As the launch of the new GetResponse approaches, we’d like to give you some important information concerning the process of moving your current account to the new system. Here’s what you need to know:

Before the migration - schedule service disruption:

The data migration will begin on July 4, 2009 at 9 PM EDT and end on July 5, 2009 at 5 PM EDT, therefore service will not be available during that time period.

Note: During this scheduled data migration, all GetResponse sites will be down and you will not be able to access your account.

Your account during service disruption:

Please rest assured that no account data will be lost during migration! Your web forms will be working, however all processes related to sign ups will be queued and processed within 24-48 hours. That means that anyone who subscribes or signs up to your campaign will not be added to your contact list for 24-48 hours. If applicable, new subscribers will also be credited to your account within the same time period. Please note that new subscribers will not receive confirmation or thank-you messages immediately, but they will go out automatically after the above time period.

No payments will be processed on July 5. Therefore, if your recurring charge is set for this date, it will take place on July 6.

After the migration:

After the migration is completed, you will be introduced to the new GetResponse interface and the old version will no longer be available.

All the settings from your account will be carefully moved to the new system and will remain intact. You can be confident that no data will be lost.

As with most major migrations, the system may not be working perfectly from 2 to 3 days after the data has been moved. Please let us know about any problems you experience by contacting our capable Customer Service Team. It will help us to quickly address any issues.

We have performed migrations many times and, as always, we will do our best to conduct a smooth migration for the new launch. Again, you can rest assured that this process will not affect your account or stored data in any way.

If you have any questions regarding the migration process, feel free to contact us. We will be happy to answer any questions you might have!

Thank you for choosing our email marketing service! We hope you will be just as excited about this new version as we are!

Best Regards

GetResponse Team

A new and easy process lets GetResponse account holders capture subscribers directly from their Facebook fan pages!

It only takes about 2 minutes to implement and you only need 2 things:

1.       A Facebook fan page.

2.       Your GetResponse Sign Up form in HTML format

          (from your GetResponse Capture Subscriber option).

Ready? First grab this great app here and add it to your fan page. Now go back to your fan page and click the ‘Edit Page’ option. Here you will find FMBL under the Apps section; click on the Edit pencil icon. Now you can edit the ‘Box Title’ to whatever you want.

Next you paste your GetResponse HTML code into the FBML box. If you are a whiz with HTML, feel free to change the code to match your brand,  add images, etc., anything to grab attention!

Click to save your changes and make sure to give your form a priority position in your tabs, so you attract lots of great subscribers to your list!

If you need any help with this option, feel free to post your questions on our fan page or at www.twitter.com/getreponse.

Every day brings us closer to the launch of GetResponse 6.0, the biggest and the best release ever! The new version gives you a totally new interface, powerful features, multimedia, and much more.

Of course, we understand that change can be stressful, that’s why before the Big Day comes, we’d like to let you know more about what’s coming with the new and improved GetResponse. To review some of the new features, enhancements and new GetResponse for iPhone preview please watch our videos:

Attention Tweeple. We have decided to reward those “serious email marketers” who are first in line to take control of the power and possibilities of GetResponse 6.0. We will be soon launching an exclusive competition for @GetResponse followers to celebrate the launch of GetResponse V6.0.

Make sure to stay tuned! There’s lots more excitement to come!

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The GetResponse 6.0 Beta Tests attracted over 1000 applicants, but only 300 lucky people were chosen to test the new release. As promised, the tester who provided the most useful feedback will receive a nice reward!

After carefully reviewing all of the great ideas our testers provided, the panel of judges selected what they thought was the best enhancement of all! The choice wasn’t easy, as apparently all of our customers are creative geniuses and devoted to making GetResponse better than ever!

And now, the winner of the GetResponse 6.0 Beta Test Competition is…

Bernardo from Brazil!

Congratulations! The new iPhone 3G is on its way to you!

We have also decided to reward the following 10 authors of other great comments with our Get Response t-shirt:
Joel,  Canada
Giulio, Italy
Edward, USA
Gabriel, USA
Rueiger, Germany
Jean- Marc, France
Mohammed, India
Yossi, Israel
Dan, USA
Noemi, Ireland

Once again, we’d like to thank all of you for taking part in our beta tests and helping us improve our service, so you can improve your email marketing results!

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We are excited to announce that new GetResponse is only a month away! The big launch of the new version will take place on July 6, 2009.

At GetResponse, we have always listened to our users and, as a result, we are pleased to introduce the features and ease-of-use you asked for! The totally new interface and 100+ awesome new features are waiting to rocket your email marketing to new heights! Here’s your sneak preview if you need more pre-launch info:

http://www.getresponse.com/v6

Also be sure to check our blog for new info and contests!

Stay tuned as we bring you more exciting GetResponse updates over the next couple of days!

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As the release of GetResponse 6.0 approaches, we close the curtain on another part of the development process. We had over 100 testers selected from over 1000 applicants in over 10 countries worldwide and the feedback could not have been better. The extensive testing of the 100+ new features has taken us one step further to providing a reliable and efficient service in the next generation of Email Marketing.

The Product Manager of GetResponse, Daniel Brzezinski, had this statement to make on the success of the Beta testing. ‘The development of GetResponse has been a 2-year plan, a real team effort trying to answer the needs of our customers. Receiving feedback from our customers is a vital part of achieving our goal, and is something we will continue to do long after GetResponse 6.0 is launched. I would like to personally thank the 100+ testers who provided detailed feedback. It is this that will allow us to fine-tune GetResponse to provide a great new service for our customers.’

GetResponse 6.0 will be launched soon. If you were not lucky enough to be selected as a Beta tester, or are interested in joining the GetResponse 6.0 community after the launch, here is a snip of what our testers thought of the service:

‘I am very impressed with the new look of GetResponse’

‘Love the new interface and changes’

‘So far - the new system looks fantastic’

‘The functions and menus are arranged very well and are very organized’

‘Just wanted to say good work with the beta system. It seems very easy to use and navigate. I like it very much’

‘It is so much more user-friendly than the old GR.’

‘I feel anyone will be able to use the new GR without a lot of intervention.’

Stay tuned for more! The totally new and improved GetResponse is getting closer by the day!

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Mick joined GetResponse in February 2009, bringing great sales, marketing and customer relationship management experience to the GetResponse Team. Now he’s focused on defining his role as Key Account Manager, and works day and night to ensure a flawless customer experience. 

Mick is 25 years old and was born in Manchester, England. He spent most of his younger years playing Rugby, turning pro at the ripe old age of 16! For the next 4 years, Mick travelled around the world representing Great Britain, with destinations like France, Australia, and Hong Kong stamped on his passport.  Following his whirlwind pro career, Mick logged 6+ years experience in Sales and Marketing, working for global giant ADT Fire and Security and the high-flying UK recruitment agency PrimeTime. But when Mick had an opportunity to use both his marketing and rugby skills in a new job, he jumped at it! He became the Area Development Manager for Rugby in Manchester and it was there that he became interested in the fast-moving, competitive e-commerce sector. He took a position with the Super Affiliate Spear.co.uk., which eventually led him here, to GetResponse!

Mick’s passion for everything Internet and for international travel has not gone unnoticed, and GetResponse didn’t hesitate to use it to their advantage! Few weeks ago, he was in Paris attending the Ad-Tech conference, forging new relationships, getting the latest in online trends and industry news, and trying out some new tools.

We’re glad to have Mick onboard, and appreciate his “can do” team spirit. Speaking of teamwork, Mick married his beautiful wife Patrycja September 08 and they now live in the coastal town of Gdynia, Poland, not far from GetResponse headquarters. Mick spends his free time learning the language, taking in the culture, and yes, “long walks on the beach!”

So if you’re already a GetResponse customer, then you’ll be hearing from our Key Account Manager soon, as his goal is to make sure every customer is getting maximum value from their GetResponse investment every single day.

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We are excited to announce that Beta Tests for the totally new GetResponse have begun!

We selected 100 testers from over 1000 applicants. This exclusive group of users will test drive the new GetResponse and provide recommendations to make this the best release ever!

Tests will be conducted for two weeks and will finish on May 19th. After that, as promised, the tester who provides most useful feedback will be rewarded with an iPhone 3G! We will announce the winner on June 22nd so stay tuned!

Thank you for your continued support help and get ready…the new GetResponse is coming!

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Join our Email Marketing Academy and leave the competition behind! You’ll get exclusive interviews with top email marketing experts, starting with “Unravelling Best Sending Practices” with Marcin Luks, GetResponse Email Deliverability Specialist.

Please explain your role at GetResponse?

Put simply, I ensure that our clients’ emails reach their subscribers’ inboxes. In practice, apart from maintaining
relationships with ISPs (like Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail or Gmail), it means constantly teaching clients how to keep up with the Best Sending
Practices, because each and every client contributes to GetResponse’s reputation as a whole.

How important is deliverability for a Email Marketing service like GetResponse?

To be reliable for our customers, we need to ensure that the number of received emails is as close to 100% of those sent as possible.
Deliverability is like a litmus paper of reputation. If a certain client conducts email marketing which might be considered as
spammy, it influences not only his own deliverability, but also that of other users.

Why do people try to spam?

Because they don’t understand their relationship with their subscribers. In reality, it’s an agreement: ‘I am joining because I want to
receive relevant content relating to my interests and expect you to respect me and my time.’ Spamming is treating subscribers
just as a list of prospects, not real people.

Is it getting harder to spam?

ISPs are developing new technologies to guard inboxes from unwanted content and spam filters are getting more and more sophisticated.
We also monitor our system daily in search of abusive behavior, so yes, it is getting harder. But it’s an ongoing battle all the time.

How is GetResponse improving its deliverabilty?

Apart from technological issues, like authentication or whitelistings that we take care of, deliverability is all about what, how and how often
our clients are sending. That is why our role is to teach our clients how to be responsible email marketers. We just share our knowledge, which is built on experience and multiple industry initiatives that we are a part of.

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More than a 1000 of you applied…thank you! Right now, we’re engaged in a very meticulous verification process.  After that, we will notify the selected candidates and provide all the necessary information − and the new GetResponse beta tests will commence! As promised, whoever provides the best feedback will win an iPhone 3G. So stay tuned!

Once again, thank you for subscribing.

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