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iContact Overview

What is iContact?

Get iContact Free by visiting iContact.com (link in bio), no credit card required! Professional email marketing from iContact helps businesses of all stages and sizes get results. From the small business just getting started to the professional marketer looking for strategies to maximize campaigns to the high-volume sender with 15,000 to 5 million+ subscribers, iContact offers a plan to meet every need. ***ICONTACT INCLUDES***: DRAG AND DROP EDITING Our modern and intuitive interface simplifies message creation LIST MANAGEMENT All the tools you need to manage a growing and healthy email list PERSONAL COACHING From personal calls to videos to webinars, we’re here to help when you need us TECHNICAL SUPPORT Got questions? Our award-winning support team is ready with the answers and the help you need AUTOMATION Schedule automated messages to engage and nurture subscribers over time SPAMCHECK Every message is reviewed to ensure your email reaches inboxes REPORTS Easily track campaign results for more profitable data-driven marketing TECHNICAL SUPPORT Got questions? Our award-winning support team is ready with the answers and the help you need ***ICONTACT BENEFITS*** A HEALTHY LIST Every marketer knows: it’s all about the subscriber list. Our list management tools let you quickly add new contacts the right way. From sign-up forms on your website or Facebook page to easy tools to import subscriber lists, you’ll be building a great list in no time. Plus, enjoy the ease of bounceback handling and automatic subscription management. CUSTOMER CARE Life gets hectic when you’re growing a business. Whether you’re new to email, or have previous experience, we know a busy marketer doesn’t have time to waste — we make sure you don’t have to. Our Customer Success Managers get you up to speed in your first 30 days. And, only iContact gives every customer unlimited technical support, for the lifetime of their account. BEAUTIFUL EMAILS iContact’s sleek, modern interface helps you easily create an email experience that beautifully reflects your brand. With our fully customizable drag and drop theme editor, you can perfect and save row layouts, color palettes, typography, and content blocks to uniquely transform your brand marketing into responsive and compelling email messages. THE PERSONAL TOUCH An email address is a gateway to personal communication with your audience. Learn more about your contacts by identifying their preferences at sign up. Then, build better engagement with personalized, tailored messages — or even create a series of custom messages that allow you to communicate and nurture customer relationships over time. We call these autoresponders. You’ll call them amazing. CONFIDENT SENDING When you work hard on a message, you want it to reach the inbox. Email sent through iContact doesn’t take detours: your messages won’t fall into spam traps or earn you a spot on ISP blacklists. We deliver your email when other service providers can’t. For additional confidence, we provide tracking data for your messages, so you can clearly see great email delivery in action, every time. CLEAR REPORTING Tracking your messages shouldn’t be a chore. From big picture tracking, to keeping an eye on just one individual’s click behavior, our tools make understanding your vital stats simple. And our reports give you all the real-time data you need to create messages that convert — and boost the bottom line.

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Product Description

Professional email marketing from iContact helps businesses of all stages and sizes get results. From the small business just getting started to the professional marketer looking for strategies to maximize campaigns to the high-volume sender with 15,000 to 5 million+ subscribers, iContact offers a plan to meet every need.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

In addition to our robust Marketing Automation platform, iContact differentiates itself in the market by every customer with:

A dedicated success manager
Unlimited access to award-winning technical support
The ability to hire a Strategic Advisor as personal email marketing consultant at a fraction of the cost
A 98% email deliverability rate so you are confident your emails make it to your subscribers inbox
The ability to grow with you since the application is powerful enough for lists of ANY size


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Year Founded
2003
HQ Location
Morrisville, NC
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152 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

We believe powerful connections propel business growth. So iContact designed intuitive tools for time-pressed professionals to send engaging messages in minutes. Because in today’s world, you need the “WOW” factor to break through the clutter and connect, and with iContact, WOW, you’ve got this!


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Jennifer C.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Easy Peasy"
Like the ease of use to create and send.
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4.5 out of 5
"Eunique Paths via Automation"
We do make special days even more special by automating personalized that triggers specific dates.
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iContact Media

iContact Demo - Easily Create Beautiful Emails
Sleek application design that’s simple and easy-to-learn, because we know you’re busy. Our drag-and-drop functionality let's you easily create a unique email experience that matches your brand.
iContact Demo - Campaign Dashboard
Easily track campaign results for more profitable data-driven marketing
iContact Demo - Grow Your List with Customized Forms
Increase list size with custom sign up forms for website, landing pages, or social media pages. Manage new contacts through segmentation or clean up existing campaign lists.
iContact Demo - High Volume Sending
No matter your email marketing sending volume, we work with you to manage and maintain healthy lists. Shared whitelisted IP addresses enable iContact users to send hundreds of thousands of emails in seconds.
iContact Demo - Testing Made Easy with Split Testing
Compare subject line, offers, design, time of day, day of week, and more to see which variable works best for your audience. Email isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution; your marketing should be fine tuned to provide the most value to your subscribers.
iContact Demo - Create Powerful Landing Pages
Create informative landing pages for products, events, and services. Add sign up forms to help nurture and convert sales.
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What do you like best about iContact?

With a wide selection of inviting layouts incorporating bold and colorful graphics, iContact is a great way to reach our readership and subscribers with ads and marketing alerts. We use multiple user alerts, which are easy to manage and maintain. I also applaud iContact's user friendly interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

I regret that we're no longer able to use Imgur for newsletter graphics. Using iContact's image library is more than adequate, but there are a few more hoops to jump through to make sure graphics adhere to iContact's file size limits Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

iContact is a fun and effective way to reach out to our readership, a great way to remind them that we're their source for arts, entertainment and happenings in town Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about iContact?

I love how easy it is to use! In 10 minutes, I can create an eblast for 10k people! Great pre-loaded designs and images and outstanding customer service! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

Honestly. Nothing. I love IContact! Adding more layouts would be awesome! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering iContact:

Get it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

Reaching our customers in a short time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about iContact?

iContact is simple to use. I use it for all my clients and personal needs. I have had to use ConstantContact and MailChimp for certain clients and that is why I only use and suggest iContact as a mailing program.

With iContact you can click all your mailing lists and send one email out to all and it won't dup the email. With MailChimp you can only send to one mailing list at a time, so if customers overlap you are going to send duplicates which cause people to unsubscribe.

Customer service is excellent. I just call them with any questions.

I have certain clients who are very illiterate on the computer, but they are able to figure it out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

Of course it would be nice if it were free like MailChimp but that is just a silly dislike I am writing because this says I must write something that I dislike.

MailChimp does offer an automatic re-sizing of photos instead of having to size them small before uploading. That would be nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering iContact:

You can always get excellent support from iContact, so just call them if you need anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

Before using iContact I tried to send emails to large numbers of people. Using iContact has allowed me to send millions of emails over the past 10? years. I tell all my clients to use iContact in order to take care of their marketing needs. It has made me look good to the clients that I have sent to iContact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about iContact?

I have been using iContact for a number of years now. As I am not trained in computer design I needed a program that was relatively easy to work with.

iContact has provided this for me, and I am pleased to say, from customer feed back the regular e mails I send are well received and admired.

The recent revisions to the design platform have made a marked improvement in the finished look and have made it so much easier to work with.

The functionality of the list management and data collection has enabled our business to continue with steady growth.

I have recommended iContact to a number of fellow business owners and will continue to do so.

Thanks, Bernie. Print Decor, Australia Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

Like all computerised software sometimes they don't always function as planned. On occasion I see a message "something went wrong" and the and progress is halted for a short time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

Regular promotion to our customer base, resulting in a regular steady flow of walk in and on line customer purchases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about iContact?

Email templates, customization feature, ease of use, inexpensive plans, and trial offer. These factors contributed to our decision in trying the product out and finally buying it on a yearly basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

Sending limits but it’s governed by federal laws Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering iContact:

Start with a trial first to see if it works for your business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

Communicating with members regularly has been one of the challenges. Icontact created an awesome platform to create, schedule and track campaigns all in one platform. The social media integration feature is helpful as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about iContact?

I enjoy using iContact for mass emails to our customers and employees. It's important to relay information about our business and iContact allows us to do that without the messages getting flagged as spam. I appreciate the reports for the emails I send. Having this data makes it easy to present to the team and executives when needed. I also appreciate the scheduling feature which allows us to send information out any time of day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

I am not a fan of the new layout within iContact nor the fact that I cannot attach documents to the emails I send. If we had the ability to add attachments, I would be able to use the program even more than I do now, and that would be a huge plus! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering iContact:

iContact is easy to use and is great at keeping lists of contacts. The scheduling feature is incredible useful as is the report generated after sending a communication out. It would be even better if iContact allowed for attachments to the emails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using iContact allows us to relay time-sensitive information to our customers quickly and efficiently. We also enjoy the unsubscribe feature, as it allows our customers to manage the communications they receive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about iContact?

iContact's customer support is outstanding. The few support-related issues I have experienced with iContact have all be solved correctly and promptly. Also, iContact is outstanding an maintaining whitelist status with all of the major email providers. We have never had significant issues with getting our emails delivered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

I have no major dislikes with iContact. I wish they had more robust options for sending test emails to multiple people, but this is a minor irritation, not a significant problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering iContact:

Don't choose an iContact competitor based on price alone. iContact seems to be willing to negotiate the price in many circumstances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use iContact to send email newsletters and occasional advertising or fundraising emails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about iContact?

iContact provides a top notch service. They are always available to help with technical problems through their online chat and we have no issues setting up meetings to discuss and plan email marketing campaigns. They have provided great ideas that have led to better open rates. Their drag and drop editor is very easy to use and has a very accurate display of what the e-mail will look like in a number of different devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

There are limits to the amount of emails that can be sent monthly. As well as a limit on the amount of subscribers and file storage space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering iContact:

We've used mailchimp and sendinblue before iContact. iContact has by far the bast customer service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

Improving our e-mail open rates through creating more professional and responsive e-mails . Our e-mails have looked a lot cleaner and more professional using their built in e-mail drag and drop editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about iContact?

iContact is very easy to use. I am an html and css expert so I upload my own content to the site and do some final touches in the email editing interface. It's not bad. I know there are templates but I don't use them. It's very easy to upload contacts. The app prevents duplicates. It also removes contacts when emails are bounced. My team can go in and see who looked at the emails and get other statistics.

Update: In order to have more complex html emails that render properly on every device, I have started using their relatively new email building tool. This is a vast improvement over the GUI editor they had before and it's easier to use and more flexible than the editor at Constant Contact or Active Campaign, two others that I evaluated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

I have had trouble with tech support. When I have a problem, they generally just copy/paste information from the help that doesn't answer my question. I doesn't seem like they really know the product.

Also I don't like that I have to pay extra for an unbranded footer. I think we are paying enough not to also be selling their product.

Update. I don't think you need to pay extra anymore for an unbranded footer. Also, the support seems to be getting better and they have a dedicated customer service rep that make sure you have a good experience. They are really trying Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering iContact:

I recommend the product. We did 3 months of premier support before moving to the regular subscription. It helped us get started with the product. I would recommend doing this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to track our emails and find out who has opened it or clicked on any of the links helps the sales staff find leads.

Update: Now that they have a better email editor, the business problem of being able to design responsive emails that look good across all clients is solved using iContact Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about iContact?

I enjoy the ease of creating email templates and the diferent ways that I can manipulte the templates to look the way I want them to. Looking forward to trying their automation feature here soon! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about iContact?

Wish we could run reports over our total email population ourselves with out having to ask their support. Also, their dashboard could use more data, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is iContact solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ability to reach passive candidates and base our follow-up messages on their behavior Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.