Jmailalerts.Email Digests using Joomla. Presented at Joomla Day India & Malasia, JAB11

CMS via Email - with J!MailAlertsThe free, GPL Email Digest solution for Joomla Parth Lawate TechJoomla Twitter : @parthlawate parth.lawate@techjoomla.com www.techjoomla.com

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TechjoomlaTechjoomla.com | @techjoomla ● Extensions ● Training ● Custom Development www.techjoomla.com

Some ProductsSocial AdsDemographically targetted ads, similar to facebook adsfor CB & JomSocialJBolo!Facebook & Gmail like chat for Joomla, JomSocial, CBInvitexViral 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 usersBoth 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 DigestsNotifications 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 Whats J!MailAlerts ?

CMS via Email Updates from Disney Land !J!MailAlerts Hey All ! Heres some updates from Disneyland. Your favourite cartoon place ! Latest Users VIA EMAIL Photos Latest News ● Updates from Kunena ● Updates from K2 Latest ● Eventlist Events ● JomSocial, CB – get Social

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 www.techjoomla.com

More Problems ...● Lots of sites, lots of email clogging mailboxes. Users love when they have control.● Users dont want to read irrelevant content. www.techjoomla.com

Enter J!MailAlerts www.techjoomla.com

Reminder for me to show the Video !

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 ! www.techjoomla.com

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 www.techjoomla.com

Lets see it in Action ! www.techjoomla.com

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 www.techjoomla.com

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 www.techjoomla.com

So is JMA a replacement for Newsletters ?Absolutely NOT ! In fact it complements them..Integrations planned for conventional Newsletters● Joomailer● ACYMailing● J!PHPList www.techjoomla.com

I see you have a Genie.. Can J!MailAlerts do magic ?Q. Will all users come back to my site once istart using JMA ?A. Hmm.. Well not necessarily. The userwould need to be interested in your contentin the first place ! www.techjoomla.com

Free Plugins Available● Joomla Latest ● Phoca Gallery Content Latest Photos● K2 Content ● SOBI2 Latest● Eventlist Latest Listings Events ● Latest Users Plugin● Kunena Latest - With CB & Forum Posts JomSocial Support www.techjoomla.com

Commercial Plugins Available● Mosets Tree Listings JomSocial Plugins● EasyBlog Plugin ● Group Activity● Docman Plugin ● Latest Photos, Videos, Groups, EventsCB Plugins ● Pending Connections● Pending Connections ● Network Suggest● Network Suggest ● People You may● People You may Know Know www.techjoomla.com

Is there a Plugin for … ?If not, you can always make your own ! www.techjoomla.com

The Plugin APIJ!MailAlert plugins sends alerts mainly basedon the following parameters● Whom are we sending the alert to ( The User )● When we last sent an update to the user ( Last Email Date) www.techjoomla.com

Methods● Fetch the contentonEmail_jma_latestusers($id, $date, $userparam, $fetch_only_latest)$id = User ID that you are sending the update to$date = Last time the mail was sent – This is so that we only sendlatest content$userparam= Fetch the users customised settings for the plugin$fetch_only_latest = This tells the plugin if we need to respect lastemail date ) www.techjoomla.com

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 www.techjoomla.com

Some Case Studies & Use Cases www.techjoomla.com

Our Intranet – A Casestudy www.techjoomla.com

Page View Stats www.techjoomla.com

Effect of an Alert www.techjoomla.com

What else ?● JomSocial Group Digest Email● Simple content digests● Complete Digest emails like Facebook or Linked in.● Forum Email Digests www.techjoomla.com

Questions ?www.techjoomla.com

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Thank YouFeel free to contact us ! Parth Lawateparth.lawate@techjoomla.com@parthlawate www.techjoomla.com

Jmailalerts.Email Digests using Joomla. Presented at Joomla Day India & Malasia, JAB11

by Parth Lawate on May 12, 2011

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