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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    VerticalResponse

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AVerticalResponse is an email campaign management software and services platform from Deluxe. In addition to providing email marketing tools, VerticalResponse offers fully managed email marketing services from campaign launch and management to reporting and analysis.

    $9

    per month

    Yahoo Ads

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AYahoo Ads supports mobile, native and search engine marketing and advertising, and is a solution for placing ads where visitors are. The marketplace offers search and native advertising in one advertising platform.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    VerticalResponseYahoo Ads
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $11.00
    per month
    Pro
    $16.00
    per month
    Pro Plus
    $196.00
    per month
    Yahoo Gemini!
    $25.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    VerticalResponseYahoo Ads
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    VerticalResponseYahoo Ads
    Considered Both Products
    VerticalResponse
    No answer on this topic
    Yahoo!
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    VerticalResponseYahoo Ads
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of VerticalResponse and Yahoo Ads
    Feature
    VerticalResponse
    9.9
    8 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Yahoo Ads
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of VerticalResponse and Yahoo Ads
    Feature
    VerticalResponse
    10.0
    9 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Yahoo Ads
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of VerticalResponse and Yahoo Ads
    Feature
    VerticalResponse
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Yahoo Ads
    -
    Ratings
    URL Validation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Image Validation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbox Display10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    VerticalResponseYahoo Ads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (28 ratings)
    5.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    5.4
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    6.5
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    VerticalResponseYahoo Ads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    VerticalResponse
    For businesses requiring advanced email marketing features like sophisticated automation, in-depth analytics, and extensive customization, VerticalResponse might fall short due to its limited featuresVerticalResponse is ideal for small businesses or freelancers who need a simple, straightforward email marketing tool. Its ease of use and basic features make it suitable for those without extensive technical expertise in email marketing
    Incentivized
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    Yahoo!
    Good for instances where search campaigns are driving poor overall traffic. Campaigns for awareness work well, and you have pretty good control of how your ads look without having to do too much work. We've used this successfully for law, financial services, and political campaigns effectively. With Twitter banning political ads, and Facebook becoming increasingly strict on their approval guidelines, this may turn into the best alternative. Would not necessarily recommend for ecommerce campaigns, or lead based campaign where keeping cost per conversion down is a primary objective.
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    Pros
    VerticalResponse
    • I love the ease of list builder because we often times have a lot of data to import. It would be simply impossible without this tool, considering the amount of customer data we have for any one given email.
    • We really enjoy the ease of use of the HTML wizard as well. It helps even a novice be able to make a beautiful and attention grabbing email.
    • The dashboard is functional and easy to find when you need with a quick search.
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    Yahoo!
    • Offers extensive solutions to reach a high volume of users and create new reach outside of major networks like Google and Bing.
    • Provides unique ways to differentiate advertisers in top positions on search results pages.
    • Creates unique tactics to utilize on display networks (carousel and video takeovers).
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    Cons
    VerticalResponse
    • The type face is small. Not sure if this is to avoid overwhelming the reader, but I could see this being an issue with vision-impaired people or people who don't see small print well.
    • Sometimes I find it takes multiple clicks to make one simple change. I wish there was a search field at the top of the screen that allowed me to jump directly to a client's entry to update it there.
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    Yahoo!
    • No traffic -- despite a high ROI, the lack of overall spend led to us eventually remove support for the channel from our services.
    • Nothing to differentiate it from other paid platforms -- Gemini didn't particularly offer anything new or novel that made it worth using over Bing and Google.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    VerticalResponse
    Product is easy for both technical and non-technical people to use. A cost effective solution for sending out large number of messages. We can manage unsubscribes by individual accounts, so we can have multiple multiple accounts combined to maximize our buying power on credits. Effective API for sending/receiving data makes tool a valuable asset.
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    Yahoo!
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    VerticalResponse
    I truly love this product. We are moving to an all-in-one system next year and my greatest fear in doing so is how much I will miss this platform. Although we are excited for things ahead, I will always keep Vertical Response in my back pocket incase I don't love the new platform as much
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    Yahoo!
    One of my main pain points with yahoo gemini is that the product is very difficult to use and the UI seems like they took a skeleton of a similar product and made it bare bones functional for the purpose of generating ad spend. It is a huge barrier for new customers and I feel one of the main reasons they have new customers at all is all the free trial dollars they offer.
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    Reliability and Availability
    VerticalResponse
    Never had an issue with uptime
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    Yahoo!
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    VerticalResponse
    No issues
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    Yahoo!
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    VerticalResponse
    At Vertical Response the help desk associates are courteous, knowledgeable and helpful. You can tell they enjoy what they do. And clearly, they are well trained because most times, the first point of contact is able to resolve any issue you may have. There have been very few times where an associate has needed to get back to me or escalate me to a supervisor
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    Yahoo!
    They were always super helpful during training and demoing and would answer any questions we had. We didn't have a direct account manager, which would have been nice, but I just don't think their size accommodates for that type of set up. They are very knowledgeable and help guide you through a set up for each particular client.
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    Online Training
    VerticalResponse
    Basic functions and online help...we used what was needed, at the time, and will continue to explore other online trainings as our functional needs expand
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    Yahoo!
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    VerticalResponse
    Salesforce integration never worked right. We had to abandon.
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    Yahoo!
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    VerticalResponse
    In addition to using Vertical Response personally I also manage email marketing for clients that already use Mailchimp, Robly and Constant Contact. While most of these platforms all offer similar features I choose Vertical Response first if the client does not have a platform in place. Typically I am also teaching the client how to use this tool and the Vertical Response visual interface is very easy for me to teach a client how to navigate and create their own campaigns.
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    Yahoo!
    Yahoo Gemini! does stack up well against its competitors in the smaller spending realms. We've never been able to justify the ROI when we try to scale it up to even 10% - 15% of our spend. No, we've found that it's much better as a tangential win than a mainstream channel.
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    Return on Investment
    VerticalResponse
    • We were able to blast out promotions our company was having to customers which created an increase in business.
    • By blasting out any service issues, it keeps our customers informed so that they are not wondering what is going on.
    • Allows us to store unsubscribed emails so that we are not constantly pestering people who do not want to be emailed.
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    Yahoo!
    • It has created a more comprehensive understanding of the audience to whom a client is marketing.
    • It allows clients to target and reach audience members on all major search platforms.
    • It provides data and reporting to understand and analyze campaign success and optimize campaigns towards client goals.
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