7Sheep vs Mailchimp

• When preparing an event, 7Sheep takes care of pretty much everything you need to select, inform, and register participants, as well as prepare materials for the events, such as name badges and signature lists.
• We also use 7Sheep for reporting on communications activities.
• 7Sheep allows you to build simple or complex forms and questionnaires which we use both for events and independent surveys.
• The drag and drop HTML editor makes things look good without a lot of extra effort.

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• Audience tags--this has been such a great add-on in the toolkit.
• Drag-and-drop email design--not every marketing mail system uses this kind of design editing tool; it's a timesaver, there are a lot of options. Adding graphics with captions and boxed text relieves me of a lot of formatting issues.

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• I know that they are working on a simpler way to send a test e-mail to yourself. This will streamline my activities as well and I look forward to that system change (which was suggested by a client. I have also suggested improvements which have been implemented.)
• I miss an easy unsubscribe feature (like you get in MailChimp). Overall, 7Sheep's system is more flexible (good) but that does make it more complex to split up (not so good).
• Setting up the SPF record in our DNS system was flexible and easy but for DKIM integration we had to contact the 7Sheep support. They do not check or show the necessary records in the tool. Customer service was great, though, so not a very big problem, just a bit of a nuisance.

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• I wish that the uploaded files were easier to manage in that I would like to delete older versions of uploaded files that I no longer need. However, they are "layered" in the Content Manager section and I am not able to un-layer them to delete versions I do not need.
• It can get expensive quickly, particularly if you have over 2,000 subscribers which we do (close to 5,000 subscribers).
• Sometimes the formatting of an email newsletter-type communication can be tricky for a novice on Mailchimp, but after doing it once or twice, you get the hang of it and it becomes much easier.

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• With the translation support we have translated forms into Spanish for our producers and this has been a really positive benefit for them as a partner.
• I am able to monitor interest in different products very easily and so re-target particular varieties to specific regions.
• Text message campaigns mean that we can directly engage: especially for physical meetings, tasting reminders and so forth.

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• The click reports have been amazing for helping target digital leads that may not have yet taken a next step but are quietly, actively engaging with content.
• The ability to quickly A/B test subject lines and get detailed reports on the campaign have really helped drill down what language to use in campaigns moving forward.

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