If you don’t already have a list created you will need to do so before you can create your autoresponder series.  Once you have the list created you can add your autoresponder messages by following the steps below.

Login to your Aweber account.  When you login you will be taken to the Managing List (Home) page.  You’ll see Managing List: list name (Add New) at the top of the page.
Choose the list you wish to create your autoresponder series for from the drop down list.

Next choose the “Messages” tab at the top of the page and click “Follow Up”.  You’ll then be taken to the page where you can start your series.  Aweber considers the first message in a series your autoresponder and each message after is considered a follow up.

If you have not set up your inital autoresponder message you can do so now.  If you previously created the first message of the series simply click the green “Add Message” button to continue on with your series.

Fill in the following information for each message you add.

Message:  Enter the number of days you would like the message sent after the previous message.  For example, if you want your subscribers to receive one email a week from the series, enter 7 in this field.

Click Tracking:  Check this box if you would like to track the number of times your links are clicked on in your emails.  Note, these links will be aweber links and will not look like the link you actually enter.

Template: Choose the template you would like your message to appear in if any.

Personalization Fields:  If you would like to personalize any part of your message with things such as subscribers first name you can choose the codes from the drop down list.

Subject: Enter the email subject line here.

Plain Text Message:  Enter your message here and click the “Wrap Long Lines” button to keep your links from being split up or broken.

HTML Message:  If you would like to send the email in HTML format you can copy and paste the message here.

Analyze:  Check your message against Spam Assassin to see if any of the content appears to be spammy and may possibly be blocked by some of your subscribers service providers or email programs.

Click “Preview” to see your message and then click “Save” to add to your followup series.