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Aweber and I

Aweber is supposedly the best autoresponder around and I am told I need an autoresponder so I can begin to have a mailing list. So yesterday I signed up and after working along with Craig's videos, I managed to create an opt-in form - that pretty little thing up at the top that asks you to subscribe for updates.

I really appreciated being able to work with videos because I could keep pausing it while I finished a step, instead of getting miles behind the instructions.

Today I wrote a short message that people would immediately receive when they sign up. It was quick and easy to do. The only problem I had was that at one point my information would not save, no matter how often I clicked the save button. Then I noticed that I had not filled in the subject area of the email and as soon as I did that, it saved right away. I was quite pleased with myself, although now a nap is looking pretty good.

Do you use an autoresponder to send out emails?

Until next time,
Carol

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