MailChimp<\/a> as the email list manager. Popup Domination \u00a0just gets people to sign up, but MailChimp manages the list and lets you actually communicate with your subscribers. I wanted the autoresponder, so I paid for it. $9 for a prepaid option did the trick. You can do it for free, but then you don’t get the autoresponder.<\/p>\nThen it’s time to configure these two tools and get them to work together. Not all that intuitive or easy, but there are lots of videos on how to do it on both sites. And, you just test stuff until it all seems to be going OK. I can’t say I’m 100% happy with it all, but it seems to be a good first step.<\/p>\n
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