It’s been a busy couple of months since our last update, but we’re finally ready to take the wraps off of a new feature that we think you’re going to love: campaign report sharing! Now you can share a great-looking, live-updating campaign report to anyone that has a web browser—including, of course, all Macs, PCs, iPads, and smartphones.

You’ll notice right away that the web version of your campaign report looks exactly like the Summary section of your report in Direct Mail. This is a great way to see, at a glance, the key performance indicators for your campaign. The web report automatically updates once a minute to match what you see in Direct Mail (that includes syncing any notes you add, too).

Sharing your campaign reports couldn’t be easier. In Direct Mail, switch to the Reports tab, click the Share button, then choose Share Report. For more information, please see this help article. Note that you’ll only be able to share reports for campaigns sent with Direct Mail 3.5 or newer.

Campaign report sharing is just one of the many improvements we’ve made in Direct Mail 3.5. We’ll be sharing more of what’s new in a series of upcoming blog posts. You can also subscribe to our monthly newsletter to get these updates pushed right to your inbox.

by Jonathan May 1, 2013 in Announcements

Update: The 3.4.2 update is now available for Mac App Store customers, as well.

Eagle-eyed customers may have noticed that we released another update to Direct Mail today, a mere seven days after our last update. While we don’t normally like to release updates so close together, we felt the improvements contained in today’s software update were important enough to justify getting it into your hands as soon as possible. The primary improvements are fixes to bugs that were causing intermittent crashes for about 7% of our users. More information can be found in the release notes.

It’s important to us that your experience with Direct Mail be as seamless as possible. We hope these fixes contribute to a better experience and look forward to rolling out additional improvements in the coming months.

by Jonathan January 22, 2013 in Announcements

We took the wraps off of the first software update of 2013 just a few moments ago. You can run software update right now to get the changes. Mac App Store customers will have to wait a few more days for Apple to approve the update (we’ll update this blog, Twitter, and Facebook when they do).

Here is some of what’s new:

• The “History” tab has been renamed to “Reports”
• The first-run experience for new users of Direct Mail has been streamlined and otherwise improved
• Several crashing bugs were fixed
• The image editor has been improved to allow fine-grained adjustments to image sizes and to stop blurry upscaling of small images.
• Added support for importing additional Daylite attributes (Salutation and Suffix)
• …and various other enhancements and fixes

Feel free to read the release notes to get the full list of changes. Please let us know what you think!

by Jonathan January 15, 2013 in Announcements

Another year has flown by and, once again, Macworld is here! If you’re going to be in or around San Francisco this January 31st to February 2nd, come on down to Moscone Center West and we’ll get you in to the Expo Hall for free—you’ll need to be one of the first 100 folks to claim your free pass. We’ll be joining other top OS X and iOS developers in showcasing fantastic business apps, hardware, and accessories.

One of our favorite things about Macworld is the chance to meet our customers in real life. We love hearing about what you’re using Direct Mail for, and enjoy getting feedback on what you like (or don’t like). We’ll be happy to answer any questions you might have, show you some of the new things we added in 2012, or provide advice on becoming a better email marketer. So we hope you’ll stop on by the Appalooza section to say hello!

by Jonathan January 10, 2013 in Announcements

Start 2013 off right by downloading a brand new update to our iOS app, Stamps. If you don’t already use Stamps, you should! It’s an easy way to review your email campaign reports from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. You can also use Stamps to fill out subscribe forms that you’ve created in Direct Mail—new subscribers are automatically synced to Direct Mail.

Version 1.2.2 includes a new Kiosk Mode for viewing subscribe forms on the iPad. Kiosk Mode turns your iPad into a tamper-proof device for gathering new subscribers in your store, at events, or anywhere on the go. To try it out, tap the full-screen icon in the top-right corner of the screen, then tap the lock icon. Kiosk Mode uses the new Guided Access feature in iOS 6 to make sure no one can leave your subscribe form to check out your other apps or personal data.

Version 1.2.2 also renames the History tab to “Reports”. The History tab in Direct Mail will be renamed to “Reports” in a forthcoming update.

You can update to the latest version of Stamps by opening the App Store on your device, or clicking here.

by Jonathan January 2, 2013 in Announcements