Important: Changes To E-Mail Updates

I was thinking of doing it for a long-long time but had to give up because of different reasons! Finally, I have moved entire e-mail subscriber list to MailChimp. While I don't like the idea of a chimp carrying all the mails and delivering to your inbox, MailChimp have insured that he will play nice! So ladies and gentlemen, meet the postman who will deliver mails to your inbox from now on:

Watch Out, He Will Be Delivering Updates To Your Inbox From Now On

Previously, we used FeedBurner for email delivery. While FeedBurner is fine, it lacks something that I love, Control! With FeedBurner, only a few things can be customized.

For instance, if I write a free e-book(hint, hint!) and want to send it to e-mail subscribers, I will have to add a link to the footer of RSS feeds. Now, this works fine for old subscribers.

But what about a new subscriber? Here's what you will go through if you are a new subscriber and want the e-book:

• You sign up for e-mail updates.
• You get a confirm subscription mail from feedburner with a link to verify. I can customize this mail but I won't add links here because that means that you can get e-book even if you don't subscribe! This is a big no-no for me!
• You confirm and get a "Thank You" e-mail. I can't customize it so you do not get the e-mail at this point!
• There's a new post on Blogging With Success. You get update about it and in footer, a link to book download page.
• You download the e-book!

Depending on time of subscribing, it may take anywhere from 2 minutes to 2 days for you to get the e-book. Something no one would like!

The MailChimp Difference!

With MailChimp, here's the new and fast process:

• You sign up for e-mail updates.
• You get a mail with a link to confirm subscription.
• You confirm.
• Seconds later, you get a thank you mail with the links to download e-book.

To ensure that you get timely updates, please add feeds-at-bloggingwithsuccess-dot-net to your white list. Also, make sure to enable images in mails to view them properly.

What About Old Subscribers?

I have already imported FeedBurner list to MailChimp. If you are an old subscriber, you can view our new terms of use. If you agree, you can continue receiving updates and if you don't agree, you can unsubscribe by clicking "Unsubscribe" link in the latest e-mail update and you won't get another mail from us again.

Interested In A MailChimp Account?

MailChimp offers a free account that lets you manage up to 500 subscribers and send 3000 mails per month. You can sign up for free account here.

If you are planning to start a newsletter, MailChimp is best option available. Prices are comparable to competitors and features are awesome. I will write a full review soon.

For now, just wait for the chimp to deliver latest post to your inbox in a beautiful mail and let us know if you have any suggestion.

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