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[Giveaway] Improve giveaway application process
You will be able to complete your application and clearly see your status: if you’re accepted, when the giveaway starts, and more…
Ability to create more subscriber forms
Besides the form that already exists for people to sign up to the newsletter it would be nice to have people sign up to other forms (e.g. street team) and automatically be added a tag to that segment. If someone is already on the subscribers list it would simply add the tag for them, if not they’d become a subscriber.
Ability to resend an email to new subscribers after you have sent to previous subscribers
This might be available already, but I can’t see a way to do this. I’ve only just sent my first campaign email to my subscribers, but since then I have more to import. How do I isolate them after integrating them to my list and only send to them? My apologies if this already exists. I’m still feeling my way around.
Categorization of Link-in-Bio
Group links under a banner (ex: ability to create a category to organize referral links, another one for all links related to upcoming events, etc)
[Integrations] Integrate with direct selling platforms [Shopify, WooCommerce, Lemonsqueezy, PayHip, etc]
Two reasons for these integrations: 1. After a reader makes a purchase, if they aren’t a subscriber, they would be given the option to become a newseltter subscriber If they are already a subscriber, they could be given a tag / added to a segment showing that they have made a direct purchase and which books they own already. Either way, this would allow for something like automations to remind the readers to review / rate the book they purchased and make later recommendations for books they should purchase (ex: they bought book 1 in a series, start them in an automation to remind them to buy book 2 in a month).
Completed
[Books] 'Books' that aren't on Amazon / Other Retailers
Specifically books that might only be available on places like Royal Road, ScribbleHub, WebNovel, or our own websites. I have two on-going web serials that I update regularly and like to keep my newsletter up to date on. Ex: [Serial] has two new episodes out this week! [Character A] encounters something strange in the forest, and [Character B] has a confrontation with the most curmudgeonly of the library’s overseers. Could the two be connected? Read today to find out! [Link To Serial Web Site] I would love to be able to add the serials as their own books so they show up on the author website and also link to them in newsletter campaigns. This could also be used for special editions that might only be available via a Book Box or limited collector’s editions that are part of a Kickstarter or other special event.
[Newsletter] Countdown Banner
Some EMS have countdown widgets and some sites offer iframe or embeddable countdowns. Great for urgency, these could be used in the email by setting an “end date” and if you are counting up to the date of a new release or counting down the time remaining for a huge sale. It would be nice to have available built-in here.
[Newsletter] Quiz Feature
An author can create a quiz for readers. Readers who answer the quiz can be added to segments or given tags, and those tags/segments can be used for automated selling sequences. Ex: “What’s your favorite trope on this list?” Enemies to Lovers Hurt / Comfort Grumpy / Sunshine Only One Bed Readers will be tagged based on what trope they select in the quiz. This can then be used to start an automation where they are advertised books that are tagged with that trope. Quiz could be anything, even something like “Do you prefer ebooks or paperbacks?” or “Do you like novellas or doorstoppers better?” but quizes that will segment or tag readers and can be used to hook them into targeted automation sequences.
Tagging subscribers to segments
Ability for the author to select specific subscribers and add them to existing segments (ARC readers, free readers, lost readers etc)