For all you WordPress fans out there, we’re happy to announce another great way to integrate Direct Mail subscribe forms into your WordPress blogs and websites. Our friends at ARScode have integrated Direct Mail support into their excellent Ninja Popups WordPress plug-in. Ninja Popups makes it easy to add eye-catching, easy-to-use subscribe forms to your site, complete with themes, statistics tracking, and more. New subscribers automatically sync to Direct Mail behind the scenes. Learn more at the Ninja Popups website.
If you prefer a subtler approach, our free Direct Mail Subscribe Form WordPress plug-in is also available to install.
The July 2013 issue of our Direct Mail Monthly newsletter was sent out yesterday. Take a look inside for news on recent updates, a tip for adding subscribe forms to your Facebook Page, a video on inspiring and motivating with email, as well as a look at some upcoming events you might be interested in.
If your business or organization has its own Facebook Page, Direct Mail makes it easy to add a subscribe form that looks great, syncs automatically with Direct Mail, and doesn’t require your visitors to leave Facebook to sign up! Here’s how to add a subscribe form to your Facebook Page.
First, you’ll need to make sure your business or organization already has a Facebook Page. If you don’t already have one, click here to build one.
Once your Facebook Page is built and working, switch back to Direct Mail. Click on the Addresses tab at the top of the window and select the address group (from the list on the left) that you want your subscribe form to sync with. If you haven’t already, you’ll need to create a subscribe form for that group.
Once your subscribe form is created in Direct Mail, all that’s left is connecting it up to Facebook:
Select your address group (from the list on the left)
Click Subscribe Form: Edit Form
Click Add Form to Website and select Add to Facebook Page…
That’s it! Facebook will confirm that you want to add the subscribe form to your Facebook Page. In Facebook terms, the subscribe form is an “app” that you add to your page.
Once it’s added, visitors to your Facebook Page will see a “Newsletter Signup” app icon at the top of your Page (next to the Photos, Likes, and any other app you’ve installed on your Facebook Page).
If you want to see an example of what the finished product looks like, head on over to our Facebook Page and click the Newsletter Signup tab at the top of the page.
Questions? Don’t hesitate to get in touch with our support team. Thanks for reading!
From day one, protecting our customer’s data has been a top design consideration. Nowadays, many people access their Direct Mail project data from multiple devices (including mobile devices using our iOS app, Stamps), so it’s important we provide our customers more information about their account activity.
The Account Activity section of the Direct Mail Account control panel
New: Account Activity
In Direct Mail 3.5, we added a new “Account Activity” section to the Direct Mail Account control panel (choose Direct Mail > Direct Mail Account from the menu bar). Account Activity shows you information about who (or what application) is accessing your account as well as an approximate geographic location.
If you see activity that is unfamiliar (like someone logged into your account on Stamps), you can instantly sign them out by clicking the “X” icon on the right-hand side of the window. That device will be unable to sign back in without first manually entering your email address and password.
We feel that these changes, as well as other behind the scenes improvements, will help continue to keep your passwords and other data safe from unauthorized access. If you ever have any questions about your account, please see our Security FAQ or contact support.
Update: Direct Mail 3.5.2 is now available to Mac App Store customers, as well.
We just released a bug-fix update to Direct Mail. Version 3.5.2 includes some important fixes for bugs and crashes, so we encourage you to update as soon as possible. If you’d like more information, please review the release notes.
Mac App Store customers will have to wait just a bit longer as Apple is still reviewing the update.