The Opt In Email module allows administrators to create 'Opt In' categories and distribution lists. Users of the system can easily select which distribution list(s) they would like to Opt In/Out of. Maintenance and reports are available for administrators, and an enhanced version of 'Newsletters' is included so you can easily distribute to your Opt In lists.
- Setup as many Opt In categories as you would like
- Settings for each Opt In module can select display all of the Opt In Categories, or a selected few (Nice if you like to have different areas of your site(s) have different opt in categories)
- Settings to also optionally collect the users First/Last name besides their email address
- Settings to optionally verify the users email address after Opting In.
- Allow existing users to manage their Opt In settings. After they enter their email address, it will send them a link to the system
- Manage Users/Lists module to add, maintain users/categories
- Each area of the site and each email distributed through the system is customizable within the system. Additionally you can include parameters within the emails send to users -i.e. Dear $(FirstName), ...
- Reports for Opt In List(s) including ability to export Opt In Lists/Users to Excel
- Settings for email subject lines, email messages, and mail SMTP settings
- Content Localization - Now you can setup the module to have multiple opt in lists/subscriptions and layout based upon the selected language. View Demo
- Force SSL Option - Now force all links within the module to optionally be SSL
- Alternate Settings - Additional alternate settings have been added to specify alternate encoding, SMTP, and an alternate portal alias.
- Inject Module Content - New tokens were added to allow you to inject specific module content directly into newsletters. When the newsletter is distributed, the module content will be directly inserted into the email without the container and skin.
- Control panel / dashboard w/ AJAX for easy administration of opt in
lists, subscribers, configuration and options
- Extended list import features includes SQL import… Now you can import from CSV, Excel,
- SQL, and DNN® Security Roles
- Layout enhancements including in-line editing of display layout, ability to use link buttons or
- image buttons, hide help icons, and new style sheet classes throughout
- Optionally now notify the administrator of new subscribers
- New email options throughout! Now setup ability to use from email names and reply email
- address’sNow directly search, view statistics, clone, and save/delete draft newsletters
- Email Campaigns - Now setup a series of emails allowing you setup campaigns, so that when
a user subscribes will automatically receive an email every ‘x’ days from each other, so they
will not receive Email #2 until they have received #1, etc… Email Campaigns run on their own
schedule and allow you to easily create dynamic content that all subscribers can receive based
on specific rules that you define.
- Bounceback Protection / Reports – You can now setup bounceback protection for newsletters
and email campaigns. The application will check your system for emails that have bounced
back (and sort through out of office replies etc…) and log these for List Cleanup reports and
actions.
- List Cleanup – View reports based on failed emails and bounceback protection along with
actions to optionally remove subscribers from the system .
- Extended Newsletter Tracking – You can now control newsletter tracking including the ability to
track newsletters based on a pre-defined image of your choice or by including a style sheet
linked within your newsletter. Tested and proven success with applications such as Microsoft
Outlook® to prevent spam and invalid reading results.
- Link Tracking – Now include link tracking with your newsletters and email campaigns. Link
tracking has extended features besides just reports… You can even define an email to go out if
a subscriber clicks on the link!
- Enhanced newsletter and email campaign statistics including counts of subscribers/distinct
who have read newsletters, link tracking reports, subscribers who have opted out, failed emails
and bouncebacks, and much more. Reports and statistics also include details such as the last
read date/time of the subscriber and their browser etc…
- Enhanced interface throughout the module including Distribution Dashboard of recent activity,
and newsletter creation improvements for testing, saving draft newsletters, copying newsletters, and viewing quick statistics.
Newsletter / Email Tracking
- Distribution reports show the number emails that go out to users and which of those users have actually read the newsletter!
- Email tracking includes tracking how many times they have read the newsletter, their IP Address, and their browser type.
Opt In Email Layout / other enhancements
- Optionally hide help icons within main Opt In Email module
- Optionally ‘auto’ load authenticated users Opt In Email subscription
- Specify category defaults (if opt in email list is auto selected/checked upon load)
- Now maintain module stylesheet directly within module settings
- Now optionally specify a base header tag to use when distributing emails
- Now schedule newsletters to be distributed on a particular date / time -many options for scheduling newsletters including the ability to specify an amount of emails to be distributed per scheduled distribution. For example, send only 100 emails per hour until the distribution finishes. Specify the scheduler to run every based on any time frame (By minute, my hour, by day, etc...)
- Additional logging features for scheduling, distributions can be sent in test module where the emails will go to a specified test email.
- New opt in email category options for sort order and distribution security role.
- Previous Module - Previous Newsletters. Utilize the Previous Newsletter module to display previous newsletters distributed through the advanced newsletter module automatically. When creating a newsletter to go out just select if you would like for it to appear in the user-facing previous newsletter module.
- Import List feature. Import lists directly from excel/csv file directly into the categories specified. Additional importing features allow you to import all users within a DotNetNuke Role. Concerned about importing duplicates? Don't worry, the Opt In Email List Import will only import new email address's.
- Many other new and extended features including additional administration settings, more opt out email options, and a new quicker data layer.
- ‘Simple Opt In’ extra module that only includes the very limited basics (no managing opt in info or other items that fill up the page). This new module is useful for a right or left column on a home page or to just keep it simple on any page.
- Ability to include Extended Fields for the Opt In Email module. Extended fields can be in the form of a textbox (long, short, multiline), dropdownlist, checkbox, or radio buttons. Full reporting and maintenance can be done on these extended field items.
- Portal specific maintenance - maintain lists, categories, and extended questions tied specifically to the portal. Only Super User Accounts can change or maintain other lists/categories and what portal they are tied to.
- Several enhancements to layout and design. You maintain the text for ‘Subscribe Me’ link and ‘Go’ link. Additional settings allow you to have the labels and fields displayed on same line or separate line.
Advanced Newsletter
- Maintain and view previous newsletters sent out through the system along with who they were distributed to.
- Easily select from a previous newsletter to start a new newsletter from a template
- Enhanced newsletter parameters. Include variables with each newsletter for the user (i.e., Dear $(FirstName)…)
- Additional Opt Out features included so that users can opt out of a particular category, or opt out of all categories