Follow up autoresponder and mailing list software for Internet Marketing professionals

Features and Benefits

AutoResponse Plus has a huge number of features, all designed to maximize your website's earning potential. And it covers the basics really well too. So if you need an autoresponder and mailing list solution that will cope as your business grows, then AutoResponse Plus is the right choice.

Follow-Up Autoresponders

  • AutoResponse Plus allows you to create and run an unlimited number of follow-up autoresponders for one or more web sites. Unlike some systems, there are no additional charges for adding extra autoresponders to your system. [Screenshot]
  • You can add an unlimited number of follow-up messages to each autoresponder. [Screenshot]
  • Flexible message scheduling for creating immediate responses and follow-up campaigns that can last as long as you want. [Screenshot]
  • Ensure your messages arrive during the business day by setting the time that messages will be sent.
  • Supports subscription by form or email, including "multiple choice" checkbox forms that allow your subscriber to join multiple lists at the same time.
  • The HTML (web page) code for your subscription forms is generated automatically by AutoResponse Plus. Simply copy and paste the code into your web page editing software and upload your page. AutoResponse Plus handles everything else. [Screenshot]
  • Built-in WYSIWYG editor for HTML messages or copy/paste from your favorite web page editing software. [Screenshot]
  • Popup preview for quick checking of your messages. Messages can be previewed before saving.
  • With one click, instantly and easily test an entire follow-up sequence or broadcast messages without having to subscribe and wait for the messages to arrive.
  • Each autoresponder has its own reply name and reply address, which can be on the domain where the software is installed or any other domain. [Screenshot]
  • Autoresponder addresses are whatever@yourdomain.com - you can allow your subscribers to join a list by sending a blank email to the autoresponder's address.
  • You can accept subscriptions to multiple autoresponders on one form - your subscribers will automatically be added to all those lists.
  • Many form fields can be set as mandatory (eg first name).
  • Use dormant status to put an autoresponder to sleep until you're ready to use it again. Existing subscribers will continue to receive their messages until the sequence is complete, but no new subscriptions will be accepted.
  • AutoResponse Plus supports automatic capitalization of your subscriber's name when they complete your subscription form.
  • The software can automatically split your subscriber's name into first, middle and last names when they complete your subscription form.
  • Allow your affiliates to subscribe people to your autoresponders. Your messages can contain their affiliate ID by including a simple tag.

Broadcast Messages

  • Great for newsletters, ezines and offers.
  • Send any number of "one-off" broadcast messages to your subscribers.
  • Broadcasts do not interfere with scheduled follow-ups - they continue as normal.
  • Broadcasts can be scheduled in advance by date/time for automatic sending, even when you are offline. Your PC doesn't even need to be switched on.
  • It's easy to clone and edit existing broadcasts - no need to re-create similar broadcasts from scratch - great for regular newsletters where most settings are the same each time.
  • All your previous broadcasts are saved for later viewing or cloning.
  • Broadcasts can easily be paused and unpaused during sending with a single click in the broadcast queue manager.

Subscriber Management

  • AutoResponse Plus can automatically unsubscribe someone from one autoresponder when they subscribe to another.
  • Your autoresponder list shows breakdown of subscriber status in real time - active, failed, finished, cancelled etc. [Screenshot]
  • You have flexible options for managing a subscriber when they have finished their sequence - move to another, restart sequence etc.
  • You can give your subscribers the opportunity to request the next message in sequence without having to wait. It will be delivered instantly.
  • Group editing allows many subscribers settings to be changed at the same time, saving loads of time when compared with editing them individually.
  • All Group tasks show the number of subscribers that will be affected before you peform the action - a great last-minute double-check. [Screenshot]
  • You can store an unlimited number of custom fields per subscriber.
  • Custom field data can be read from your subscriber database and included in messages using special tags. The software will automatically pull out the custom data for each subscriber and include it in your messages.
  • In every message. you can give your subscribers the option to self-edit their subscription details.
  • You subscribers can manage all their subscriptions on one screen with simple checkboxes.
  • Single-click, quick-find feature to quickly and easily locate a subscriber with only part of their email address or name.
  • Quickly and easily remove a list of subscribers by pasting a list of email addresses to be removed and clicking a button.
  • Importing and exporting of standard CSV text files makes AutoResponse Plus compatible with most software (eg Excel, Outlook). You can also import subscribers from other autoresponder services.

Permission-Based Opt-In Confirmation

  • Prevent SPAM complaints by requesting subscription confirmation from subscribers - AutoResponse Plus sends them a confirmation email and they need to click a link to confirm their subscription. This is an optional feature - use it when you need to.
  • The Habeas SWE™ Warrant Mark can help get your legitimate email through indiscriminate SPAM filters (requires Habeas licence).
  • IP address and subscription date/time recorded for all form-based subscriptions giving you the ability to manage SPAM complaints.
  • Subscribers can easily unsubscribe by clicking an "unsubscribe" link.
  • Include optional confirmation of unsubscription which requires your subscriber to click a confirmation button if they click an "unsubscribe" link in one of your messages.
  • You can request feedback when someone chooses to unsubscribe, or simply unsubscribe them without asking.

Personalization and Message Content

  • AutoResponse Plus has over 70 tags that you can insert into your messages for personalizing and adding other dynamic content to your messages, subject lines, headers and footers.
  • Using the date calculation functions you can automatically generate time-sensitive messages to incentivise your prospects to buy before your offer expires.
  • You can add any number of file attachments to follow-up or broadcast messages including graphics, PDF files, ebooks, sound, video, zip files and software.
  • If you need to copy an existing autoresponder and all its messages there is a quick clone option that does it in just a few seconds.
  • You can copy an entire sequence of follow-up messages from one autoresponder to another.
  • Check the length of your follow-up and broadcast messages with a single click.
  • Insert, for example, "Dear Friend" when your subscriber's personal data is not available, giving you a degree of personalization even when you don't have all the details.
  • Easily develop a consistent style by creating standard headers and footers for your web site that can be used for all your follow-up messages and broadcasts.
  • You can create and manage multiple signature files in a single location. All messages where they are used will automatically be updated when you change a signature.
  • Create your own dynamic data tags - easily add information (eg product price) to your messages that you can manage in one central location. If the price changes, change the price in one place, and all your messges are automatically and immediately updated.

Track and Measure

  • Track the source of your subscribers, and group them for easy management. You can quickly see where your subscribers are mostly subscribing.
  • Tracks exactly who opens your HTML messages, and how many unique subscribers open each message.
  • Single-click selection allows you to quickly select all subscribers who opened a particular message for further targeting.
  • You can track the number of click-throughs on your embedded links.
  • And single-click filtering lets you select and target those responsive subscribers.
  • Automatically logs every follow-up and broadcast message that each subscriber has been sent.

Style and Customization

  • Allow your subscriber to choose their preference of plain text or HTML email or set them to receive whatever style you choose to send them.
  • Customize many of the subscriber-facing web pages such as subscription confirmation pages. Multiple confirmation pages can even be set for the same autoresponder or list.
  • Personalize your opt-in "thank you" page with the subscriber's details such as name and email address. [Screenshot]

RSS News Feeds

  • Deliver your follow-up and broadcast content by RSS news feed.
  • Avoids problems with SPAM filtering and ensures 100% deliverabilty.
  • Your RSS messages can be fully personalized.
  • Built-in WYSIWYG editor for message content.
  • Popup preview of your RSS messages.
  • Counting of RSS message delivery and open-rate.
  • Single-click selection of who opened each RSS follow-up or broadcast message.
  • Logging for each subscribers of RSS messages sent to them.
  • Automatic notification to you when someone subscribes to your RSS feed.
  • Custom "subscribe success" pages for RSS subscribers.

Data Security and Integrity

  • All your data is held on your own web site or server giving full access when you need it.
  • For ease of mind, automatic data backups can be scheduled or snapshots can be created manually whenever you need.
  • Automatically or manually de-duplicate your subscriber list to quickly and easily remove duplicate addresses.
  • Automatically manages undeliverable emails, while allowing a for temporary delivery problems and retrying automatically.
  • Single-click removal of "failed" subscribers who have generated multiple bounce-backs and have been flagged as permanently failed.
  • All your backup data is held in a single, easy-to-manage standard MySQL file that can easily be restored on a different server.

Other Features and Benefits

  • Support for messges in any language that uses 8-bit character encoding, for example, all European languages.
  • Optional CC and BCC of all follow-up and broadcast messages sent by the system.
  • Optionally have the system email you when someone subscribes or unsubscribes.
  • The My Record page stores information about your company that can easily be inserted into messages with simple tags and mangaged in one location. When you change the information, all messages that use it are automatically updated immediately too.
  • Integrates with other software by accepting "remote control" emails to add and remove subscribers, and set fields and options such as name, format preference etc.
  • Can accept standard POST requests from other software to add and remove subscribers to one or more lists.
  • AutoResponse Plus will email your login details to you if you have forgotten them.
  • Real-time onscreen display of currently running background tasks such as broadcasting or importing of large files.
  • Bulit-in choker allows you to limit the number of emails that are sent at one time. This allows you to adhere to web host policies automatically, with no intervention from you. You can set the number of emails that can be sent per hour and the interval between them.
  • Built-in mail test allows you to check the send speed of your server's email system.
  • Intelligent monitoring of scheduled tasks such as follow-up mailings. Automatically recovers from server downtime with no intervention from you.
  • Built-in affiliate program allows you to earn generous commissions just by sending your messages.
  • Your AutoResponse Plus software and data is held entirely on your own web site or server giving you full control over this vital component of your marketing strategy.
  • There are no monthly fees and no 3rd party ads or banners in any of your outgoing messages.
  • Runs on any Linux web hosting that has Perl, PHP, MySQL and cron. Most do! A dedicated server is not required.
  • Fully compatible with CPanel and Plesk hosting.
  • Use one AutoResponse Plus system to manage autoresponders and broadcasts for multiple domains. Each autoresponder and broadcast that you create has its own "from" name and address to allow for this.
  • Compatible with shopping cart/membership scripts such DLGuard for automatically moving subscribers between your 'prospects' and 'customers' lists.
  • AutoResponse Plus uses MySQL for data storage - this gives super speed and reliability, and keeps data storage costs down, unlike some systems that require database licensing fees.
  • Optimized coding techniques hugely reduce database access when sending email to increase your send rate.
  • Real-time, onscreen progress monitoring of current broadcasts so you can watch your broadcast go out as it happens - and watch live as your open rate increases.
  • Background processing of some tasks (eg broadcasting, importing, creating backups) allows you to continue working on other tasks while the process continues.
  • Background broadcast and follow-up processing means there is no need to remain online while your messages are being sent. You can log off, turn off your PC and your broadcasts continue in your absence, giving you loads of extra time for other tasks.The built-in advanced Javascript menu system is on all screens and gives access to over 50 functions with a single click.