Email Marketing is something else that Intuit has built into QuickBooks 2010.
From the Customers menu choose Email Marketing OR from the Online Services choose Email Marketing. Your default browser will launch.
The first thing that I noticed about this was that it was very slow and then I got this error message that explained it all!
Firefox is my default browser and this requires Internet Explorer. {sigh}
So I followed the instructions and copied the url from Firefox and pasted it into Internet Explorer, unfortunately it was even slower to load in Internet Explorer and instead of the error I received I received another window wanting me to install an Active X component.
So I go ahead and indicate that I want to install the Active X component and receive the usual Internet Explorer Security Warning.
And I choose to Run the Active X component. The next message box that I received was even more disappointing – there is no support for Windows Vista or Windows 7. Guess this isn’t ready for “prime time”.
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Now really I’m very confused and if anybody can help me out, please post an answer…
If this is an “internet or browser based program” why does it work or not work depending upon which operating system you have? I thought one of the bonuses of internet based software was that it was compatible with all versions of Windows and Mac’s too?
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If email marketing and staying in touch with your customers/clients is important to you I would suggest that you check out Constant Contact (that’s what we use for our email newsletters and have for well over 3 years); for a free 60-day trial, click here.
*Constant Contact is a web-based newsletter, email promotion, email event notification, and survey creation tool. Internet access is required and it supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
I’ll keep you posted about the Email marketing option in 2010.
