StreamSend
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Author: Kaitlyn Short
StreamSend offers email marketing integration and automation they describe as "your path to more sales." They offer over 100 email and social templates to help you get the word out about your company via email campaigns and social media sharing. They also offer advanced analysis tools to help you understand who is reading your campaigns and whether your campaigns are driving business as you're hoping.
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The Good
- Features
- Spam filters
- Private IP address
- Third-party integrations
- Social media
StreamSend offers a number of standard features that cost extra with many of their competitors. These include unlimited image hosting, video emailing, and advanced automation. They also have survey templates, unlike many competitors who require you to use third-party services that often cost more. StreamSend offers nine different spam filters that can help identify problems with any email you create so that you can address any potential issues before sending anything out. It does cost more to utilize this tool, but it also helps ensure that you're actually reaching your subscribers. Where most competitors charge more per month for a private IP address, most paid accounts offer this for free which gives you control over your reputation. Streamlined embeds third party functionality such as videos, surveys, RSS feeds and more. They also capitalize on Google Analytics to help you track the browsing behavior or your subscribers who click to your website from your email. They also provide their own analytics, allowing you to see open rates, click rates, forward rates, and bounce rates so you know how successful your marketing is. StreamSend understands the importance of social media and allows users to share to Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest and Twitter all from one central location. They also allow you to convert social posts into emails making it even easier to reach your subscribers.
The Bad
- Feature limitations
- Expensive training session
- Difficulty importing contacts
- No mobile app
StreamSend is lacking in a few features that you are common among competitors. These include an unlimited email pricing option and the ability to live chat. You must use phone or email support, but only on weekdays. Although StreamSend offers a variety of learning materials, including a free weekly webinar, their quick-start training session is $210 whereas many competitors offer something similar for free. Importing contacts may give new users some trouble. StreamSend does not allow you to import from a third -arty service so you either have to enter each contact manually, one by one, or you have to rework a spreadsheet to a compatible format. StreamSend also does not offer a mobile app, unlike many competitors. This means you can't check in on current campaigns, view analytical reports, to even design campaigns from your smartphone or tablet.
The Bottom Line
StreamSend offers a lot of great features in their standard packages, but they're also missing a lot of features that users might need. The biggest missing features include a mobile app, unlimited email sending plans, and live chat. However, they do offer an umber of features that you won't find elsewhere or may have to pay more for, including private IP addresses, unlimited photo storage, and video emailing. A 30-day free trial is helpful in helping potential users determine if StreamSend has the features they need. For those who find that StreamSend has the features they need, the reviews are generally positive, for a variety of businesses sizes.
