Comments on: How to Save 36% on Your Aweber Bill http://blog.robfore.com/how-to-save-36-on-your-aweber-bill/ Confessions of a Multiple Six-Figure MLM Network Marketing Online Entrepreneur Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:59:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rosana Hart http://blog.robfore.com/how-to-save-36-on-your-aweber-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Rosana Hart Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:48:51 +0000 http://blog.robfore.com/?p=281#comment-370 Due to stumbling across this post, I just did this for two of my lists. Be careful, anyone who does this... A few times, I had the page reload and it said unsubscribed in the box but the STOP button wasn't checked and the numbers showing for the list were for the whole list, not just the unsubcribeds. I could fix this by choosing unsubcribed again from the drop down box, and display segment again, and it would come up again. BUT the first time it happened, I almost lost 100 subscribers! This could have just been a glitch in my internet connection from Mexico, I do get some online oddities that others don't. I think it may have happened when I chose to show 100 instead of 20 names at a time. BTW, directions at aweber for doing this are at http://www.aweber.com/faq/questions/247/How+Do+I+Delete+My+Unsubscribes%3F Due to stumbling across this post, I just did this for two of my lists. Be careful, anyone who does this…

A few times, I had the page reload and it said unsubscribed in the box but the STOP button wasn’t checked and the numbers showing for the list were for the whole list, not just the unsubcribeds. I could fix this by choosing unsubcribed again from the drop down box, and display segment again, and it would come up again. BUT the first time it happened, I almost lost 100 subscribers!

This could have just been a glitch in my internet connection from Mexico, I do get some online oddities that others don’t. I think it may have happened when I chose to show 100 instead of 20 names at a time.

BTW, directions at aweber for doing this are at

http://www.aweber.com/faq/questions/247/How+Do+I+Delete+My+Unsubscribes%3F

]]> By: Rob Fore http://blog.robfore.com/how-to-save-36-on-your-aweber-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Rob Fore Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:26:49 +0000 http://blog.robfore.com/?p=281#comment-369 You're right. It will mess us your stats if you delete them immediately. I was thinking more in terms of IF you need to save a few bucks and your unsubscribes are getting out of hand. If you strive to build and maintain a relationship - unsubscribes should not be too much of an issue. Thanks for speaking up. Very critical to consider. You’re right. It will mess us your stats if you delete them immediately. I was thinking more in terms of IF you need to save a few bucks and your unsubscribes are getting out of hand. If you strive to build and maintain a relationship – unsubscribes should not be too much of an issue. Thanks for speaking up. Very critical to consider.

]]> By: Karin H http://blog.robfore.com/how-to-save-36-on-your-aweber-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Karin H Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:12:33 +0000 http://blog.robfore.com/?p=281#comment-368 There is another reason to not immediately delete all your unsubscribers: they will also disappear from your statistics. Meaning: you can no longer track which message receives the most unsubscribers so you cannot edit/improve on your methods to keep more subscribers. If you are nearing a new threshold you can then decide to remove some, but in the end your whole email marketing strategies and tactics should pay the bill for the increases of AWeber costs (I prefer to see it as an investment instead of costs). Karin H (Keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business) There is another reason to not immediately delete all your unsubscribers: they will also disappear from your statistics. Meaning: you can no longer track which message receives the most unsubscribers so you cannot edit/improve on your methods to keep more subscribers.

If you are nearing a new threshold you can then decide to remove some, but in the end your whole email marketing strategies and tactics should pay the bill for the increases of AWeber costs (I prefer to see it as an investment instead of costs).

Karin H (Keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business)

]]> By: Rob Fore http://blog.robfore.com/how-to-save-36-on-your-aweber-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Rob Fore Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:29:28 +0000 http://blog.robfore.com/?p=281#comment-367 Tom, thanks so much for that clarification. And you are right - I figured that out after I wrote the post. Undeliverables I keep in the system and simply remove the unsubscribes. One idea I didn't discuss was to EXPORT the unsubscribes to keep them on file or even use a desktop mailing system to invite them to re opt-in. Tom, thanks so much for that clarification. And you are right – I figured that out after I wrote the post. Undeliverables I keep in the system and simply remove the unsubscribes. One idea I didn’t discuss was to EXPORT the unsubscribes to keep them on file or even use a desktop mailing system to invite them to re opt-in.

]]> By: Tom Kulzer (AWeber CEO) http://blog.robfore.com/how-to-save-36-on-your-aweber-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Tom Kulzer (AWeber CEO) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:15:08 +0000 http://blog.robfore.com/?p=281#comment-366 I do not recommend deleting subscribers returned simply by the "undeliverable" search. That includes both active and inactive subscribers who's email address has bounced one or more times. Someone is only considered inactive once they have bounced 3 times over a specific time frame. When they meet those conditions they will automatically be unsubscribed. If you have no need for the data associated with unsubscribed addresses, you can certainly delete those. Of course anyone is free to delete what they wish, but understand you will probably be removing valid subscribers if you simply delete ones with a single undeliverable. I do not recommend deleting subscribers returned simply by the “undeliverable” search. That includes both active and inactive subscribers who’s email address has bounced one or more times. Someone is only considered inactive once they have bounced 3 times over a specific time frame. When they meet those conditions they will automatically be unsubscribed.

If you have no need for the data associated with unsubscribed addresses, you can certainly delete those. Of course anyone is free to delete what they wish, but understand you will probably be removing valid subscribers if you simply delete ones with a single undeliverable.

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