What is an Autoresponder?

[Ryan21]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me what is an Autoresponder in brief ? How it works ?? What are advantages and disadvantages of using Autoresponder ???

[Theodot]

An autoresponder is the service that lets you send automated messages to a list of contacts you have. Applied to Internet marketing, serves to build customer lists and send information, news or newsletters. It depends on the focus of your site. It is what they use sites popular saying: Join the newsletter and send you my book.

[HellBoy21]

An auto responder is a mail robot that automatically sends a reply to the sender. If you are on vacation, for example, an autoresponder can be set up with the text: "Thank you for sending the mail. ... I'm on leave until October, and will answer your mail on ...." However you answer the spam. Therefore, the spammer will be pleased if the autoresponder will send confirmation that your email address is valid and will therefore send more spam.

[Rasdasa]

It is an automatic immediate response by email. It's like your answering machine when you use your phone. An automatic response e-mail, even if it is online. This is very useful for business. You get easy, because customers feel special purchase they receive an immediate response from your emails. It is sometimes called AutoMail, infobot, mailbot, or simply known as an e-mail response

[Tomaz]

Why to use an Autoresponder?

The following are some of the common uses of an autoresponder:

1. Capture email addresses.
An autoresponder can be used to capture email addresses through an online form or directly from an email sent, and automatically start the monitoring process.

2. Delivery of Ezines and newsletters.
An autoresponder can be used to send newsletters regular ezines while automatically accepting and removing subscriptions. You can use an autoresponder to collect email addresses for your ezine that allows you continued access to your subscribers.

3. Electronic courses or free downloads.
You can offer online courses in various parts or free downloads of ebooks / programs as an incentive for your visitors leave their email addresses. A great way to increase traffic to your site.

4. Reminder emails.
You can send trace messages to remind your visitors what you sell and what benefits they get.

5. Information relating to an offer.
Provide your subscribers with information relating to the topic of interest. For example, if you're interested in cars, probably will be interested in car accessories as well.

6. Offers promotional coupons.
You can offer promotional coupons, coupon codes via email or other incentives for use with your product or service.

7. Sales Tool.
Use your autoresponder as a sales tool by typing multiple automated email messages to sell your products and services 24 hours a day x 365 days a year!

8. After sales service.
Follow your customers after closing a sale to make sure they are happy with what they bought. You can also use this technique to inform them of any new products, services or special deal you have available.

9. Customer feedback.
You can use an autoresponder as a way to get feedback from customers. You can send a message of thanks after receiving your feedback.

10. Confirmation after sales.
If your product is not for immediate delivery or is expensive, use the autoresponder to avoid buyer's concern.

11. Direct by email.
You can use an autoresponder to send direct by email and you have permission from your subscribers to do so.

12. MLM / partner programs.
Use the autoresponder in any MLM program / partners to give your downline members a powerful tool in their sales arsenal.

13. Viral Marketing.
Use your autoresponder as a viral sales tool. Ability to use the autoresponder accounts is left you to supercharge your income stream.

14. Motivational messages.
Send a series of motivational messages to people in your sales organization with the autoresponder.

[SergioSantos]

An autoresponder is a program or script on a server will automatically reply to incoming e-mail with a previously prepared text. The text may be eg "I'm on vacation and can not answer your mail now". When setting an auto responder should be given that email discussion lists (bulk mail) or mail error messages are not answered.

It may happen that an auto responder sends a message to an address where another autoresponder automatically responds to email. The automatic e-mails than go around and singing that could cause system crashes and much annoyance.

Another problem may be that spammers know that this e-mail address and that the address is added to the list of recipients of spam.