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Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.
Allen Taylor
That sounds great…
Different databases for accounts and for e-mail marketing spells big trouble with omissions and edits being made in one but not the other.
Look forward to seeing this in action.
M
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MailChi8mp considerably more expensive than graphicmail and not as well featured, IMHO! Also Graphicmail’s templates a lot more “European” than the very Yank Chimp.
Without wishing to slate GraphicMail, we’ve had no end of problems trying to integrate over their API. Their servers have not responded during critical times, and they have no way of batch adding contacts – so you’d have to wait an hour to load 2,000 recipients. It’s actually a South African company, but at least they do have at least one support person available during UK office hours, whereas Mailchimp are a few hours behind.
MailChimp have an awesome extra level of integration which will actually allow you to see WHO has read each mail, when, how many times and so on – in the “add-ons” – A.I.M. Reports – we’ll be adding this soon for full re-segmentation opportunities from within CRM.
Guys,
Well done… Chris and Everyone…
Just make sure our tickets get dealt with, when you have about 6 million subscriptions for Pearl…
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Well done to Pearl, a great catch to have “on board”….pun intended.
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Thanks to everyone that joined us on this morning’s webinar – feedback has been excellent!
Excellent – I have already emailed other people in our company ready for next week. Although I had already looked at the demonstration site it is much easier with Chris talking us through the system, while being able to listen to questions and answers.
Very informative and makes great sense of an exhaustive tool. The package appears to be SO comprehensive that its a little daunting up front. By exploring it in pieces with a live tour and a staff member, it is all starting make sense a great deal more.
Having access to these demos as tutorials will be a great help. Well done and I look forward to learning more in the near future.
Hi there,
The webinar seemed pretty helpful, but unfortunately I missed a lot of it at the beginning. If you can start recording the webinars, that will be more convenient for customers as well as yourselves (once you have a good webinar recorded, you won’t have to repeat yourself as much and can just concentrate on questions).
If you are using GoToMeeting/Webinar, I would suggest recording in Windows Media Format rather than the less common GoToMeeting codec format, for wider audience compatibility (it’s in the options).
I just got the email this morning and missed the webinar. I’m located in the united states. May I view a copy of the webinar at a later date?
Hello all – I’m afraid we didn’t record it this time, but we will do in future.
The workshops sound great too. I can’t make this Monday unfortunately, will you be running any more, please?
M
So if its online and available in America, why do you need a version from the UK? Surely you would just use the US version of the product you like from there!
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Steve – the UK has Data Protection laws regarding the hosting location of the information, so hosting in the UK is key. It’s also better (essential) having local implementation, consultancy and support teams. It’s reassuring to have a software provider in the same country as you, that knows the market. Pearl is way more than just a lightweight SaaS app – and often needs multiple days of on-site training for the larger implementations – try and produce a UK VAT return from Freshbooks
Chris, thanks for the overview today. All delivered with an excellent, easy-going style that although you covered a hell of a lot, never seemed rushed. Nice one.
It must serve as a very powerful taster for anyone who’s not already familiar with the power of Pearl, and I would imagine that current users (of which I’m one) probably discovered a thing or two as well!
Looking forward to next week’s instalment…..
I’m not sure if the “canonical page” icon is always by default shown in Firefox. I’ve never found information about it. Probably it’s only shown, when you have one particular extension installed. I think about the SearchStatus extension. More information here:
http://www.gottaquirk.com/2009/05/14/searchstatus-canonical-link-tags/
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Really interesting development – exciting times for you guys – well done
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Can pearl manage a paper letter base mailing campaign i.e sending out sales letters.
If it can, could this then be integrated into a letter posting service such as ViaPost.com?
Regards
Rob
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Excellent work. You have gained a new fan. I hope you keep up the good work and I eagerly await more of these absorbing posts.
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Would like to be included on info regarding API development.
“From March 1st, we’re going to be introducing automated repeat billing…” is this live yet? I’ve just had to pay my bill by filling in my debit card details.
If it is live then I can’t seem to find where I set it up.
Please could I have an update?
Thanks
Patrick
Unfortunately banking hoops to jump through are blocking us on this one. Will be in place as soon as we can!
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New site looks great – I particularly like the drop down menu functions on the pricing page.
Good work guys, slick rebrand!
Really neat branding job! Let me know when we can have some graphics for our site!
Just notice that on blog.thisisperal.com sub domain then some links appear to be broken i.e. contact us .
@Chris – I was trying to figure out the best way to contact you although indirect this may work. I’m in the early stages of building a SaaS business in completely different sector. I wondered whether you might to provide a little bit of advice. I would be extremely grateful if you let me know via email whether this woud be possible. Many thanks. Matt
I really appreciate this feature, the only thing now is how do I change up / down according to demand and holidays?
Hi Gary
Any time during the month you can visit setup:configuration and billing to change your subscription level.
It’s coming!
This is awesome to see, good work everyone.
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Hi guys,
I really appreciate the mention and the link to our blog. Do you mind removing the space in LiveLogic?
Thanks!
Jon