Wow! Great I stopped by and learned something new about some more programs.

Of course, MailChimp I have is free for up to 2000 contacts - and I do use my ReferralMake from Buffini and company - free for members and $49 for others - one of the best contact management system I have seen.

I have used Constant Contact and have been happy with the result, ease of use and cost.  The cost for this (as for virtually all programs) depends on # of contacts.  I believe it was around $15/month for 500 or fewer contacts + $5/month if you want to add more than 5 photos.  Then, it goes up maybe another $15/month for 500 to maybe 1000 contacts. 

You can save money by buying for a whole year or for 6 months, so the actual cost is low.

The return is high on all of these, so well worth the small amt of money.

Also, I have copied some of my newsletters on here, so you can look at my past posts to see what they look like.  I set up a template in there and use the same one again & again.  I customized the colors to work w/ my branding.

I generally do 3 months at a time (and schedule them). I find this to be a good way to be efficient w/ my work.

I use Mailchimp.  They do have a limited number of contacts for free.

Mostly just my eEdge program

I've been using Realtyjuggle for years.  Its a one time fee/year and its really easy to use.. 

I had to tune in to see what everyone answered. There's some good information here. 

Thank you for the question. I learned from the answers.

Here's a link to my latest newsletter on Constant Contact. 

http://activerain.com/blogsview/4598213/my-16th-realtor-newsletter---jan-2015

I'm actually checking out a few local escrow offices that do newsletters and brand for free.  

Zip Your Flyer or Property Blast are my usual but I am interested to hear about the FREE options and how they rate.

Debbie, thanks for bringing up this question, I have been looking for a reliable service as well.

MailChimp is great.

Debbie,

We like Vertical response, and their customer service is excellent.  A

I have the option to do blasts with my website/220 marketing, but I honestly have never used that option as I prefer to send out personalized emails.  Although, I do have them send a monthly newsletter to my entire database.

I have used happy grasshopper, but it got too expensive.  I like the automation part of it, but was it really bringing me business???

I've been emailing out of Top Producer but have recently been having some issues with them.  I'm currently working with setting something up with the folks from Happy Grasshopper.

great question , have a great weekend

SendBlaster is free and allows you to size the mailing blocks to keep under your ISP's sniffer. For instance if RR sees blocks with greater than 50 addresses, RR will assume to be spam and won't pass it forward.

And it works great with a CSV file and will do all the mail merge stuff we like.

It has been my practice to NOT use my primary or an email address provided by my ISP for blasting purposes.

Debbie,

I use emailflyers.net and I like them.  They charge $49 and that covers all Realtors in a specific county.

I have used constant contact but find it to be expensive..would love to hear about other options.