A Tour of New Stamps Features

The latest and greatest update to Stamps has been out a few weeks now, so we wanted to take a moment and highlight some of the great new features you can find inside. In case you don’t already know, Stamps is our companion app for iPhone that brings you your campaign reports on the go. Here’s what’s new:

Subscribe Forms on the Go

Now you can access all of your subscribe forms right from inside Stamps. They’ve been optimized to look and work great on the small screen, too:

Now it’s a cinch to sign up people for your mailing list no matter where you are!

Mobile Previews

This summer we added a great new feature to Direct Mail we call Design Tests. Design Tests show you full-size screenshots of what your email looks like in all of the top email clients (including mobile email clients). Since mobile email usage is set to surpass desktop email usage by the end of the year, we wanted to make designing for mobile even easier. Now you can instantly send previews of your message straight from Direct Mail to your iPhone. Here’s how it works:

Just click the “Preview on iPhone” button in the Preview window and you’re message will instantly appear on your iPhone.

Delivery Notifications

If you schedule a delivery to send at a later date, it’s nice to know when your emails have actually been sent. Now you can (optionally) receive a notification on your phone when your delivery completes:

Improved Layout

We’ve reworked the layout of the history report screen in Stamps to show you more information and a larger thumbnail of your email. Tap on the thumbnail to expand the image, or tap on the arrow to view the web version of your message.

We hope you like these improvements to Stamps. Please let us know what you think in the comments (or on our support page), and stay tuned for more enhancements in the coming weeks!

Direct Mail 3.3.1 now available in the App Store!

Great news for our App Store customers! Apple has just approved the 3.3.1 update to Direct Mail. To update, just open the App Store and click the Updates tab.

If you downloaded Direct Mail directly from our website (i.e. not from the App Store), then you don’t need to worry—you likely already have version 3.3.1, which was released for direct download a few weeks ago.

View Direct Mail in the App Store

New: Share Your Campaign on Facebook!

Those of you who have upgraded to the latest version of OS X (released yesterday) may have noticed that your copy of Direct Mail just gained a new feature overnight, totally for free! Now you can share your email campaigns to Facebook without ever leaving Direct Mail!

Share your email campaigns to Facebook by clicking the Share Message button in the toolbar

To enable this feature, make sure you’re running the latest version of Direct Mail, and OS X 10.8.2 or newer. You’ll need to sign in to your Facebook account by choosing  > System Preferences > Mail, Contacts, & Calendars, and then following the on-screen instructions.

To share, head back to the Direct Mail app and click the Share Message button in the toolbar (make sure you’ve selected the sent email campaign you want to share). You can add a brief message, select the friends you want to share it with, then click Post. That’s it!

Add a comment and click Post to share your campaign

We love this easy integration with Facebook. Try sharing your next email campaign on Facebook to broaden the reach of your newsletter, promotion, or announcement. As always, let us know what you think in the comments!

Direct Mail 3.3 Brings New Templates, Facebook Integration, Notifications, and More!

A brand new update for Direct Mail is out today and it features some great new improvements that we’re excited to tell you about. It’s been a busy month or so since our last update, and today we’ve got a double whammy: Direct Mail 3.3 and Stamps for iPhone 1.1. Read on for highlights of what’s new, check out the release notes for the nitty gritty, or download the update.

New Templates

We love seeing the sharp-looking emails that you put together using our professionally-designed templates. Direct Mail 3.3 introduces over 20 new templates in three families: Skyline, Storesletter, and Versatile. We think you’ll appreciate the additional options these templates provide. For in-depth tips on using our templates,  check out last week’s post on Top Template Tips to Try!

Skyline
Storesletter
Versatile

Facebook Integration

Growing your mailing list is a key part of email marketing, and a great way to grow your list is by including a subscribe form on your website. This latest version of Direct Mail comes with an all-new subscribe form builder that makes it easy to:

  • Create professional looking subscribe forms with custom logos, colors, and form fields. We’ll host it for you for free!
  • Create an embeddable subscribe form that you can paste directly into your website
  • Add your subscribe form to your organization’s Facebook Page with one click!

Take a look at our Facebook Page (click Newsletter Signup) to see how nicely our forms integrate into Facebook. Now you can add a form to your Facebook page in seconds.

Notifications

People love getting notifications on their iPhone and, new in Mountain Lion, on their Mac. We’ve upgraded Direct Mail and our Stamps app to send you notifications when your email campaign finishes sending, and when design tests complete (Mac only):

Receive notifications on your iPhone when your campaign is sent

You’ll want to make sure and update Stamps to version 1.1 (just open the App Store app). Never heard of Stamps? Check out this blog post for an introduction.

And More!

This blog post just scratches the surface of what’s new. Other improvements include a great Preview on iPhone feature, significant performance improvements, expanded printing support, Twitter sharing support (Mountain Lion only), and more. Take a look at the release notes for details, and be sure and watch our Twitter or Facebook feeds for new blog posts on the changes.

How to Upgrade

If you downloaded Direct Mail from our website, just choose Direct Mail > Check for Software Update from the menu bar. Direct Mail will automatically download and update itself. If you downloaded Direct Mail from the Mac App Store, you’ll have to exercise some patience while Apple reviews and approves the update. We’ll post to our blog, Facebook, and Twitter feeds when Apple approves the update.

As always, we welcome your feedback and look forward to going in-depth on some of these changes in future blog posts.

Update: Direct Mail 3.3.1 is now available in the App Store, as well.

August Newsletter is Here!

We’ve just published our August newsletter! Take a look inside for tips on using our templates more effectively, segmenting your mailing list, keeping your email content fresh, and improving your website calls to action.

If you’re not a member of our mailing list, you can subscribe at the bottom of this page.

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