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| Keeping You Informed About The Latest In Technology |
June 2009 Issue |
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Here's to the start of all the graduation parties, barbecues, picnics and pool parties—the many reasons to have fun in the summer sun! It's a party-full life with summer quickly approaching and that also means more reasons why we want to make sure that our services are committed to only supplying the best e-mail marketing solutions.
At Expedite Media Group, we have guaranteed satisfaction to our clients for the past 10 years. Since we first started, we have added a lot of new features to the software by which current and new clients can improve your experience, while enhancing your marketing efforts. In order to build customer loyalty and brand awareness, our goal with Simplicity is to always make things as simple as possible for our clients. |

Have a question or concern you just can’t seem to get to the bottom of? Not sure which day of the week is statistically the best to send your e-mail marketing messages out? Feel free to write in and ask the experts, and we’ll get back to you in a future edition of Expedite eNews. |
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E-mail List Lease
Are you looking to find new customers, clients or patients? Don’t have your own list of e-mail addresses? We have the capability and resources to provide you with the ideal e-mail list for your e-mail marketing needs.
We understand that one of the key factors in a successful e-mail marketing campaign is a high quality e-mail list. We will select the e-mail addresses based on your target demographic—whether you are looking for a business or consumer list—and we can further narrow the demographic based on geographic location, age, gender and even professional title. Then we’ll automatically upload the e-mail addresses into your Simplicity account—you’re all set to deploy e-mail marketing messages to your new custom list at your earliest convenience.
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Simplicity Software Updates
We’ve received a lot of feedback from our clients, and the tech department at Expedite Media Group has been working long days to give you what you’ve been asking for. As always, we want to ensure that our Simplicity marketing software is working at its best for you by making your marketing efforts that much simpler. We enjoy getting feedback from our clients—we use both the good and the bad—to guarantee that you’re getting what you need and want from the software.
We would like to make sure that all of our Simplicity users are aware of the software’s features and capabilities so that you can utilize Simplicity at its maximum potential. We want to improve your experience, while enhancing your marketing efforts.
Already Live:
We’ve made a few subtle changes to the merge e-mail marketing lists feature in Simplicity. When previously merging e-mail address lists, the software used to create one new list out of two, and delete the previous lists. Now when you use the list merge feature, the software no longer deletes the lists two e-mail address lists you’re merging. After you merge your lists you have a newly merged list as well as the two lists that make up your merged list.
To find and use the list merging feature in Simplicity, it can be located under the “e-mail marketing” tab under “view lists” in the left menu. Once you can see all of your uploaded e-mail marketing lists, you can select two of the check boxes to the left of the list names. Above the lists, you’ll see a button marked “actions.” Click on it, and scroll down to the option “merge.” When prompted to do so, enter a name for the new list and click the “ok” button. You will then have an additional list to use when sending out your e-mail marketing campaigns.
Another feature we’ve added to the merge lists portion of Simplicity is that you can now merge lists that have different data columns. Whereas before, the software wouldn’t allow you to merge a list with only first names and e-mail addresses with a list that has data columns including first name, last names, e-mail address and phone number—and now you can!
To find and use the list merging feature in Simplicity, the feature can be located under the “e-mail marketing” tab under “view lists” in the left menu. Once you can see all of your uploaded e-mail marketing lists, you can select two of the check boxes to the left of the list names. Above the lists, you’ll see a button marked “actions.” Click on it, and scroll down to the option “merge.” When prompted to do so, enter a name for the new list and click the “ok” button. When prompted to do so, enter a name for the new list and click the “ok” button. You will then have an additional list to use when sending out your e-mail marketing campaigns.
 In the SMS marketing portion of Simplicity, we have made sending out text message marketing campaigns even more cost-effective. For marketers using our standard SMS package, you can now stretch your marketing budget by using keyword extensions. For example, if you’re paying to use the keyword “store,” you can now use “store1,” “store2” and “store3” at a much lower price than having to buy additional keywords.
Please feel free to contact your account manager for more information and pricing on SMS keyword extensions.
Coming soon
The following features are not yet live in Simplicity marketing software, but will be soon. So please keep an eye out for these great new features!
 Some of the feedback we’ve received indicated that our clients are looking for more detailed campaign results, and you’re getting just that! We’ve added a much more detailed e-mail marketing campaign reporting page so that you can see a better breakdown on how your campaigns are performing.
After your e-mail campaign is done sending, you will then be able to find and view the more detailed campaign results. To view the reporting, click on the “e-mail marketing tab” in Simplicity and then on “campaign results” on the left hand side. Once your results load, check the corresponding check box to the left of the campaign you want additional information on.
After you’ve checked the box, click on the “actions” tab at the top of the page, and scroll down to “campaign report.” There you will be able to view statistics on your e-mail list quality, your e-mail message score and how to improve it as well as information on your domain and IP address reputation.
Also for our Simplicity e-mail marketing users, you’re soon going to be able to access advanced bounceback reporting. This reporting will tell you, in detail, why your e-mail message was blocked. After you find out why your message was blocked, you’ll then be provided with tips on how to fix such issues so that you can make changes accordingly, and your subsequent e-mail marketing campaigns will be more successful.
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Expedite Media Group has been helping organizations and entrepreneurs worldwide build and grow their businesses since 1999, and we understand that a successful online business is a blend of activities, all designed to create new buying interest and to establish a loyal customer base. We have the experience and skills to provide the marketing solutions targeted at achieving optimum exposure for your business.
Expedite Media Group, headquartered in the Chicagoland area, provides Web site design, hosting, SEO, e-mail marketing and SMS marketing. Expedite's proprietary software platform, Simplicity, integrates all of your marketing activities into one "dashboard," providing visibility into the effectiveness of a business' marketing campaigns and Internet presence. For a free, no-obligation consultation on what it would take for us to quickly and affordably enhance your site with these and other features, please call us directly at (630) 897-6448. One of our marketing professionals will contact you within 24 hours. |
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