May 21st, 2007
Recommended Vendor - Fanbridge.com
I have been asked a handful of times recently about how to handle larger email campaigns. Most email providers limit the number of emails you can send out in a day and when you get to that point, it is time you consider using an outside service. I would like to introduce you to Fanbridge. Fanbridge specializes in Email and Mobile fan management for bands.
With Fanbridge, you can upload your existing email list, add emails manually, and put sign ups up on your website and myspace profiles. Once you have an email list, you can send out html or text emails; schedule your mailouts; and since it is web-based, you can sign on from any computer to send out a newsletter. That can be especially handy if you are on the road. You can target specific sendouts to fans by City or State as well as monitor how many people have signed up or unsubscribed to your email list.
The best part is you can try out Fanbrige for free and as your email list grows, they have many pricing options based on how many subscribers you have.
I highly recommend every band and label have an email newsletter. You cannot count on Myspace bulletins as 5 million other bands are sending out their bulletins at the same time. Having your own email list of fans will help your sales, your tours, and having compelling updates will keep your band/label in the minds of tons of overwhelmed music fans.
Written by Virgil Dickerson
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On May 22nd, 2007 at 9:30 am
Charley Hine said:
The band I play with has been using Google Groups to send out gig notifications. It includes all of the features listed above except the localized sending. I wonder how long FanBridge will be around. Trusting free services always leaves me with a knitted brow.
On May 22nd, 2007 at 11:00 am
Dan said:
Looks like a good service, but they could have at least come up with an original design for their site. It’s a complete ripoff of Flickr. I’d be a little wary of a company that’s willing to so blatantly steal a design from such a well-known site. Especially now that they’re owned by Yahoo.
On May 22nd, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Bill Wilson said:
I like Fan Bridge. They have a pretty responsive customer service as well.
On May 22nd, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Roger said:
Been using them for 7 months now, and will never go with anyone else again! There are much more features than just those mentioned here, and they are always adding new stuff.
On May 22nd, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Dshaw said:
I love fanbridge.com. Best service, Free, Fan Management, Great service to Musicians
On May 22nd, 2007 at 6:19 pm
ChrisC said:
So they consider a message an email to a a person on your list?
Cause I have around 30,000 emails.
On November 20th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Siddha said:
I like their service for fans list management and very responsible and reliable site for the musicians and bands.