EntrepreNERD Marketing’s Top 5 Shout Outs to Email Marketing Services Best Suited for Start Ups!

(Plus exclusive pricing packages summarised for you!)

Now that you've read our Guide to Email Marketing Parts I and II, it's time to start Step 1! We at EntrepreNERD Marketing totally understand how hard it is to find an email marketing service that fulfills your needs and requirements in a targeted and cost-efficient manner. Email marketing services and software that automate your marketing workflows, track your stats, send better emails and build a deeper relationship with your visitors can be hard to find! So we did our research for you EntrepreNERDs and are giving a shout out to our favourite email marketing services!

Constant Contact

Constant Contact’s email automation software comes with a 60-day free trial and offers users multiple customisation and integrations options while keeping it simple and user friendly

You’ll get access to an event management tool and an innovative social media tool that lets you create coupons and downloads to share on social media. They also help out with a ton of useful guides and services aside from email marketing to give you integrated solutions to your brand.

EntrepreNERD knows how rough it is finding out all the details, so we’ve got you covered!

Email Plan:

0-500 subscribers: $20 per month
501-2,500 subscribers: $45 per month
2,501-5,000 subscribers: $65 per month
5,001-10,000 subscribers: $95 per month

Email Plus Plan:

0-500 subscribers: $45 per month
501-2,500 subscribers: $70 per month
2,501-5,000 subscribers: $95 per month

HubSpot

HubSpot is another amazing email marketing and CRM tool provider that comes with a feature packed free of charge bundle, along with a few premium fees if you’re looking to upgrade.

Diving in, you’ll get a drag and drop email builder that customises the layouts, adds CTAs, images, as well as automated tweaks to your content. You’ll also able to personalise this content to suit your target audience better. What’s even better is that you’ll find email marketing features, such as email automation tools, list segmentation and ready to use templates with the free version.

Here are the deets we’ve sourced for you:

Free plan: free forever

Free email tools and CRM
2,000 email sends per month

Marketing Hub Starter plan: starting at $50/month

5X contact tier email sends limit. (f.e. 1,000 contacts = 5,000 emails/month
Includes 1,000 contacts
+$50/month per 1,000 additional contacts

Marketing Hub Professional plan: starting at $800/month

10X contact tier email send limit (f.e. 1,000 contacts = 10,000 emails/month)
Includes 1,000 contacts
+$50/month for additional 1,000 contacts

MailChimp

MailChimp isn’t just a cute animal-friendly logo of a brand, they’re one of the leading email marketing providers out there with 1 billion emails sent a day!

They’ve got great social media integration with your email marketing and a decently sized template selection for your choosing. You can find advanced features like contact segmenting, auto-responders and time zone based sending for those more tech savvy EntrepreNERDs, and have a great customer service desk there just for you.

Their pricing packages are a little complex, so we’ve simplified it for you, nice and easy!

Free plan: It’s free forever

Send up to 10,000 emails per month
Grow your list up to 2,000 subscribers
Email support included for 30 days

Essentials plan: Plans start at $9.99 per month

Up to 5,000 subscribers: $49.99 per month
Up to 10,000 subscribers: $74.99 per month
Up to 25,000 subscribers: $189 per month
Up to 50,000 subscribers: $259 per month

Standard plan: Plans start at $14.99 per month

Up to 5,000 subscribers: $74.99 per month
Up to 10,000 subscribers: $99 per month

Premium plan: Plans start at $299 per month

Up to 20,000 subscribers: $399 per month
Up to 50,000 subscribers: $599 per month

Drip

It’s funky, it’s cool, it’s Drip! Although Drip is one of the newer email marketing providers out there, their core demographic is directed to people just like you EntrepreNERDs! So think bloggers, marketers and eCommerce site owners.

Drip is totally beginner friendly with its intelligent marketing automation tools. Especially if you’re an e-commerce site owner, you can find cool integrations for WordPress, WooCommerce and other abilities that integrate your social media.

Interested yet? Alrighty, here are the deets!

Starter plan: Free forever

Up to 100 subscribers
Unlimited email sends

Basic plan: $49 per month

Up to 2,500 subscribers
Unlimited email sends

Pro plan: $122 per month

Up to 5,000 subscribers
Unlimited email sends

Enterprise plan: Get a custom quote

Anything beyond 5,000 subscribers

ConvertKit

Last but not least, ConvertKit is a really cool email marketing software that connects more to digital market creators, like vloggers, bloggers, authors and Instagram stars (which we know you EntrepreNERDs totally are).

One of its biggest selling points is how easy it is to create email automation workflows as it relies on a visual builder so you can actually see how your email sequences play out. They’ve also got a cool built-in landing page editor so you don’t even need a website to start your email marketing.

EntrepreNERD’s juicy dets on ConvertKit:

ConvertKit Costs:

0-1K subscribers: $29 per month
1K-3K subscribers: $49 per month
3k-5k subscribers: $79 per month
5k+ subscribers: Custom pricing

Note: No matter which plans you choose, you’ll have access to the same exact features. If you’d like to try before you buy there’s a 14-day free trial that includes all of the features.

There’s also a 30-day refund policy if you don’t like the service. The refund will typically take 3-5 days to show up back in your account.

Do you have any further questions or want to know how other EntrepreNERDs are going about their email marketing strategy? Reach out to others in our Forum or in the comments below!