Anyone know an easy way to insert a basic email subscription bar to a site?

UberTiger · 9 Jan 2011 at 19:22

I've just made a site on squarespace (I know, I know), but I'm still learning to code and wanted to get something up fast.

Anyway, I'd like to insert a basic email subscription bar and I'm wondering if anyone knows a good simple way to do it or knows a good guide they can point me towards?

I just need it to gather info, the option to unsubscribe isn't completely necessary as I'll include an option in email to unsubsribe or they can just reply to any mailshots.

Ideas please?

UberTiger · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:00

Nice one Roy, I've just had a look and the free plan seems a bit too good to be true for a small website or business?

Is it seriously free? I'll only have a few hundred peeps on my list and I only plan on mailing them at a maximum of once a month.

UberTiger · 10 Jan 2011 at 08:16

I signed up last night myself, it's quite a comprehensive site.

I believe they put their signature or some kind of MailChimp branding on your emails if you use the free monthly service, which is fair enough and you can upgrade to a paid version to remove it.

They also seem very aware of spam and the potential for abuse and make you sign (or agree rather) to comply with some US spam laws, registering all of your details. They also mentioned something at some point about how to best prepare your emails to avoid spam filters and the like.

They seem to have quite a few good quality guides available for download in pdf to get the most out of your email marketing and even hold daily hour long webinars teaching you how to use their services. Hosted through GoToMeeting aswell which I've used in the past, so they should be pretty good, signed up for one this evening.

Looks good so far, will let you know how I get on.

UberTiger · 10 Jan 2011 at 09:51

Yeah, it looks good, should be an interesting learning experience to see how the big guns put their campaign together.

Also it's 6,000 emails a month at the mo, so 6 emails to 1,000 peeps or any combination thereof as you said. Pretty good deal!

Do you know how prominent the branding is Roy? I'm sure I'll find out eventually once I've gone through all the tutorials, but just curious.

UberTiger · 10 Jan 2011 at 23:24

Well I attended one of their webinars tonight. Great idea, brilliant Q&A at the end, really knowledgeable and courteous staff. Will definitely be using one of their paid options to start my meagre mailing campaign, even just to see the stats that they can produce from it. Some really great features on their site to build awesome marketing emails. Can't wait to go live next week to send out my first mailshot.