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Direct Mail is an email marketing solution for Mac & iOS which includes customizable email templates, mailing list segmentation, custom sign-up forms, and more

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ELA Instructional Coach 

I enjoy the ease of use and the powerful preview features. I truly appreciate how easy it is to layout the newsletter and fine tune the design.

Great Templates, Ease of use and customization, Very good analytics. Renders very well on all kinds of devices and there's plenty of additional testing functions.

President

Excellent product and my experience has been a positive one. The support team is fairly responsive.

Sole Trader

In addition to doing what is asked of it reports are chelated and exported effortlessly. A potentially drudge job becomes a pleasure with this, the right software.

Owner

Having used Direct Mail for many years I can attest to the effort put into keeping it fresh. The customer support is outstanding.

Consistently improving and enhancing the application. Great value for the money.

Entrepreneur

The quality of the interface, compared with a comprehensive selection of templated.

Author

Overall the experience I've had has been wonderful. I also use Daylite in my business and Direct Mail integrates with this program which is such a time saver.

Owner/Photographer

Easy to use, good value for the money, would recommend.

Account Executive

Easy and produces excellent direct mail campaigns. In this day with it being more difficult to be in person, DM is the ideal way to reach your clients with updates and services.

Owner/Publisher

Integration and ease of use, great software for Mac.

Founder

I have maintained various mailing lists and mailings over the years and DirectMail has always been the perfect tool for me.

This is a pro-level tool that every small, indie, business should make great use of. It is light on the wallet and there every time you need it.

Writer

I've experienced people I've known well reporting me, rather than merely unsubscribing. One I called up and she said she did it by accident.

This is mature mac software that grows over time. I have been using it for years and in the work place I have a handful of softwares that are the business.

Sales Director

Not sure about the domain authentication process. I don't really want to bother our IT guy to have him update the DNS records just for me to use this.

May be we need more template to choice, but really is difficult to find something that is not working well, but please continue to develop so we can remain with you.

Totally, understand why and the reasoning for this. I am aware the industry is traditionally squirley about spam reporting.

MailerLite

Gmail

This has saved me many hours over the years!

Without a doubt the best system I've used and I love that it's simple and smart at the same time. 
It's easy to use and I never feel overwhelmed. Other systems go too far and make the experience feel like you need to be an expert (even though they say it's "easy").

We currently have the smaller of the packages but look forward to expanding to the next level soon - thanks to Direct Mail. 

I've never looked back!

I send out newsletters and have a Mac. This has been a really good system for a first time user. It is also cost effective since goes by how many people are subscribers.

Easy to use for first time users

Thanks for the review, Ashley! We hope you get a chance to check out our latest update, Direct Mail 5.0. It packs a ton of new creative options and an expanded gallery of templates.

One of my oldest clients is a company that offers PR monitoring software and for the last five years we have been sending out email campaigns every week (Tuesdays through Thursdays) and I know that they are getting customers signing up to their services as a result. We update their campaigns on a regular basis and with Direct Mail's excellent interface I can adapt and amend things very quickly.

For all our email marketing clients Direct Mail allows me to schedule highly personalised campaigns for weeks ahead – a feature that is especially invaluable when we go away, ensuring that our clients' campaigns never miss a beat even when we're on the beach. 

Getting notifications on my iPhone, via their Stamps app, means that whenever I am out of the office I am always aware how our campaigns are performing and can provide instant updates if clients need information even when I am away from my Mac.

Direct Mail is a real gem; the pricing policy is very fair and you can easilty up and downgrade your plans as needed. Their support is excellent, and I must shout out to [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]; even though we're on different continents we're on the same page and I appreciate being able to have direct contact with support and not having to go raise support tickets.

I very much look forward to continuing to send out compelling campaigns via Direct Mail in the months  and years ahead.

Direct Mail always hits the spot

Love it! I have used Direct Mail for many years, brought it with me into different companies and into different projects and it always does the job. 
Despite the pleasantly simple and light user interface, Direct Mail has really advanced and professional features that cover everything I need, from tracking to unsubscribing. Even though I'm not a marketing professional, I was able to run several well received newsletters and very successfull campaigns with it.
I don't use Direct Mail very often (just running the odd newsletter or campaign), but I have used it for EVERY mass email I have sent since appx. 2014 and cannot think of any other software that does what I need it to do as well as this.

Great Newsletter Software

Direct Mail has meant it takes me about one fifth of the time to compose and send an email campaign (compared to MailChimp). The user interface means I'm more confident about writing emails because I don't end up fixated on all the fidgety formatting and targeting issues I had on MailChimp. I've probably increased the number of EDMs I've sent out by about 80% because of how easy it is to use Direct Mail. I've had a much better engagement rate from my lists, and I swear at the computer a whole lot less. 

Direct Mail made me happier and swear less (and saved me money)

When we moved from sendblaster on the PC to Direct Mail - well, actually we had used Direct Mail for years, then sendblaster and when we moved back to the M1 Macs, it was such a relief to pick up with such a well-designed product. In the intervening years there had been some changes, but our older archives of templates just worked. 

I am at the point where I would recommend a church to purchase an inexpensive Mac Mini JUST for email usage and in particular Direct Mail. 

I appreciate the longevity of the product and look forward to what lies ahead. Great work team!

Direct Mail to the Rescue

Excellent product and my experience has been a positive one. The support team is fairly responsive. 

Long time user and very happy

Very very good.  Combination support, documentation and ease of use make it a positive experience

One word: excellent

Overall the experience I've had has been wonderful. I also use Daylite in my business and Direct Mail integrates with this program which is such a time saver. That's just one of the integrations and there are a massive amount that make the software super flexible for any use case.

The MUST HAVE email marketing tool for Apple users!

I use Direct Mail heavily with DM campaigns for services and products, weekly and monthly newsletters both for my business, my local Rotary Club, and for my Rotary District. 

Direct Mail because it's easy to use

My overall experience in using Direct Mail has been very pleasant. It's efficient, easy to use, and makes writing a weekly newsletter fun. 

Direct Mail - The Best App For Writing Weekly Newsletters! 

This makes marketing possible for me.

As a long-time Mac user, I bought this software when I first launched my own business in 2010, it came in handy for reaching new customers and helping get my business off the ground.

Helped get my business off the ground!

My overall experience has been wonderful. This is a pro-level tool that every small, indie, business should make great use of. It is light on the wallet and there every time you need it.

Longtime Love Interest

I've created and maintained a list of people who want to hear about my books. Without Direct Mail for the Mac, I'd be stuck with Numbers/Excel spreadsheets.

I'd be lost without it

I use it for everything regarding my newsletters. Managing subscribers, editing emails, evaluate tracking.

Simply the best

Direct Mail Is an Excellent Email Marketing Tool

We operate our entire subscriber management with this one program.  How is that even possible?

Direct Mail, Every Bit As Good as the Mac

What I like most about Direct Mail for the Mac is that, having used it for several years, it is just there and reliable. I know that if I go a couple of months without using it that it will still meet my requirements. Sometimes, it can take a while to get back up to speed but the effort is always worth it.

Effective, low cost direct marketing

Does what we want, when we want, and we know exactly what the client will see, which is essential in complicated multiple-option emails.

Best emailer software I've ever used

Overall, is a super great  tool to manage regular advertising  emailing campaigns and periodically newsletters, but will find trouble if need integration with ecommerce or automation tools.

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