PoliteMail Email Marketing Software for Outlook isn't a Good Choice for SmallBiz

[mandy]

($99 for standard version; $495 for professional) is a new software program from Bootstrap Software Partners that allows do-it-yourselfers to create, manage and track e-mail directly from within Microsoft Outlook, in theory saving time and money and letting you manage contacts and e-mail campaigns in the same software program. Unfortunately, PoliteMail has fewer features than most Web-based programs and is difficult to navigate.

PoliteMail integrates with, and extends the usefulness, of Outlook. Open Outlook, and you're opening PoliteMail, too. The program adds its own toolbar as well as its own window pane. Individual messages can be composed and sent as one would normally do with Outlook, with the added value that even one message can be tracked — a really cool feature. It also allows for A/B split testing.

However, there are issues with PoliteMail that reduce its appeal for the small business owner: a confusing user interface, an extensive learning curve, bugs and quirks and lack of needed features and flexibility...

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