean, easy, fast to load, and just simply "works." You should actually claim the site though! I googled a bit to find you - as FeedMailPro doesn't appear on the Google front page (I found it via a web comment for an Aweber article), and, I had no idea who was behind the company. As it turns out, I found you, and, have been reading your blog! I just wasn't aware of this service. Anyway, thank you very much. I lost several business days trying to fight with horrible services and yours wins hands down. Brian,

If I could kiss the ground in front of you right now, I would. This past week I have tested several services and walked away from each one in frustration. As someone who can pretty much hack my way through most things, I found them all overly complicated. I don’t want to watch a video to figure out how to setup a service properly. It shouldn’t be *that* hard to setup an easy RSS-to-Email blast, with full summary and image inclusion.

As I walked through each setup, I came to the conclusion that an affiliate program really didn’t matter. If it took me more than 20 minutes to setup what I needed, and there was no way I could possibly recommend them to new bloggers.

I had your service up and running in less than 10 minutes (including adding code to my web site and Facebook Fan page). Your site is exactly what is needed. It’s clear, clean, easy, fast to load, and just simply “works.”

You should actually claim the site though! I googled a bit to find you – as FeedMailPro doesn’t appear on the Google front page (I found it via a web comment for an Aweber article), and, I had no idea who was behind the company. As it turns out, I found you, and, have been reading your blog! I just wasn’t aware of this service.

Anyway, thank you very much. I lost several business days trying to fight with horrible services and yours wins hands down.

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-4977 Brian Armstrong Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:51:43 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-4977 Hey Liz, it's true...in theory at least software should never require "taking time to learn it" or reading a manual. The fact an entire industry of Quicken certified professionals exists shows how bad that software is. Although, in Aweber's defense, software usually gets worse over time...as you slowly add more and more features over time (as Aweber has) it's nearly impossible to keep it clean and view it from the perspective of a first time user. Hey Liz, it’s true…in theory at least software should never require “taking time to learn it” or reading a manual. The fact an entire industry of Quicken certified professionals exists shows how bad that software is.

Although, in Aweber’s defense, software usually gets worse over time…as you slowly add more and more features over time (as Aweber has) it’s nearly impossible to keep it clean and view it from the perspective of a first time user.

]]> By: Liz Ryan http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-4971 Liz Ryan Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:02:58 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-4971 I use Aweber and IContact and I find Aweber very confusing and frustrating at times. Today I talked to a very nice tech support guy and I asked him whether he gets this feedback (that Aweber is harder to use than its competitors) and he said, "Well, if you don't invest the time to learn it, it might be hard." That made me feel as though Aweber has an employee-training problem. Who would say that to a customer? I use Aweber and IContact and I find Aweber very confusing and frustrating at times. Today I talked to a very nice tech support guy and I asked him whether he gets this feedback (that Aweber is harder to use than its competitors) and he said, “Well, if you don’t invest the time to learn it, it might be hard.” That made me feel as though Aweber has an employee-training problem. Who would say that to a customer?

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-2668 Brian Armstrong Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:20:23 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-2668 Ahh copyblogger.com :) Interesting I didn't know he used it. Btw, this is public information on his site so there wouldn't be anything wrong with sharing it. I'm not 100% sure what you have in mind to monetize your email newsletter. If it's just adsense for feeds, then you can stick with Feedburner for free. If you want to do some other stuff like embed your own ads and do affiliate promotions, then I'd say start using FeedmailPro. It's going to be way cheaper and easier than Aweber and Feedblitz. But then again I'm biased, so take it with a grain of salt :) Good luck! Brian Ahh copyblogger.com :) Interesting I didn’t know he used it. Btw, this is public information on his site so there wouldn’t be anything wrong with sharing it.

I’m not 100% sure what you have in mind to monetize your email newsletter. If it’s just adsense for feeds, then you can stick with Feedburner for free. If you want to do some other stuff like embed your own ads and do affiliate promotions, then I’d say start using FeedmailPro. It’s going to be way cheaper and easier than Aweber and Feedblitz. But then again I’m biased, so take it with a grain of salt :) Good luck!
Brian

]]> By: Leslie Nicole http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-2667 Leslie Nicole Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:05:11 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-2667 I'm new to this whole subject and what the etiquette might be on talking about other blogger's practices, I just noticed that the subscribe by email from someone who writes about writing copy (is that vague enough:-) is coming through feedblitz. But maybe it's just the subscribe feed that handles this. Like I said, I'm new to understanding this, so I may just be misunderstanding the whole situation. So, given the lesser of 2 evils, would you advise a beginning blogger who wants to monetize their site to start with Aweber? Thanks for the post. I’m new to this whole subject and what the etiquette might be on talking about other blogger’s practices, I just noticed that the subscribe by email from someone who writes about writing copy (is that vague enough:-) is coming through feedblitz. But maybe it’s just the subscribe feed that handles this. Like I said, I’m new to understanding this, so I may just be misunderstanding the whole situation.

So, given the lesser of 2 evils, would you advise a beginning blogger who wants to monetize their site to start with Aweber? Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/1043/my-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 Brian Armstrong Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:48:08 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=1043#comment-2666 Interesting, who is using Feedblitz? When I tried it a while back it was HORRIBLE. So difficult to use. Like I mentioned to the above commenters, just be aware that 99% of the reviews you are reading for Aweber are affiliate links. Those people are posting about it so much (even if they don't use it themselves) because they get paid $3/per month if you click their link and sign up. Interesting, who is using Feedblitz? When I tried it a while back it was HORRIBLE. So difficult to use. Like I mentioned to the above commenters, just be aware that 99% of the reviews you are reading for Aweber are affiliate links. Those people are posting about it so much (even if they don’t use it themselves) because they get paid $3/per month if you click their link and sign up.

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