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CMS via Email - with J!MailAlerts

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The free, GPL Email Digest solution for Joomla

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Custom Apps

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● Extensions

● Training

● Custom Development

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Some Products

Social AdsDemographically targetted ads, similar to facebook ads for CB & JomSocial

JBolo!Facebook & Gmail like chat for Joomla, JomSocial, CB

InvitexViral Invitations system for Joomla, JomSocial & CB.

Nurturing your Users

Catch your Users

● Yup.. you have to catch them !

● Trap them,entice them, honey talk them into registering.

● But it does not end there..

Growth needs users

Both New As well as Returning Visitos

Keep your users interested

● Update your sites regularly Keep it alive

● Give users features they will come back to.

● Content is supreme. Only you can create that

Keep them informed

● Email Newsletters● RSS● SMS Alerts● Twitter● Facebook● Email Digests

Notifications may be automated or Manual

Effect of Alerts

● Alerts are to users what the smell of honey is to bees

● Use alerts judiciously

● Don’t harass your users !

So What's J!MailAlerts ?

VIA EMAIL

Updates from Disney Land !

Hey All !

Here's some updates from Disneyland. Your favourite cartoon place !

Latest Users

Photos

LatestNews

LatestEvents

●Updates from Kunena●Updates from K2●Eventlist●JomSocial, CB – get Social

CMS via Email J!MailAlertsCMS via Email J!MailAlerts

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The Problems

● Limited attention span of users means very less number of users come back

● They would come if only they knew !● Manually sending updates via conventional

newsletters is difficult to keep up● They have RSS but subscription rate is low

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More Problems ...

● Lots of sites, lots of email clogging mailboxes. Users love when they have control.

● Users dont want to read irrelevant content.

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Enter J!MailAlerts

Reminder for me to show the Video !

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What people using it are calling it …

● Its a customisable periodic Email Alerts system for Joomla extendible via plugins

● Its a extendible email digest solution for Joomla

● Its an Email CMS ! Or rather CMS delivered via email !

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What can it do ?

● Send Digest emails without you touching a single button as per user preferences

● Users can select how frequently then get the alerts

● Users control what Alerts they get● Users get control on each alert they opt in

for● Extendible via plugins to add support for

any content

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Lets see it in Action !

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Hey we already have RSS !

● Its too much effort to subscribe to RSS or use RSS to mail functions

● Level of control & personalisation in conventional RSS is low

● RSS Readers Desktop or browser based, dont get as much attention as a email

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J!MailAlerts Vs Conventional Newsletters

● Admin controls what content goes in● Admin controls when its sent● Content is not personalised● No Automation, admin needs to send

manually

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So is JMA a replacement for Newsletters ?

Absolutely NOT ! In fact it complements them.. Integrations planned for conventional Newsletters

● Joomailer● ACYMailing● J!PHPList

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I see you have a Genie.. Can J!MailAlerts do magic ?

Q. Will all users come back to my site once i start using JMA ?

A. Hmm.. Well not necessarily. The user would need to be interested in your content in the first place !

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Free Plugins Available

● Joomla Latest Content

● K2 Content ● Eventlist Latest

Events● Kunena Latest

Forum Posts

● Phoca Gallery Latest Photos

● SOBI2 Latest Listings

● Latest Users Plugin - With CB & JomSocial Support

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Commercial Plugins Available

● Mosets Tree Listings

● EasyBlog Plugin

● Docman Plugin

CB Plugins

● Pending Connections

● Network Suggest

● People You may Know

JomSocial Plugins

● Group Activity

● Latest Photos, Videos, Groups, Events

● Pending Connections

● Network Suggest

● People You may Know

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Is there a Plugin for … ?

If not, you can always make your own !

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The Plugin API

J!MailAlert plugins sends alerts mainly based on the following parameters ● Whom are we sending the alert to ( The

User )● When we last sent an update to the user

( Last Email Date)

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Methods

● Fetch the contentonEmail_jma_latestusers($id, $date, $userparam, $fetch_only_latest)

$id = User ID that you are sending the update to

$date = Last time the mail was sent – This is so that we only send latest content

$userparam= Fetch the user's customised settings for the plugin

$fetch_only_latest = This tells the plugin if we need to respect last email date )

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Planned Features

● Monetisation with targeted advertising in Emails via SocialAds

● Add Module support for more flexibility● Let users see whats new on the site in a

date range view on the site ● Alert Types● RSS output & User Controlled RSS

compilation

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Some Case Studies & Use Cases

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Our Intranet – A Casestudy

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Page View Stats

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Effect of an Alert

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What else ?

● JomSocial Group Digest Email

● Simple content digests

● Complete Digest emails like Facebook or Linked in.

● Forum Email Digests

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Questions ?

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