Saved $800 a year using "Amazon Simple Email" instead of mailchimp

[Unionville]

I found a service Amazon offer that allows you to send large amounts of newsletters which is practically free (last time I sent them out, it only cost me ten cents): http://aws.amazon.com/ses/#pricing

It took me 2 days to figure it out (and everyone has their way of doing it) but I went the easiest route possible.   I bought some low cost software to make the interface easier, but a techie could probably do it for free. My normal mailing list of 5000 with mailchimp would cost me $800.  If you are not a developer, here's one article for a regular person to figure out how to do it: http://www.nosegraze.com/tutorial-how-to-set-up-your-blog-with-mymail-amazon-ses/