I want to send a newsletter out to my clients each month (or maybe quarter) which will be my own newsletter. Can anyone recommend the best way to do this. I will of course need to maintain a client database anyway so could I just email from that? I'm also interested in allowing interested parties to sign up with the view that they are potentially future clients. Anyone have any experience of using an email opt in system to sign people up to receive the newsletter, I've heard of a few like Aweber, would that be suitable?
easy peasy. check out mailchimp. free to use and easy to use once you get used to it. allows easy importing of email addresses from excel (export from outlook into excel first) also allows for your clients to change settings and opt out if they wish.