The problem with using Feedburner as a mailing list service (via RSS to email), is the signup process.
For one, it requires opt-in with confirmation link. According to its reports, about 30% of my sign-ups failed confirmation, for whatever reasons. But two, it has no way to manually enter or edit subscribers.
So now, I moved the mailing list over to MailChimp, which has manual entering and editing of subscribers. However, it still requires opt-in with confirmation.
To get around that, I set up a subscriber form in Google Docs, which automatically posts to a spreadsheet. Every few days, I check the spreadsheet and manually enter those e-mail addresses into MailChimp. The end result is I have an opt-in with no confirmation, and hence a faster growing mailing list.
However, it's still a pain in the butt to manually enter subscribers.
Yeah, I understand the issue with non-confirmation, it's easy for someone to enter the wrong e-mail address or enter someone else's e-mail address. But considering that e-mail services are filtering out so much mail that's not spam, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Anyone know of a mailing list service that doesn't require confirmation link?✓
For one, it requires opt-in with confirmation link. According to its reports, about 30% of my sign-ups failed confirmation, for whatever reasons. But two, it has no way to manually enter or edit subscribers.
So now, I moved the mailing list over to MailChimp, which has manual entering and editing of subscribers. However, it still requires opt-in with confirmation.
To get around that, I set up a subscriber form in Google Docs, which automatically posts to a spreadsheet. Every few days, I check the spreadsheet and manually enter those e-mail addresses into MailChimp. The end result is I have an opt-in with no confirmation, and hence a faster growing mailing list.
However, it's still a pain in the butt to manually enter subscribers.
Yeah, I understand the issue with non-confirmation, it's easy for someone to enter the wrong e-mail address or enter someone else's e-mail address. But considering that e-mail services are filtering out so much mail that's not spam, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Anyone know of a mailing list service that doesn't require confirmation link?✓
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