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We have added a few new features in our signup form builder. You can now drag and drop the fields you want to use. This gives you better understanding of what your form will look like.
We are also working on custom fields so you will be able to add your own custom fields for contacts.
Add notes / comments to your contacts
You can now add notes / comments to your contacts. In the bottom part of the contact form, enter your note and click on the add button to add a note for the selected contact.
Add us to your address book
Users can not download a vcard with your contact information directly from your email. A new link in the bottom of the email allows users to download the vcard into Outlook. The information from the vcard is taken directly from your profile information so make sure you have entered your information correctly in Beezilla-marketing.
This is one of the most simple and often overlooked tactics for improving email deliverability
When your subscribers add you to their address book, they are essentially telling their ISP that they want to receive email from you, and in some cases it can even get your correspondence to show up with images turned ‘on’ by default and rendering correctly.
We get asked a lot if it’s ok to add so and so contacts to your mailing lists, here’s a list of pointers to help you out in building your contact lists.
Your list is good if…
- People who have opted in to your list on your website
- People who have opted in to receive emails from you offline
- Your customers who have a prior business relationship with you (but if you haven’t contacted them in ages, be sure to send a re-introduction email)
- People who opted in to receive emails from you at a co-registration site
- You’re sending on behalf of your customer, and they comply with the above.
- People who purchased one of your products, or attended an event, and gave you their email address so they could receive updates from you.
- Your internal employee list (such as for company notices)
- Press releases sent to reporters who signed up at your website
Your list is bad if …
- Lists that you purchased from a 3rd party (even if it’s “opt-in”)
- Lists that you are renting from someone else
- Lexis-Nexis, Real Estate MLS databases, Advertising Redbooks, AdBase lists, D&B, Experian
- Lists from a local Chamber of Commerce or local club or organization.
- Do NOT export your entire email address book
- Emails that you “scraped” (either manually or automatically) from other websites
- You may not send personal resumes to potential employers. They did not opt in to receive emails from you.
- Recipients whose emails you collected without their permission, but you think they could really use your product or service, and you think they’d really want to hear from you.
- Members of a group/organization who never asked for your emails (even if you’re a member of the group)
- Unsolicited press releases to reporters
- Lists of customers who dropped their business cards in a fishbowl, but they had no idea they were going to receive emails (because you didn’t say that on the fishbowl).
- Lists of registered voters in your district obtained from your local government.
Using contests to build a contact list
Here’s an example of how you can build a contact list, this example uses Beezilla marketing’s event functionnality to create a contests where people can register to win a hotel room for one night.
Once the form is filled out Beezilla marketing will create a contact for the person and register them to the event or contest. Our event management allows you to manage the number of registrations per user per day. You can also use our event management to do the final draw of the contest winner.
Check it out here :
http://fabreville.nexsign-marketing.com