I've been frustrated with my current platform. 3 years in and it's still very mediocre. I fight bugs every day. So am looking for a replacement without monthly fees. For the past 2 days I've gone through Ligna to compare. They do things quite differently from some of the mainstream systems (Kartra, Clickfunnels, Infusionsoft, Ontraport) I've been used to. Here is what I am impressed about:
- Sales tracking
- SMS features
- Project management
- Their passion for making this an awesome platform
- Jon's tech knowledge
What's still lacking, (strictly my opinion as I've watched 5 major brands build out their systems over the past 10 years (Beta user in 3 of them))
- A solid and well developed email sequencing system. In the works but not a polished editor yet. But they are on the right track in comparison to all other Appsumo programs offered in the past. There is still emphasis on starting with HTML which is old school now for those of us who are not coders.
- A Page Builder-editor. Jon's emphasis is on modifying templates which is great but it makes me dependent on other ideas of what is "good" or "proven." I want the flexibility of creating and testing my own sales and landing pages as marketing ideas change day-to-day and what worked yesterday doesn't necessarily work today.
- Course Builder. I've yet to dive into this but it seems a bit odd in the way it's being presented. Again Im comparing to other systems so I want to remain open to other possibilities and that it may be fine. Don't have anything to say yet on this because I will be testing today. He is offering a live demo of it on Monday which will help me decide.
- Tagging. When I can assign tags to people it make it very easy to place the person on multiple list or trigger different kinds of events. For example, right now I can assign someone a tag and it instantly triggers an onboarding sequence. Currently Ligna is dependent on someone entering through a form. How I get them on to other list is a mystery to me at this point.

Curious how order forms are set up and if the purchase can automatically trigger a person to enroll into a course and receive an email onboarding sequence. Also, still not sure how to trigger a new client sequence when they didn't complete a form. Lots to learn still.

If they deliver on what I hear they are working on, this is a steal of a deal. I paid $1495 for my current platform 3 years ago and it has cost me far more than that in headaches. I'm waiting to see what Jon delivers on over the next 60 days before I'll decide to transition.