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11 Responses to “Why I’m Happy About the Aweber Price Increase”

1. By Ian on May 26, 2008 | Reply

   If it increases profits and precision, it’s worth the money

2. By Robin Skeen on May 26, 2008 | Reply

   I didn’t give a thought to upgrading. My subscriber list is too small. The price increase does not affect me. I will keep your points in mind when it comes time to upgrade. Thanks for the great explanation.

3. By Michaela on May 26, 2008 | Reply

   Hi!
   You are the first to comment on this and this will create a tremendous advantage for you especially if you are an affiliate of aWeber.
   You are right, it is perfect for people who are doing well already with the list.
   For me, I don’t make enough money to justify this huge increase now. I’ll stay with the current version, and then better times will appear, I’ll upgrade.
   Thanks,
   as usual you a informative, helpful and this time very quick with your comment.
   Regards
   Michaela

4. By Carol Smith on May 26, 2008 | Reply

   Thanks for the outstanding video. As usual your comments cover both sides of the coin.

   As someone on the flip side from you, I can tell you that I can hardly wait until it is wise for me to upgrade.

5. By Herbey on May 26, 2008 | Reply

   I agree, the price increase is kind of hefty…but the upgraded price is justified for those in the affiliate arena. I suspect most won’t upgrade until they feel comfortable, whether or not it will make that big of a difference from how they are currently using aweber for.

6. By Terence on May 26, 2008 | Reply

   I can understand why you are excited about this Lee. The extra granularity of your email campaigns should improve your sales. The downside, apart from the price hike, is the extra complexity in creating different emails for different groups of subscribers.

   For newbies just getting to grips with Aweber this will probably be difficult to do and not worth it until they have a decent-sized list.

   Definitely one for advanced marketers though.

7. By DesDrec on May 28, 2008 | Reply

   I agree. The new functions and possiblities are endless and it’s a package tailor made for internet marketers. I’ve got a small list of subscribers in a few niches and believe like you do that it’s best to upgrade your aweber account when you’ve got a sizable list.

   I personally don’t use aweber but have heard nothing but good things said about it. Though I would second guess that other autoresponder services will probably follow suit and set up their services in a similiar way. We’ll have to wait and see.

8. By Alex Jeffreys on May 31, 2008 | Reply

   Ha ha last week I received my aweber affiliate check and didn’t even read the article that came with it (i never do)

   untill after watching this video …

   … O MY GOD !!!

   firstly thanks for showing this info,

   THIS is TOTALLY gonna add masses of extra
   dollars in profit to EVERY single email promo
   I run from now on.

   I haven’t signed up YET - Im going on a vacation for a few weeks BUT on my return

   can I hear a cha ching !!!

   thanks again lee -

   Alex

9. By Lee McIntyre on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply

   Some great comments here and I thank you very much

   I’ve just interviewed Aweber founder and CEO about this very topic and will be sharing with my subscribers in the coming week.

   You won’t want to miss this!

   Thanks again for the comments

   Lee McIntyre

10. By John on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply

    I was wanting to sign up for aweber - but it is not a viable solution for new customers who do not have a list… even 30 days free trial isn’t enough time to build a list and make use of the features to judge whether ROI is consistent.

    I am on some mailing lists that use aweber and was 100% going to sign up for aweber when I was ready to get creating my own list… but the new pricing structure makes it a non-starter.

    I also spoke with a few people who have been in before the price increase and all of them have said the new features are not worth the hike in price as it doesn’t bring about a similar ROI increase. In most cases, any ROI increase experienced was negligible (I don’t know whether there is an option to downgrade again as I never asked).

    It is obvious that it will make no difference to some people who have established lists - but the majority of email marketers do not make a living wage (the same in most online business opportunities).

    It would be good if you could make a list of reputable alternatives to aweber where it will be viable for new marketers to get a good autoresponder service.

11. By John on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply

    Is there a delay in comments showing up?

    Just wondering why mine was removed or isn’t showing up at the minute.