5 New API Methods for Transactional Emails
JangoMail just launched 5 new API methods for transactional emails, including the ability to get a list of bounced addresses. For more details, check out the JangoMail blog.
A new complaint rate dashboard is also available for both email broadcasts and transactional emails.
Geo-Tracking Reports Now Available for Transactional Emails
Geo-Tracking is now available for transactional emails at JangoMail. Simply sign in, go to Reports, and click on Transactional Emails. Click on any Open and Click statistic under Transactional Email Groups. Click on either the map link or the By Location tab to view Geo-Tracking Reports.
Transactional Emails have the List-Unsubscribe Header Option at JangoMail
Transactional emails now support the List-Unsubscriber header option at JangoMail. This allows users of Gmail and Hotmail to unsubscribe themselves from your mailings directly through their email provider.
You can use either the JangoMail API or the JangoMail SMTP Relay to add this option to your transactional emails. For more information, see our blog post here: http://www.jangomail.com/blog/2010/01/transactional-emails-now-support-list.html.
Template-Driven Transactional Emails Now Live at JangoMail
Marketers can now create and edit transactional emails without the help of their IT team. JangoMail launched a new API method: SendTransactionalEmailFromTemplate to enable this new feature. Email Marketers are very excited about this new feature as it frees up IT time and lets them create and edit transactional emails on their own schedule.
For more information, visit JangoMail’s blog post on Template Based Transactional Emails.
Sample Transactional Email Template
Here’s a great sample of a transactional email template and some good pointers on how to improve your own transactional emails:
http://www.smith-harmon.com/blog/2009/10/transactional_template.php
New SMTP Relay Service: JangoSMTP.com
JangoMail just launched a new SMTP relay service at JangoSMTP.com. This service is awesome for web programmers who send transactional emails through their own corporate servers.
What makes JangoSMTP different from other SMTP relay services?
JangoSMTP offers open and click tracking for all emails. Every email is also DomainKeys/DKIM signed and comes with all the benefits of JangoMail’s extreme deliverability. It can be used to send person-to-person emails and transactional emails and gives you full control of all aspects of sending.
For more information, visit www.jangosmtp.com or contact us.
Another New API Method: AddTransactionalGroup
AddTransactionalGroup adds a new transactional group to your JangoMail account. It returns a string.
For more information and our full list of API methods, visit api.jangomail.com.
JangoMail Releases 3 New API Methods for Transactional Emails
JangoMail just released 3 new API methods that allow you to retrieve opens, clicks, unsubscribes, bounces, and complaint statistics for a single transactional email in your account.
For details, see the announcement:
http://www.jangomail.com/blog/2009/10/new-transactional-email-reporting.html
Send Transactional Emails Through the JangoMail SMTP Relay
Did you know that you can send transactional emails through the JangoMail SMTP Relay? When you configure your system to send transactional emails through the SMTP Relay, your emails are sent as single-recipient emails. With JangoMail, you can track opens, clicks, and website activity for every transactional email sent. In addition, all of your emails are DKIM and DomainKeys signed to ensure optimal deliverability.
Also, keep in mind that transactional emails are a great place to add in some marketing. Recipients are much more likely to open and read your transactional emails, so take advantage of that! JangoMail makes it easy for you to design your transactional emails and make any template changes that you would like. Try it out yourself with our free trial.
Thinking about giving your transactional emails an overhaul?
Read how one company vastly improved their transactional emails with these 5 steps: http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?ident=31369.
1. Focus on detailed metrics.
2. Update Creative.
3. Segment your offers.
4. Customize offers by user type.
5. Change offers according to seasonality.
