[OMS_MANAGERS] Email marketing service

Tue Oct 6 12:01:45 PDT 2020

I've used a service, Benchmark Email, for about a dozen years for email marketing. It works well and they're constantly improving it.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Email Platforms (Reedsport Main Street Program)
   2. Re: Email Platforms (Elisa Joy Payne)
   3. Re: Email Platforms (W Darin Rutledge, Executive Director)
   4. National Main Street's new partnership with Ebay
      (STUART Sheri * OPRD)

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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 09:00:17 -0700
From: "Reedsport Main Street Program" <mainstreet at cityofreedsport.org>
To: "Main Street Listserve" <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Email Platforms
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For those of you that run the email management portion of your main street.
What program do you use? Our program was set up under mail chimp, which is
difficult to use among other faults, I am also the only one with access to
our email account and I would like to change that, so I can share the load.
I am wondering if any of you operate off Microsoft 365 or other programs
that you have found useful.

Thank you!

Courteney Halstead

Administrative Assistant | Main Street Liaison

City of Reedsport

451 Winchester Ave.

Reedsport, OR. 97467

541.271.3603 ext. 1005

541.271.2809 (Fax)

chalstead at cityofreedsport.org <mailto:chalstead at cityofreedsport.org>

http://www.cityofreedsport.org/

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 09:04:53 -0700
From: Elisa Joy Payne <ej at downtownhillsboro.org>
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Email Platforms
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We use Google for Business, which is fairly easy to manage and also
includes phone service in the package. I was able to port over our main
number when we closed our office and now can answer from either my mobile
phone or computer.

*Elisa Joy 'EJ' Payne* *| *Executive Director
*| Hillsboro Downtown Partnership *| *Cultivating a vibrant community.*
*|* *o.* 503-640-6145* | **m.* 503-341-8639
*|* *e. *ej at downtownhillsboro.org *|* *w.* downtownhillsboro.org

Follow what's happening Downtown on INSTAGRAM
<https://www.instagram.com/dwtnhillsboro/>.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 9:01 AM Reedsport Main Street Program <
mainstreet at cityofreedsport.org> wrote:

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> For those of you that run the email management portion of your main
> street. What program do you use? Our program was set up under mail chimp,
> which is difficult to use among other faults, I am also the only one with
> access to our email account and I would like to change that, so I can share
> the load. I am wondering if any of you operate off Microsoft 365 or other
> programs that you have found useful.
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> Thank you!
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> *Courteney Halstead*
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> *Administrative Assistant | Main Street Liaison *
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> *City of Reedsport*
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> *451 Winchester Ave.*
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> *Reedsport, OR. 97467*
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> *541.271.3603 ext. 1005*
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> *541.271.2809 (Fax)*
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> *chalstead at cityofreedsport.org <chalstead at cityofreedsport.org>*
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> *http://www.cityofreedsport.org/ <http://www.cityofreedsport.org/>*
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:09:23 -0700
From: "W Darin Rutledge, Executive Director"
        <darin at downtownklamathfalls.org>
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Email Platforms
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For basic email, we use Gmail as our mail exchange ? very inexpensive. We also subscribe to Office 365 primarily for Outlook/Word./Excel, etc., and if we weren?t already using Gmail, I?d use Office 365 as our mail exchange. If you?re a nonprofit and connected to TechSoup.org, you can get O365 licensing for $3/month/user.

For email marketing, I don?t know if Microsoft or Google have anything comparable to Mail Chimp or Constant Contact. We use Constant Contact. It?s a relatively larger cost, but if the goal is to regularly send formatted content to multiple email addresses, it?s definitely worth having. I also think the interface is more intuitive (and certainly more capable) than MailChimp. They also have nonprofit pricing.

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From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of Reedsport Main Street Program <mainstreet at cityofreedsport.org>
Reply-To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 9:01 AM
To: Main Street Listserve <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Email Platforms

Good Morning,

For those of you that run the email management portion of your main street. What program do you use? Our program was set up under mail chimp, which is difficult to use among other faults, I am also the only one with access to our email account and I would like to change that, so I can share the load. I am wondering if any of you operate off Microsoft 365 or other programs that you have found useful.

Thank you!

Courteney Halstead

Administrative Assistant | Main Street Liaison

City of Reedsport

451 Winchester Ave.

Reedsport, OR. 97467

541.271.3603 ext. 1005

541.271.2809 (Fax)

chalstead at cityofreedsport.org

http://www.cityofreedsport.org/

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 16:26:34 +0000
From: STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov>
To: 'Oregon Main Street program managers'
        <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] National Main Street's new partnership with
        Ebay
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NMSC recently launched a new partnership with eBay - another partner that they've been able to engage for COVID recovery response efforts. Through their partnership, Main Street small businesses will have special access to their newly launched Seller School, supporting their transitions to e-commerce.

On Wednesday they will be hosting a webinar with eBay to hear more about the program. A description is below and registration is here<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ql-A8imiQ-yNtIA4iao0qw>.

It's hard to over-state the impact that COVID-19 has had on brick-and-mortar small businesses on Main Streets across the country. Given the resulting shift in consumer shopping habits and operating restrictions put in place by states and municipalities, small businesses have had to reinvent themselves to stay open. One of the most important developments has been the increasing focus on ecommerce and engaging virtual content as a means of connecting to customers in new ways. And as we head into the all-important holiday shopping season, these shifts are going to be more important than ever.

To support this critical work, Main Street America has teamed up with ecommerce leader eBay to extend a special invitation to Main Street small businesses.

We invite you to join this webinar to hear directly from eBay about a new opportunity for the small businesses in your district, whether they're just getting started in ecommerce or looking to expand their online presence, eBay's six-week Seller School guided course will help them learn to grow their business on eBay's global marketplace in just a few hours a week.

The course offers a dynamic virtual learning experience, including on-demand lessons, exclusive weekly webinars, and live coaching from expert sellers. And it's 100% free. Space is limited, and class begins October 21. Sign-up to learn more and share this opportunity with small businesses on your Main Street!

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Sheri Stuart (she, her, hers) | Oregon Main Street Coordinator
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Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Desk: (503)986-0679 cell: (503)551-3705
www.oregonmainstreet.org<http://www.oregonmainstreet.org>
725 Summer St NE, Ste C
Salem, Oregon 97301

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