Q: @Nick - If we already have an email service provider (ESP) like SendFox or ActiveCampaign to send ...
newsletters,
Do we still use that to send our emails or Followit will now replace it? Thanks
Nick_TasteWP
May 14, 2024A: Thanks again Aura for your question.
Follow.it currently focuses on the *automatic* updating of your followers about new posts (so that they come back to your website). If you are using the other ESPs only for that, then follow.it could replace them.
However, if you use them to send messages independently from your posts/RSS feed, then for now, you cannot do that on follow.it (even though we're looking into that and it will be possible at some point). So what you could do: make your subscribers follow you via follow.it, so that they receive notifications about new posts automatically, and if you want to send them other newsletters, then you just export the emails from follow.it and import them at your other email provider, and send it there. We're also working on an integration with other email providers so that the syncing will be done automatically, without the need for manual export & import.
Makes sense? If questions remain, please shoot!
Nick_TasteWPPLUSOk cool.
A "feed" is what people can subscribe to. Most websites only have one (main) feed, and use only that one. So you can see 1 feed = 1 website. See more about it here: https://follow.it/docs/publishers/introduction/what-is-a-feed-on-follow-it
Regarding upgrades: Once the AppSumo deal is over, you cannot buy any AppSumo codes anymore. However, you still have 2 months to redeem AppSumo codes you already bought.
If you have any more questions, just shoot!
auraThanks Nick,
I read the link - So basically 1 site just would need 1 feed (that includes various channels - email, rss, FB, insta?)
5 feeds means it can be used for 5 websites?
Nick_TasteWPPLUSYes, correct.
@Nick
1) So if use Followit to email subscribers about new posts instead of our ESP, can we then control and edit a template for how the email will look like to users?
Because without using Followit, if using regular ESP to email about updates, we can customize the html template and make it look nice with branding & formating we want.
2) I read you said if we go over the limit (e.g. 12K), it will not stop new followers and we get 20% discount on normal recurring fee.
But what if we want to choose not to increase our following limit due to financial limitations and can't afford monthly in the meantime, but still want to continue sending updates to the 12K followers limit from the Appsumo deal.
Nick_TasteWPPLUS1) You can make it look like it's coming from you, i.e. no follow.it logo (but instead your own logo). It will still be the defined structure though, we don't offer (yet) 100% custom design. But that will be possibe at one point too.
2.) Ok, so either you get more AppSumo codes which increase the limit, or you pay the regular fee (at 20% discount) for your followers beyond the 12k. Or, another option, I assume you'll have the 12k followers distributed over several feeds, so you could allocate some of the feeds to a new (free) account, where you don't pay anything (of course this will be then on the free plan, and not the Super-cool plan which you benefit from as AppSumo user).
Note: we're also working on (as it was requested by other publishers) to enable you to unfollow followers automatically who haven't opened or clicked on your emails (or stories) in e.g. the last 6 months. Those are basically inactive, and this way it helps you to not hit your follower limits.
If anything else comes up, just shoot!