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I've used AWeber, GetResponse and MailChimp in the past but switched to ActiveCampaign years ago and so am no longer familiar with the current facilities offer by the others.

You have FANTASTIC responses here; kindly let us know if you require additional assistance.

Sorry Phil, not got a clue.

Thanks for responding anyway, Stuart.

Tags work in Aweber.but first tou create the rule

Can you create a rule that detects whether a subscriber has replied to a specific email?

Yep, it can - just create a tag for subscribers that reply and target the tag with an automation rule in your campaign :)

Sure, but can you detect that a subscriber has replied?

Yep you can just create a rule in your email client to add a tag on them in the list.

So you can create a rule in AWeber that says if a subscriber replies to a nominated email, add a specified tag to their details? Sorry, I'm just trying to get this clear.

You would have to integrate AWeber with your email client & have it tag the subscriber when they respond. Emails sent to your address go directly to it, they don’t go through AWeber (or any other email autoresponder) so the tagging needs to be done on the email client side.

Opens, clicks, etc, however, can all be tracked without email client integration.

OK, thanks. That clarifies it.

ActiveCampaign detects that a nominated email in an automation has been replied to and allows an automatic, immediate response. No integration with your email client is required.

I was fairly sure that was a unique facility.

That’s because they change the from email address so your replies technically go via them first. Not very private 😳

Thanks for the update, Dale.

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Can aweber do this?

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I've used AWeber, GetResponse and MailChimp in the past but switched to ActiveCampaign years ago and so am no longer familiar with the current facilities offer by the others.

You have FANTASTIC responses here; kindly let us know if you require additional assistance.

Sorry Phil, not got a clue.

Thanks for responding anyway, Stuart.

Tags work in Aweber.but first tou create the rule

Can you create a rule that detects whether a subscriber has replied to a specific email?

Yep, it can - just create a tag for subscribers that reply and target the tag with an automation rule in your campaign :)

Sure, but can you detect that a subscriber has replied?

Yep you can just create a rule in your email client to add a tag on them in the list.

So you can create a rule in AWeber that says if a subscriber replies to a nominated email, add a specified tag to their details? Sorry, I'm just trying to get this clear.

You would have to integrate AWeber with your email client & have it tag the subscriber when they respond. Emails sent to your address go directly to it, they don’t go through AWeber (or any other email autoresponder) so the tagging needs to be done on the email client side.

Opens, clicks, etc, however, can all be tracked without email client integration.

OK, thanks. That clarifies it.

ActiveCampaign detects that a nominated email in an automation has been replied to and allows an automatic, immediate response. No integration with your email client is required.

I was fairly sure that was a unique facility.

That’s because they change the from email address so your replies technically go via them first. Not very private 😳

Thanks for the update, Dale.

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Here's a definition of AMP from Semrush:

"AMP (previously known as Accelerated Mobile Pages) is an open-source HTML framework that helps create fast-loading mobile-optim

Phil, good article, no I have not had any problems with AMP. Thanks for sharing and have a great Sunday.



Larry

Switching to Rank Math seems to have fixed it.

Hi Phil. I've read a number of times that AMP is losing relevance and is no longer necessary in 2023 and beyond due to the development of Google's Core Web Vitals. Here's one (of many) articles if you are interested.
https://www.18thdigitech.com/blog/is-google-amp-still-a-thing-in-2023/#:~:text=The short answer is No,have it in mobile searches.

Thanks for the link, Collette and Philip. It was an interesting read.

I don't have a solution to your questions,sorry for that,but I did want to mention that even though your demographic is 'older', even the older generation uses the cellphone a lot these days. My parents do everything with their phones haha! And they even want the best, like expensive i-phones, and they got a tablet which I don't even use. Don't underestimate them lol :-)

Good point, Lizzy and I'll bear it in mind.

I just checked the traffic stats on one of my websites and it showed 95% desktop, 5% mobile (and 0% tablet).

I have my AMP on. I fixed my mobile speed issues. I need to have my mobile speed, but it's extreme. You can disable it since it offers no benefit to you. Try it and see what happens. You never know the results until you disable it. See if that will help with faster indexing.

Unless I forget, I disable it for all my posts. What plugin do you use, Brenda.

Rank Math, the AMP plugin is included with it. Short Pixel for image compression with Auto-Optimize plugin for mobile and javascript speed issues for mobile.

Thanks, Brenda. I'll have a look at Rank Math. It could be that the plugin I'm using is generating invalid AMP pages.

Could be. Rank Math is SEO plug in works better than SEO framework or others.

I've installed Rank Math now. It doesn't itself generate AMP pages but connects with a recommended AMP plugin, which I've also installed. I'll add a blog post to the site and see what happens. Thanks for your help.

I have the Rank Math Pro so the AMP Plugin is already turned on but the blue AMP by WordPress is not compatible with GP Premium so I had to sign up for Rank Math Pro account. Are you using GP or a different theme?

I also use RankMath. Better than SEO framework imho.

Rudy

yes, I agree.

I installed the free version of Rank Math and it recommended a specific AMP plugin, which I also installed. I've since written a new blog post and submitted it to GSC.

I use Thrive Theme Builder on all of my sites. It allows me to control all aspects of the theme and to apply different templates to the home page, blog roll, single blog pages and so on.

Ok, so with Thrive theme it will work but not with GP so that explains why you can use the other AMP WP version which works with Rank Math free version. Let's hope it works. fingers and toes crossed!

Good to know, Rudy. We'll see if it solves the AMP issue for me. If it doesn't, then the plugin wasn't the problem. It's not that important. I'm happy with the option of just not generating the AMP version of posts and pages.

Thanks, Brenda. I'll let you know.

I just checked and the new post I created a little while ago has now been indexed, along with its AMP equivalent.

See the attached image.

Thanks for putting me onto Rank Math, Brenda.

Wow that's awesome! 😀 wonderful news indeed!

Fantastic result here, Phil :) Congrats.

I had never heard of that until now, Phil!

Jeff

AMP's been around for years, Jeff.

May be, but I have never heard of it, Phil! Or if I had, I did not remember it!

Jeff

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Do you use amp (accelerated mobile pages)?

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Here's a definition of AMP from Semrush:

"AMP (previously known as Accelerated Mobile Pages) is an open-source HTML framework that helps create fast-loading mobile-optim

Phil, good article, no I have not had any problems with AMP. Thanks for sharing and have a great Sunday.



Larry

Switching to Rank Math seems to have fixed it.

Hi Phil. I've read a number of times that AMP is losing relevance and is no longer necessary in 2023 and beyond due to the development of Google's Core Web Vitals. Here's one (of many) articles if you are interested.
https://www.18thdigitech.com/blog/is-google-amp-still-a-thing-in-2023/#:~:text=The short answer is No,have it in mobile searches.

Thanks for the link, Collette and Philip. It was an interesting read.

I don't have a solution to your questions,sorry for that,but I did want to mention that even though your demographic is 'older', even the older generation uses the cellphone a lot these days. My parents do everything with their phones haha! And they even want the best, like expensive i-phones, and they got a tablet which I don't even use. Don't underestimate them lol :-)

Good point, Lizzy and I'll bear it in mind.

I just checked the traffic stats on one of my websites and it showed 95% desktop, 5% mobile (and 0% tablet).

I have my AMP on. I fixed my mobile speed issues. I need to have my mobile speed, but it's extreme. You can disable it since it offers no benefit to you. Try it and see what happens. You never know the results until you disable it. See if that will help with faster indexing.

Unless I forget, I disable it for all my posts. What plugin do you use, Brenda.

Rank Math, the AMP plugin is included with it. Short Pixel for image compression with Auto-Optimize plugin for mobile and javascript speed issues for mobile.

Thanks, Brenda. I'll have a look at Rank Math. It could be that the plugin I'm using is generating invalid AMP pages.

Could be. Rank Math is SEO plug in works better than SEO framework or others.

I've installed Rank Math now. It doesn't itself generate AMP pages but connects with a recommended AMP plugin, which I've also installed. I'll add a blog post to the site and see what happens. Thanks for your help.

I have the Rank Math Pro so the AMP Plugin is already turned on but the blue AMP by WordPress is not compatible with GP Premium so I had to sign up for Rank Math Pro account. Are you using GP or a different theme?

I also use RankMath. Better than SEO framework imho.

Rudy

yes, I agree.

I installed the free version of Rank Math and it recommended a specific AMP plugin, which I also installed. I've since written a new blog post and submitted it to GSC.

I use Thrive Theme Builder on all of my sites. It allows me to control all aspects of the theme and to apply different templates to the home page, blog roll, single blog pages and so on.

Ok, so with Thrive theme it will work but not with GP so that explains why you can use the other AMP WP version which works with Rank Math free version. Let's hope it works. fingers and toes crossed!

Good to know, Rudy. We'll see if it solves the AMP issue for me. If it doesn't, then the plugin wasn't the problem. It's not that important. I'm happy with the option of just not generating the AMP version of posts and pages.

Thanks, Brenda. I'll let you know.

I just checked and the new post I created a little while ago has now been indexed, along with its AMP equivalent.

See the attached image.

Thanks for putting me onto Rank Math, Brenda.

Wow that's awesome! 😀 wonderful news indeed!

Fantastic result here, Phil :) Congrats.

I had never heard of that until now, Phil!

Jeff

AMP's been around for years, Jeff.

May be, but I have never heard of it, Phil! Or if I had, I did not remember it!

Jeff

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I haven't used FB ads for a long time and much has changed. And as is normal for Facebook, changes are generally in the direction of making this fairly awful platform even more

My last experience has turned my sour on using Facebook ads. I ended up with a subscription to Meta something or another that charged my card over $100 in less than a month for a subscription that I never signed up for. All I did was run 2 ads and went through the same process I did years ago and didn't have that issue.
Luckily I was able to get the charges reversed. But still getting a ghost charge from placing ads makes me cautious of ever placing another, that's for sure.
And it brought crapy site visits as well, people that only clicked on my site for a second then left. So in all it was not worth it for me. You may have a better experience than me. That was my 2nd. The first went well enough, it was so long ago I forget all the details surrounding it.

Stacie

Thanks for your thoughts, Stacie. They echo my own.

Have a word with Lisa as she uses Facebook ads

Thanks, Mick.

I have never truly liked Facebook that much, although I do have a business page.

Unfortunately, like it or not, it's too big and influential to be ignored.

I understand, Phil! Too bad an idiot runs it (in my opinion)!

An extraordinarily wealthy idiot, so you can't just discount him.

Well.........of course I can. None of us can take the money with us when we go to the Great Beyond, Phil! I will agree with you though!

Jeff

That's true, Jeff. No one ever dies saying "I wish I'd spent more time in the office."

Haha! You are right about that, Phil!

Phil,
I am finding more awkward to use every time that I go on to read a message!!

It's structure is totally illogical and full of bugs. Its only redeeming feature is the size of its database.

Hey Phil,

How weird's that?

I actually watched the following video from Adam Erhart this morning, in which he discusses how Facebook ad campaigns are very different in 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUfuntUdC8U&vl=en

Right, I don't want to speak to you or any other Aussies for the next 6-10 hours... I'm TOOOOOO Nervous... Bring on the Ashes!!! Hahahahahahaha!!

Partha

I'll watch the video, thanks Partha. What a mess Facebook is. Zuckerberg produced a crap piece of software (specced by someone else) that people didn't know they wanted until they saw it. If anyone else had realised the potential earlier, they might have produced something worthwhile. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Bear in mind that Zuck built his reputation by hacking into the girl student's database and provided a portal where guys could give them hotness scores. If he'd done that today, he'd be right up there with Harvey Weinstein.

I think we need another 174 to win. Whether we make it or not, all credit to the Poms for embracing an exciting version of the game. Great players all round, from Broad to Khawaja.

Hey Phil, well Zuckerberg probably works for the CIA. After all, what better place to group almost everyone on the planet and monitor them?

Now there's a frightening thought.

Zuck was funded by Darpa to create Facebook which is why it so quickly replaced Toms MySpace. He was put in the right place right time by U.S. intelligence and funding.

I wasn't going to comment as like most of the commenters I don't have an answer, but felt i had something useful to contribute on the above :)

I hope the video Partha shared is of help.

Regards,

Jason

Thanks, Jason. I didn't know that.

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Any facebook ads experts out there?

Any facebook ads experts out there?

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I haven't used FB ads for a long time and much has changed. And as is normal for Facebook, changes are generally in the direction of making this fairly awful platform even more

My last experience has turned my sour on using Facebook ads. I ended up with a subscription to Meta something or another that charged my card over $100 in less than a month for a subscription that I never signed up for. All I did was run 2 ads and went through the same process I did years ago and didn't have that issue.
Luckily I was able to get the charges reversed. But still getting a ghost charge from placing ads makes me cautious of ever placing another, that's for sure.
And it brought crapy site visits as well, people that only clicked on my site for a second then left. So in all it was not worth it for me. You may have a better experience than me. That was my 2nd. The first went well enough, it was so long ago I forget all the details surrounding it.

Stacie

Thanks for your thoughts, Stacie. They echo my own.

Have a word with Lisa as she uses Facebook ads

Thanks, Mick.

I have never truly liked Facebook that much, although I do have a business page.

Unfortunately, like it or not, it's too big and influential to be ignored.

I understand, Phil! Too bad an idiot runs it (in my opinion)!

An extraordinarily wealthy idiot, so you can't just discount him.

Well.........of course I can. None of us can take the money with us when we go to the Great Beyond, Phil! I will agree with you though!

Jeff

That's true, Jeff. No one ever dies saying "I wish I'd spent more time in the office."

Haha! You are right about that, Phil!

Phil,
I am finding more awkward to use every time that I go on to read a message!!

It's structure is totally illogical and full of bugs. Its only redeeming feature is the size of its database.

Hey Phil,

How weird's that?

I actually watched the following video from Adam Erhart this morning, in which he discusses how Facebook ad campaigns are very different in 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUfuntUdC8U&vl=en

Right, I don't want to speak to you or any other Aussies for the next 6-10 hours... I'm TOOOOOO Nervous... Bring on the Ashes!!! Hahahahahahaha!!

Partha

I'll watch the video, thanks Partha. What a mess Facebook is. Zuckerberg produced a crap piece of software (specced by someone else) that people didn't know they wanted until they saw it. If anyone else had realised the potential earlier, they might have produced something worthwhile. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Bear in mind that Zuck built his reputation by hacking into the girl student's database and provided a portal where guys could give them hotness scores. If he'd done that today, he'd be right up there with Harvey Weinstein.

I think we need another 174 to win. Whether we make it or not, all credit to the Poms for embracing an exciting version of the game. Great players all round, from Broad to Khawaja.

Hey Phil, well Zuckerberg probably works for the CIA. After all, what better place to group almost everyone on the planet and monitor them?

Now there's a frightening thought.

Zuck was funded by Darpa to create Facebook which is why it so quickly replaced Toms MySpace. He was put in the right place right time by U.S. intelligence and funding.

I wasn't going to comment as like most of the commenters I don't have an answer, but felt i had something useful to contribute on the above :)

I hope the video Partha shared is of help.

Regards,

Jason

Thanks, Jason. I didn't know that.

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Being in Australia, I normally get 20 or 30 WA emails overnight, mainly from comments on my WA blog posts or training but last night (it's Saturday morning here) nothing. This

Hi - yes, it's been like that for a few days now.

Despite the fact that I follow over 15,000 members, I have only received 3 or 4 overnight UK times.

And actually, my latest blog post, despite being number one in the top 10 a couple of days ago, only received one comment overnight at the time.

So, I assume people weren't being notified that I had published a post.

No probs here Phil I got your email for your question this morning.

I had that happen a few times and for some reason when I went into my personal file email was turned off???🤔
So I turned it on and it was ok after that.

Hey Phil, also in Aus and I’ve just noticed I’ve gotten less overnight than I usually would too, I have gotten 4 in total BUT i am not as active as you are in the sense of training and posting. Seems the emails I have received are the blogs posted to WA but it seems the responses to comments I’ve posted have not have notified me via email so may be a server issue?

I've just checked my latest WA blog and it's received several comments that I haven't been advised by email, so it would appear to be a WA issue.

I am getting them. 6:54 PM Eastern U.S.

Including responses to blog posts and training? These are the ones I normally get but are missing.

I have been seeing a normal amount of interaction for me.

For instance, tonight's training just popped up.

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Anyone else not getting wa emails?

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Being in Australia, I normally get 20 or 30 WA emails overnight, mainly from comments on my WA blog posts or training but last night (it's Saturday morning here) nothing. This

Hi - yes, it's been like that for a few days now.

Despite the fact that I follow over 15,000 members, I have only received 3 or 4 overnight UK times.

And actually, my latest blog post, despite being number one in the top 10 a couple of days ago, only received one comment overnight at the time.

So, I assume people weren't being notified that I had published a post.

No probs here Phil I got your email for your question this morning.

I had that happen a few times and for some reason when I went into my personal file email was turned off???🤔
So I turned it on and it was ok after that.

Hey Phil, also in Aus and I’ve just noticed I’ve gotten less overnight than I usually would too, I have gotten 4 in total BUT i am not as active as you are in the sense of training and posting. Seems the emails I have received are the blogs posted to WA but it seems the responses to comments I’ve posted have not have notified me via email so may be a server issue?

I've just checked my latest WA blog and it's received several comments that I haven't been advised by email, so it would appear to be a WA issue.

I am getting them. 6:54 PM Eastern U.S.

Including responses to blog posts and training? These are the ones I normally get but are missing.

I have been seeing a normal amount of interaction for me.

For instance, tonight's training just popped up.

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Whenever someone leaves a comment on one of my WA blog posts, I get an email advising me of that.

This is useful as I can click on the link in the email and respond to t

Mine literally just started doing this and ow my this is getting annoying now. It is even more annoying when I try to answer questions and I get notifications saying "GREAT NEWS KEVIN AND SON JUST RESPONDED TO YOUR QUESTION". I am like I know I just answered someone elses question on MY OWN thread.


Kevin and Son

Carson says they're aware of it and it's being fixed.

I got one of those too, Phil! It might simply be a glitch!

Carson says they're aware of it and it's being fixed.

That's great, Phil, because after you mentioned it, I noticed a lot of that through the entire morning!

Jeff

I think it might be fixed now.

I hope so, Phil! I have been experiencing this throughout the day!

Jeff

Let me know if it seems to be fixed for you now.

I will, Phil!

Jeff

Well, I got one email for each of your two comments above and none for my response, which is exactly as it should be.

I was getting doubles and triples today for some reason!

Jeff

So far so good, now, Phil!

Jeff

Sure, the fix would have taken some time to propagate.

It probably did, Phil!

Jeff

I follow up on a totally different principle I have not noticed.

I don't use either my email inbox or bell notifications.

I haven't gotten that problem yet. But, what has shown up is that all of my previously read "Notifications" are showing up as unread and I am having to mark them as read again and again. ???

JD

They're getting three instead of one; that's how I understand it.

Right,

:)

Carson says they're aware of it and it's being fixed.

Oh, that's good :)

Good. :)

I think it might be fixed now.

I think it might be fixed now.

Hope So. I will see tomorrow.

Goodnight, Phil

JD

I posted a WA blog earlier today and had a few comments that showed up in an email despite the fact that I replied to the comment on the WA site. As well, several blog posts that I commented on did show up in my email as if I had not commented. I am interested in what is said about this. It's not a big deal, but definitely different.
JIm

Looks like they have it under control, Jim.

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Comments on wa blog posts appear to have a problem?

Comments on wa blog posts appear to have a problem?

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Whenever someone leaves a comment on one of my WA blog posts, I get an email advising me of that.

This is useful as I can click on the link in the email and respond to t

Mine literally just started doing this and ow my this is getting annoying now. It is even more annoying when I try to answer questions and I get notifications saying "GREAT NEWS KEVIN AND SON JUST RESPONDED TO YOUR QUESTION". I am like I know I just answered someone elses question on MY OWN thread.


Kevin and Son

Carson says they're aware of it and it's being fixed.

I got one of those too, Phil! It might simply be a glitch!

Carson says they're aware of it and it's being fixed.

That's great, Phil, because after you mentioned it, I noticed a lot of that through the entire morning!

Jeff

I think it might be fixed now.

I hope so, Phil! I have been experiencing this throughout the day!

Jeff

Let me know if it seems to be fixed for you now.

I will, Phil!

Jeff

Well, I got one email for each of your two comments above and none for my response, which is exactly as it should be.

I was getting doubles and triples today for some reason!

Jeff

So far so good, now, Phil!

Jeff

Sure, the fix would have taken some time to propagate.

It probably did, Phil!

Jeff

I follow up on a totally different principle I have not noticed.

I don't use either my email inbox or bell notifications.

I haven't gotten that problem yet. But, what has shown up is that all of my previously read "Notifications" are showing up as unread and I am having to mark them as read again and again. ???

JD

They're getting three instead of one; that's how I understand it.

Right,

:)

Carson says they're aware of it and it's being fixed.

Oh, that's good :)

Good. :)

I think it might be fixed now.

I think it might be fixed now.

Hope So. I will see tomorrow.

Goodnight, Phil

JD

I posted a WA blog earlier today and had a few comments that showed up in an email despite the fact that I replied to the comment on the WA site. As well, several blog posts that I commented on did show up in my email as if I had not commented. I am interested in what is said about this. It's not a big deal, but definitely different.
JIm

Looks like they have it under control, Jim.

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