Video of the widgets, analytics, RSS, and plug-ins webinar… finally
Finally got this up. Cool shit. Enjoy!
NOTE that there is a “full-screen” toggle at the lower-right corner of the video if you’d like to use it.
Viddler sucks; great mailing list tip
GET THIS: I recorded my webinar from Monday, and I have the video ready, but I CANNOT GET FUCKING VIDDLER TO ACCEPT IT. Keeps crapping out partway through. So I can’t post it. It’s too big for YouTube. Any suggestions?
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But while we’re thinking about mailing lists (we weren’t, but I’m hoping you won’t notice), Wendy from YourWebCoaches.com left a fantastic tip about aWeber and, specifically, moving to it from iContact or another service. I’ll just paste her tip here:
AWeber will let you import your list WITHOUT making your people re-opt-in. They don’t advertise this (I guess they would get inundated if they did), and you have to pick up the phone and actually call them and explain the situation, and you have to PROVE that the people you’re importing have already double-opted-in on some other system (the way you do this is by actually giving the AWeber rep your iContact password so they can see with real human eyes that you’re telling the truth). But if you do all this, you can get your entire list imported with no re-opting-in. Technically they temporarily turn off the forced double-opt-in for a limited number of subscribers.
I’ve done this before, for myself and for clients. AWeber’s customer service generally rocks, so I’m sure they can walk you through it. Provided that you were making people double opt-in in iContact, that is.
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Do it, dude!
I’m switching to aWeber
So let’s be clear that I’m not saying that aWeber is better than iContact, since I do recommend both. I just seem to have crossed that line that divides an ideal iContact user from an ideal aWeber user.
This means I will have to migrate my list from iContact over to aWeber. When I move the lists, aWeber will send an email to all of my subscribers asking if they still want to be on the list. If they do, they will have to re-opt in. You typically lose half of your list this way. And it’s a kick in the gut, because you got all comfortable thinking about how many people liked you, and then only half of those people come back and you’re like, “Oh. Shit. I guess only half of those people liked me.”
So let’s also be clear that if you think you will EVER require aWeber, just start with it now to avoid all of this.
Anyway, I’m making the switch because I’m getting too many lists, requiring too much customization, and quickly running out of room on my plan. Because:
- iContact calls one person on one list a “subscriber.” So if johnny@theeconomyisnthappening.com is on three of my lists, he counts as three subscribers.
- aWeber calls one email address a subscriber, regardless of how many lists that address is on. So in the above example, that is only ONE aWeber subscriber.
Each of my webinars requires a different mailing list. Plus, I have my main mailing list (you join this when you download my e-book) and, of course, my The Economy Isn’t Happening email list. Which is the coolest among them.
So I’m switching.
I still think iContact is the best choice for people who have ONE main list, especially if they don’t have that list in any sort of automated mailing service now and just want to USE IT without requiring everyone to re-opt in, as aWeber would make you do.
But for me, looks like I graduated to aWeber. Hooray me.
