Hi, Vickie!
You want to test whether an autoresponder is working?
You have set-up an autoresponder?
Are you saying that you built an autoresponder?
Or are you saying that you have selected a commercially offered autoresponder and you want to make sure it is working?
There are several scenarios to consider depending on the answer
1. If you have built the autoresponder, then you may have the skills to test its inner working and debug potential problems.
Autoresponders are now a necessity for any savvy online marketer. They resolve many of the marketing headaches and help automate communication with online leads, customers and affiliates
As they require advance programming knowledge, usually, they are built by software engineers and IT specialists.
2. A non-software professional may ask themselves whether is cost effective to build one’s own autoresponder, or use one the existing ones, or get a professional build it for him or her.
The answer to your question depends on whether you are using it exclusively for your own need or whether you intend to offer it for use by other marketers for a fee.
If you are using it for your own exclusive needs, you may want to proceed with trials and errors, fixing the bugs along the way until it is fully operational. You cannot do that if you are offering it for use by other marketers for a fee. You will lose your customer, your reputation and your ability to make a good name of yourself.
3. If you are using a commercially built autoresponder, testing its workings relatively simple. Just send yourself a series of emails with delayed delivery throughout a week. You can even set the deliveries in various times each day. By the end of that week, you will have a good idea of whether it is working properly
4. The trickiest scenario is the one in which you have built an autoresponder yourself.
Testing will depend on the programming language you used.
For instance, autoresponders built with PHP+MySQL use the Cron-Test to verify input quality and output equivalence.
This is the resort of professional programming.
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Hi, Vickie!
You want to test whether an autoresponder is working?
You have set-up an autoresponder?
Are you saying that you built an autoresponder?
Or are you saying that you have selected a commercially offered autoresponder and you want to make sure it is working?
There are several scenarios to consider depending on the answer
1. If you have built the autoresponder, then you may have the skills to test its inner working and debug
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