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Free Bulk Email Marketing Tool to reach all your contacts

We've had lots of requests for Bulk Mail and whether we have a tool for it.

Many clients of ours have been looking for an easy to use tool that allows them to keep in contact with their clients - effortlessly - and without the inherent issues of using a standard email program, or a system so complex you need a degree to cipher through the documentation :-)

Well, the good news is, now we do! And it's FREE! 5,000 emails worth!

Rather than waffling on about it, the best way to understand it is to test it and WIN an iPad while doing so:

Try it out right now - It will take less than 6 minutes...and cost you absolutely nothing!

1 minute and 55 seconds to signup, complete the order and login to the new system - I timed it!

And then 3 minutes and 45 seconds to send your first email to 10 of your friends - I timed this part too :-)

That's it!

Signup + Send 10 people an email from the system = Chance to WIN an iPad

If you're interested in more detail then read on, but if you've done the above there is nothing further you need to do, other than reap the benefits of this great tool and your 5,000 free emails!

Once signed up and while you're on a role, check out how easy it is to use, you can quickly do a copy and paste of this email into your new account and send it to 10 of your contacts, or of course any other way you wish to share it is also fine - 'Like' us on Facebook, TWEET it! - it's entirely up to you.

Follow the simple 3 step wizard in the system:

1. Give your contact list a name

2. Add your contacts to the list you created in step 1 (either manually, by copy and pasting them or importing them)

3. Create a message (use a blank page, use our templates or use your own template)

It's a special offer to our existing clients, it's free to get started, you get 5,000 free emails and you could win an iPad by trying it out!

We're only giving away a limited number of these freebees to you and your friends and we've got no way of knowing how long it's going to last but we're estimating up until sometime during the beginning of next week, the 7th or 8th of Feb 2012 .

How the iPad giveaway works:

We are giving an iPad away to a NEW NewSprout client that signs up for any of our brand new SproutMailer Bulk Email Marketing packages (including this freebee package).

And the only way they can win is if they found out about it from an existing customer!

As an existing NewSprout client, you'll also be happy, as you too can win an iPad.

We will call one of our NEW clients at the end of the month (Feb 2012) that has tested out the system by sending an email from it - and then ask them who referred them?

If it was you - you both get an iPad!

So if you know of someone who could benefit from 5,000 free emails and an iPad - let them know about this and hold thumbs for your iPads.

Whether you win the iPads or not, you still get the 5,000 free emails to start connecting with your contacts more closely and regularly like you've been meaning to do.

It's really that simple!

Try it out right now - (if this link no longer adds a FREE plan into your order then unfortunately the freebees are all gone, but you can still signup for one of the normal plans)

The only small little catch is that both you and the people you tell need to each send out a real email from the platform to at least 10 contacts by the end of this month (that's the 29th February) - which should only take 6 minutes max! You can send them a link to this page if you wish :-)

It can be this page's content, it could simply be a link to this page, or it can be your first genuine email to your clients. As long as an email is sent to 10 of your contacts, you're in the running!

So secure your free package and then you have 'till the end of the month to send out your campaign.

(The system is completely secure and we take your information and contacts very seriously which is covered by our Privacy Policy on our website. The only reason we request an email to be sent is so you get to test the system and see how easy it is to use - and of course, be in with a chance to win an iPad)

"But I already use Outlook or have another system I am comfortabe with," I hear you saying...

If you are already using something to send bulk emails to your contact lists...

Do you know who is opening your emails or if they're even being delivered?

Do you have a way to track this?

Are you aware your IP Address or domain name could get blacklisted if you aren't following proper anti-spam rules?

SproutMailer gives you fantastic reporting showing you exactly who opened your emails, who clicked on the links and many more useful and automated tools to make keeping in contact with your clients easier, more relevant and more professional.

 

3 great reasons to try our new SproutMailer Bulk Mail program:

1. You and your friend can each win an iPad

2. It is FREE, you get 5,000 emails absolutely free, no catch and no small print

3. The tool makes it very easy to keep in contact with your existing clients (or new clients) giving you instant feedback on your email campaigns.

3 very important reasons to use a Purpose Built platform:

1. There is built in anti-spam standards ensuring your emails are clean. They are all sent from our world-class purpose-built email platform

2. No more unprofessional"Outlook" or email-program style emails running the risk of getting your domain or IP address blacklisted because anti-SPAM practices are not being followed

3. No more email limitations imposed by your internet provider blocking the number of emails you can send

It can help streamline your website and how you keep in contact:

1. Integrate it into your website, any website, but especially if you use Wordpress, Joomla or Drupal with our ready-to-use extensions recognised by Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal

2. Lots of easy templates to use, or create your own

3. Auto-responders and Triggers allowing you to setup automated emails for specified events

 

If you're ready to give it a go click here and complete the order and you will receive an email explaining what to do next.

For some more info on our SproutMailer products you can have a look here.

Enjoy and Good luck!

And the iPad winners are... (read on for cheap domains and MORE free domains - promo code below)

Well done to both our iPad winners - Susan Jones from Canberra, ACT and Loughlan Burnett from Kilsyth, Victoria who referred Susan through OzBargain! Good thinking there Loughlan you increased your odds hugely.

You both sounded very happy about winning the iPad2's - and again, and what we didn't tell you is we're also throwing in a BONUS Apple magnetic Smart Cover which is made for the new iPad - enjoy your new toys! As promised your iPad will be delivered to your door in the next 2 weeks (around the 17th June) and we need photo evidence please.

 

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Our little 'sprouts' were at it once again pinning the donkey - a number of times :-) There were pages and pages (and pages) of entrants. So we had numbers on a single page representing each page. Once one of those numbers was "pinned" we found the corresponding page and "pinned" a winner. We called them up and only after a few attempts of repeating the entire process above, we found a winner that was successfully referred to us by an existing customer. Well done to both of you, and enjoy!

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Did you miss out on our great giveaway?

Well not to worry, we've just dropped our domain pricing by over 50%!

And you can get a free domain if you buy one (until 9th June 2011)! Read on...

To kick it all off we are running a special (this time it does have a small catch), if you need a new Australian domain (or you know anyone that needs a new one), you or they can buy the Aus domain (.com.au or .net.au) and we'll give you the matching .com or .net domain absolutely FREE (or a non-matching .com or .net domain, it doesn't matter).

There is no limit on how many .com.au or .net.au's you can buy and you'll be able to add the free .com or .net with it using the code below.

There is only a limit on how long we will be offering this, we think it will last until about next week Thursday 9th June 2011, but it's impossible for us to know. We got the last estimate quite wrong even after we extended it because of the HUGE response. So if you need cheap and free domains, get in there quickly!

In other words: If you need a .com.au and .com domain OR a .net.au and .net domain, (i.e. A combination of one Aus domain and one .com or .net), you can get both of them for $27.00/ 2 years

That's right, we'll give you the .com or .net for free FOREVER (by renewing it each year at no cost) as long as you keep the .au domain with us!

 

If you transfer the Aus domain away from us, that is perfectly fine, but then unfortunately you won't get the .com or .net renewed again for free (you will either need to pay for it or let it expire). But as always, no contracts so you can do with the domains as you please and you are welcome to transfer them out or keep them with us. And if you keep both domains with us we will continue renewing the .com or .net for free FOREVER.

To buy your .au for only $27 / 2 years and claim your free .com or .net follow these steps:

  1. To place an order please go to this link:https://www.newsprout.com.au/myaccount/domainchecker.php and type in the first part of your domain only. Then tick BOTH .com.au and .com OR .net.au and .net (you can't have 2 Australian domains as part of the special)
  2. Make sure they both say "Available! Order Now" and tick them both (leave the .com or .net as 1 Year, we will renew them for you next year as explained above) and click "Order Now > >"
  3. Enter your ABN for the 1st domain and on the next screen enter this Promotional Code: cheapdomains
  4. Good luck and be quick!

TWEET it!

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Much sooner than we thought! We had an unbelievable response and things are still crazy mad here. Click here if you missed out!

Thank you and well done to everyone who participated and managed to get your free domain. We regret that we couldn't continue it longer however we'll have some more exciting things and freebies happening in the near future.

 


 

We have just launched our brand new shiny website which we are super excited about!! To celebrate we are giving away FREE .com.au (or .net.au) domains - no catch, no small print.

"...lots and lots of domains available for free until next week Thursday, you've got to be quick quick quick!! We think it's a pretty good estimate, but if it all goes crazy...this may end much sooner and unfortunately we don't know exactly how long it will last..."

Feel free to let your friends know.

If you like someone else enough, invite them to the giveaway party! There is a GREAT reason to let them know...

If someone you tell, successfully claims a FREE domain during this very limited time - both them and you will automatically go into the draw to win an iPad.

In other words - you can claim a free domain - your friends can claim a free domain - and you can both win an iPad!

The 1st iPad winner will be someone who gets a domain and found about it from a NewSprout customer (hopefully that's YOUR friend). The winner of the 2nd iPad is that customer who referred them (hopefully that's YOU). So the more of your friends that claim a domain, the better the chance you have of winning an iPad with them.

That's 2 iPads up for grabs, one for you and one for your friend! Hopefully you're as lucky as our previous winner from our "New Logo Competition".

Please feel free to forward this link on to any colleagues, friends or family, TWEET it or post this link on your Facebook wall. Here is the link to this page: http://www.newsprout.com.au/free-domains-and-ipads-at-newsprout

And here is the Promotion Code to add during your order to get the domain for free: ipadupforgrabs

It also applies to Transfers. So if you or your friend have a domain registered elsewhere, you can transfer it over to us to benefit. You may be thinking to yourself, "Hey, but .au transfers are free anyway!" That's correct and that is why we will cover the cost of the next renewal - please remember to add the code above.

As I said, absolutely no strings!

You're free to do with it as you please over the next 2 years, whether you want to keep it with us and point the DNS elsewhere to another site or location. Or add a web hosting package to it. Or transfer it elsewhere at no charge. Or let it expire once it comes around for renewal again in 2 years time. No strings - No catches. It is entirely up to you.

See you soon...the only requirements are that the Registration or Transfer must process successfully, so you will need to ensure you have your VALID business Name and ABN (or ACN or Business Entity number) ready and the CORRECT domain transfer key if it is an existing domain you will be transferring. Please double check these, as it will need to process successfully during the timeframe in order to claim your domain. This is a requirement by the Australian Domain Administrator to be eligible for .au domain names (http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2008-05/). Also, if in doubt, you can read about it here and grab the correct Domain Transfer Key (or Password) from the link on this page: http://www.newsprout.com.au/transfer-domain

Why are we doing this and how long will it last?

We've considered various other marketing methods, and rather than spending our marketing budget on various methods - we thought it would be much better spent offering our clients something for free. We would love to offer this for a longer period, however we seriously don't know how long our budget is going to last.

For anyone who has just registered a .com.au or .net.au through us, not to worry, we will back date this giveaway to the 1st April, so if you just paid for one there will be a credit applied to your account over the coming week for one of the .com.au or .net.au domains you have already registered or transferred.

No strings but a few Conditions:

• One domain each (a .com.au or .net.au only)

• The competition closes next week at 5pm on Thursday 2nd June 2011 (but may end sooner, we don't know when it will run out)

• The Apple iPads up for grabs are the 16GB iPad 2 with Wi-Fi

• They will be delivered to your door depending on how quickly we can get it delivered from Apple

• If you are the winner - we require a photo of you before sending off the iPad and then another one with you and your new iPad emailed to us within 2 days of receiving it so we can put it on our site :-)

Thanks for helping us Vote for our NEW LOGO!

We had a great response!

Logo Option 4 was the winning logo, with Logo Option 3 being a very close runner up.

To decide the winner out of all of you who voted for Option 4, we had some great fun with some little "sprouts" on the case. It took a few attempts until one of them finally "pinned the donkey" and actually hit a number relating to one of you voters.

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Well done to our WINNER Rosemary Lindsay from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland!

You sounded very excited on the phone and we're glad you were so happy to win the iPad2 - we also threw in a BONUS Apple magnetic Smart Cover which is made for the new iPad - enjoy your new toy! As promised your iPad was delivered to your door on Friday 15th April.

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Better luck next time to everyone else - which will actually be very soon :-)

As you know we are launching our brand spanking NEW website soon and we will have some more awesome givaways - with absolutely no catch!

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A few Conditions:

Only your 1st vote will be counted and therefore you only need to vote once to stand a chance to win the iPad

The competition closes next week at 5pm on Tuesday 12th April 2011

The Apple iPad up for grabs is the 16GB iPad 2 with Wi-Fi

It will be delivered to your door by Friday the 15th April 2011

If you are the winner - we require a photo of you before sending off the iPad and then another one with you and your new iPad emailed to us within 2 days of receiving it so we can put it on our site :-)

With the NewSprout Spam-Filter we understand it is not feasible to pay for spam filtering on a per-mailbox basis. So we have abandoned the outdated per-user based pricing models and our filters are included on a per domain basis with every one of our hosting packages.

This is not just your average "run-of-the-mill" spam filter! This is a specifically built and customised spam filter that works. It is extremely accurate and all you will need.

All our NewSprout web hosting packages come with our Spam Filter automatically setup for you - and FREE!

While we are confident there will be no need to change any settings, you always have full control of your email and have access to the spam cluster through a link in your cPanel. All stats, logs, quarantined email, whitelists and blacklists can be viewed here. However, please note the settings are already optimally configured and no changes are required on your part.

When logged into your cPanel, please go to "Mail" > "The NewSprout Spam-Filter" > "Antispam Management Area".

10 Reasons and Benefits why we believe this is the best Anti-Spam service available:

  1. No need for any other filtering or email protection, you can disable and get rid of all those other things you have tried! This is no ordinary spam filter, this is The NewSprout Spam-Filter
  2. It blocks spam at the server level. Therefore, it never gets to your computer giving you more overall security, as viruses will also be blocked at the server level
  3. You don't waste your bandwidth downloading unwanted spam
  4. 99.98% detection rate, 0.0001% false positives - so rest assured! That means 2 out of every 10,000 spam messages may get through. It also means the system may incorrectly detect only 1 in a million messages incorrectly as spam - these will either give the sender a bounced message or they will be quaratined - they will never be lost (in the very unlikely event this occurs in the first place)
  5. Clustered environment - the spam filter is setup on multiple servers owned and managed by us. This adds redundancy to your email delivery and scalability to our environment
  6. No pointing fingers - we own our equipment and therefore we have full control of the cluster and entire delivery process - as opposed to many other solutions out there, where your email would be routed through a filter on a 3rd party network. This adds extra hops, complexity and loss of control of the complete mail delivery process
  7. It is integrated into your single control panel (cPanel) - this gives you easy access to the spam filter
  8. False postives eliminated due to two filtering levels, at the "SMTP" and "data" levels. Most spam will be blocked at the "smtp" level before the "data" in the email even needs to be interrogated
  9. Very smart technology that "learns" legitimate email sources. Even if emails or the sending source is blacklisted (often for the wrong reasons), our system will still deliver the email from legitimate sources
  10. Did we mention it is FREE! It is not charged on a per-user mailbox basis like many outdated pricing models still do. It is included free with every NewSprout web hosting package - protecting your entire domain

Many NewSprout Hosting customers have brought to our attention letters they have received in the post. The letter is from Domain Renewals Group in the US, but claiming to be based in Melbourne.

The letter will be addressed to you, the registrant, with either your existing domain or a similar domain they will try and trick you into registering. They obtain your details from a Whois search on your domain, which is actually illegal, but difficult to prove. The physical letter, you receive via postal mail, starts with "As a courtesy to domain holders we are sending you this notification of the domain name registration that is due to expire..."

They try and trick you into believing 2 things:

1. That they are your domain provider, and

2. If you don't register/renew your domain right away, you will lose it.

The Domain Renewal Group have actually tried to justify this behaviour, however the fact that they cannot do it for .au domains (because Australian law can then intervene) proves its lack of authenticity. You will only receive this for .com, .net, or other GTLDs.

The HK-NSC email scam

It reads as follows:

Dear CEO/Manager,

We are a domain name registration center in Hong Kong, mainly dealing with domain name registration and internet intellectual property rights protection. On <this date> we received a formal application from a local company of your country who is applying to register some domain names with the keyword "your-dcmain-name" and register it as their internet keyword. After investigation, we find that you are the original user of the keyword. As this refers to your company name or trade mark, and in order to avoid the confusion and dispute on the internet, we inform you and would like to know your ideas, if you agree about this issue, we will finish the third company's registration, If you don't agree the third company to register. please inform me. looking forward to your reply. thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

Kind Regards,

Sonia Adela

Tel: +852-31757931-8003
Fax: +852-31757932
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
website: http://www.hknsc.hk

Both scams are very similar.

Action: We, as well as many legitimate providers, have tried taking action, however there is not much that can be done.

You can just ignore the letter and email.

If in any doubt please contact us and we will be more than willing to assist you in clarifying your domain status.

NewSprout Hosting's MD, Gavin Payne, has been Hosting servers, applications and websites for over 10 years, helping global companies including Telstra, Bidvest, VISA, AVIS, AT&T, Peugeot, BMW, Motorola and many others build their online presence. NewSprout is an Australian company offering website hosting, email services and domain name registrations to business and personal clients. For more information visit http://www.newsprout.com.au/web-hosting