Comments on: Put Your Newsletter In The (Time) Zone http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm Email Marketing Tips by AWeber Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Scott http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-39320 Scott Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:33:51 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-39320 I don't understand why it is so difficult to have e-mails set to specific time zones. As an Australian customer I have to deduct 15 hours from the time I wish to send an e-mail. Surely I should be able to select GMT +10:00 from a drop down and then select a time as opposed to making a backwards calculation manually in order to match up to EST in the States. Difficult? I dobut it. Surely correspondence flagged from a different time zone can automatically have the conversion done BoH. Presently the more e-mails I send the more I have to make this backwards calculation and the more frustrated I get. Does anyone have a solution that doesn't involve toying with meridian lines and golbal coordinates? I want a GMT +10:00 drop down. I don’t understand why it is so difficult to have e-mails set to specific time zones. As an Australian customer I have to deduct 15 hours from the time I wish to send an e-mail. Surely I should be able to select GMT +10:00 from a drop down and then select a time as opposed to making a backwards calculation manually in order to match up to EST in the States.

Difficult? I dobut it. Surely correspondence flagged from a different time zone can automatically have the conversion done BoH.

Presently the more e-mails I send the more I have to make this backwards calculation and the more frustrated I get.

Does anyone have a solution that doesn’t involve toying with meridian lines and golbal coordinates? I want a GMT +10:00 drop down.

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]]> By: Justin Premick http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-37565 Justin Premick Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:12:38 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-37565 Joe, Definitely worth thinking about :) That is a feature we plan to add to the broadcast tool and it has been passed on to our Development Team. We've been pretty busy with a few other <a href="http://www.aweber.com/blog/new-features/email-analytics-overview.htm" rel="nofollow">big releases</a> but I'll ping them about this one. Joe,

Definitely worth thinking about :)

That is a feature we plan to add to the broadcast tool and it has been passed on to our Development Team. We’ve been pretty busy with a few other big releases but I’ll ping them about this one.

]]> By: Joe Petrashek http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-37549 Joe Petrashek Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:17:34 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-37549 I never saw a response to this important post asked about by more than one customer. Please advise, thank you. THIS POST: Neill Neill March 27th, 2007 at 1:28 pm Hi Tom, If time segmenting a broadcast is worth doing, wouldn’t be worth setting a goal of automating the whole process? That way we would have the option to broadcast a message at, say 8am local time, everywhere. That way my subscribers is California, Maine, Scotland, Dubai, Kasikstan, and Singapore would all get their mail first thing in the morning. Worth thinking about? I never saw a response to this important post asked about by more than one customer. Please advise, thank you.

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Neill Neill
March 27th, 2007 at 1:28 pm

Hi Tom,

If time segmenting a broadcast is worth doing, wouldn’t be worth setting a goal of automating the whole process?

That way we would have the option to broadcast a message at, say 8am local time, everywhere. That way my subscribers is California, Maine, Scotland, Dubai, Kasikstan, and Singapore would all get their mail first thing in the morning.

Worth thinking about?

]]> By: Marc Kline http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-18651 Marc Kline Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:32:47 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-18651 Shane, Since the instructions in this post target geographical coordinates, you could always narrow those down to a smaller area than an entire time zone to target a little closer to the desired geographic location. You could search for subscribers using the "City" value we obtain for subscribers by IP address, but I would caution you that this would target only people who access the internet from Sydney, and not anyone in any near-distant areas. Shane,

Since the instructions in this post target geographical coordinates, you could always narrow those down to a smaller area than an entire time zone to target a little closer to the desired geographic location.

You could search for subscribers using the "City" value we obtain for subscribers by IP address, but I would caution you that this would target only people who access the internet from Sydney, and not anyone in any near-distant areas.

]]> By: Shane J http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-18639 Shane J Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:55:51 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-18639 If it is possible to target Timezones. Is it possible to send out a communication to a specific geographic location? Send an email to all of the people in Sydney, Australia? If it is possible to target Timezones. Is it possible to send out a communication to a specific geographic location? Send an email to all of the people in Sydney, Australia?

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]]> By: » 3 Tips to Target Your Subscribers Better - AWeber Blog http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-16613 » 3 Tips to Target Your Subscribers Better - AWeber Blog Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:38:44 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-16613 [...] I've listed a few today to provoke some constructive thought on the subject. But we've covered some of these in the past, such as Justin's post on targeting your subscribers' time zones, and we'll continue to with posts on topics like list segmentation and effective copywriting. [...] [...] I’ve listed a few today to provoke some constructive thought on the subject. But we’ve covered some of these in the past, such as Justin’s post on targeting your subscribers’ time zones, and we’ll continue to with posts on topics like list segmentation and effective copywriting. [...]

]]> By: Justin Premick http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-11853 Justin Premick Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:27:48 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-11853 Phil, Autoresponder and follow up messages aren't scheduled for a particular time of day. They're sent during a 24-hour "window." Example: I sign up & receive your autoresponder at 2:15pm on Monday. Your next message is set to go 2 days after that autoresponder. I'll be sent your message sometime between 2:15PM on Wednesday and 2:15PM on Thursday. While we try to send each follow up message as close to the beginning of that window as possible, the exact time a follow up is sent depends partly on overall mail volume. Hope that helps! Phil,

Autoresponder and follow up messages aren’t scheduled for a particular time of day. They’re sent during a 24-hour "window."

Example: I sign up & receive your autoresponder at 2:15pm on Monday. Your next message is set to go 2 days after that autoresponder. I’ll be sent your message sometime between 2:15PM on Wednesday and 2:15PM on Thursday.

While we try to send each follow up message as close to the beginning of that window as possible, the exact time a follow up is sent depends partly on overall mail volume.

Hope that helps!

]]> By: Phil http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-11851 Phil Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:04:29 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-marketing/put-your-newsletter-in-the-time-zone.htm#comment-11851 This is great for broadcast messages. Is there any way of controlling or influencing what time an auto- responder message goes out (rather than a broadcast)? What determines when an auto responder message is sent? I have some subscribers who are getting messages after work on a Friday which is not much use (I know because I get the out of office response). Is it determined by the original sign-up time? If I add to my list of messages (after a break) is it then determined by when I added the messages to the list? This is great for broadcast messages.

Is there any way of controlling or influencing what time an auto- responder message goes out (rather than a broadcast)? What determines when an auto responder message is sent?

I have some subscribers who are getting messages after work on a Friday which is not much use (I know because I get the out of office response).

Is it determined by the original sign-up time?

If I add to my list of messages (after a break) is it then determined by when I added the messages to the list?

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