When beginning any new software or just trying to learn anything new there is always a learning curve. How hard is AWeber to learn out of the box? Well, I was able to pick it up pretty quickly in one setting. I did make a few mistakes, but was able to correct them once I started learning more about it. However, I could see where it might take a little time to adjust to their software. They have video tutorials, which is great, but I found them to be not as informative as I would have hoped. However, they did get pass the basic information that was needed to get started.
Although they have many newsletter templates, I am really only interested in the feed templates. I am still unsure of how it will send them. If it will send them in separate emails or all in one email. I selected a specific time, because I want a full days of posts in one email, not a bunch of single emails.
Also, I discovered they do not have a separation from their feed times being sent out and their social media being sent. In-other-words, if you wanted your twitter followers to be undated immediately and you wanted your email followers to be updated on a daily basis, you can not do this. You have to choose one time for both, as they are combined in the same set up.
I do like the lightbox form they have and their other subscriber sign up forms. It will be interesting to see where and how I plan to use them all. Currently I am using the lightbox pop up and a sidebar form.
It appears the emails will not be full article emails, but rather short feed snippets, unlike the free service of Feedburner where the entire article is part of the email. However I will know more once I receive my first email from AWeber and whether which method I prefer
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End of Day:
- Subscribers = 1
- Unconfirmed Subscribers = 0
- Total Subscribers = 1
- From light box form = 1
- From Sidebar form = 0
Day 1 Pros:
- Nice forms for sign up subscriptions, especially the light box form, with the time variables
Day 1 Cons:
- lack of separation of social media with feed distribution
See you guys tomorrow,
JD
