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Greetings from teamr and Synchronous Technologies
Volume 5 :: Edition 11 :: 10 Nov 2009


   
 
     

"Stacks of bills... Patron on ice..."

Every now and then you hear something on the radio that makes you laugh.  I was listening to "Whatever You Like", a song by the storied rapper T.I. (not my usual genre, but I like to be open-minded), and immediately I thought of my desk.  At least the "stacks of bills" part.  Probably similar to what's on your desk, unless you're lucky enough to have an administrative assistant.

So while Clifford (T.I.'s real name) serves his jail time in an Arkansas prison, we will try to limit your stacks of bills in his honor.  How do we do that?  By making you more efficient. 

Teamr is efficient because we do everything a team, group, or small business could want - combined into one convenient system.  Save time, get more done, don't pay lots of different people to do what one tool can do.

Just like the song, you can have whatever you like.  And with Teamr, that's what we always aim to do for you. 

In This Issue

Technology Update
* Accounting
* SMS response campaigns
* Auto-responders
* Scheduled email sending
* Set attendance summary emails for events
(Note: every upgrade listed is a user-requested feature)

On The Burner
* See what we are working on for next month.
* Improvements are all based on your feedback...keep them coming.

Technology Update

Accounting. * Premium Feature * Many of our users have requested that we add a way to keep track of expenses.  Well, we did one better - we track expenses AND separate incomes for you.  And it's integrated with our invoices, which you can send to any contact right from inside the accounting area.  Premium users - just jump in and play around, and you'll see how useful it is.  Go to Contacts and click on the green dollar sign.


Charts and reports are just one cool accounting function



SMS Response Campaigns. * Premium Feature * Ever wanted to send SMS text messages to a large group of people but still allow each person to respond to you directly?  Well, now you can do it. 

As long as you know each person's cell phone provider (a.k.a. their carrier, like AT&T or Verizon if you're in the United States), all you need to do is verify their contact number and you are good to go.  Once a contact and provider are verified, that person will be able to reply to your SMS Response broadcasts.

To verify a contact, go to the Contacts page and view the contact to send a verification message to that contact.  You can also save time by sending a message to your entire group (we suggest you use our convenient Profile Update email template).

Once a contact has confirmed his or her number and carrier, the contact can respond to any text message and the group leader will be able to see that response (associated with the contact).


SMS Response campaigns couldn't be easier!


Auto-Responders. * Premium Feature *  Sending followup emails after people have joined your group or business contact list is a key function, especially if you're looking to send marketing-related messages to them.  An auto-responder allows you to save messages in your Media Library and then send a sequence of scheduled follow-up emails to new members of a group.  Find your website signup forms on the Contacts page.


Modify any Signup form to add auto-responders


Scheduled Email Delivery. * Premium Feature *  Along with auto-responders, you have all been asking for the ability to send out messages sometime in the future.  Well, wait no longer.  Premium accounts can now schedule email deliveries for future dates and times.  You will see all scheduled messages highlighted in green in your Home screen.


See your queue and cancel any outgoing messages


Set Attendance Summary Emails for Events. * Premium Feature *  As you probably already know, Premium accounts can use the Shared Access tools to share the workload of managing a team or group.  Events Shared Access allows other people to be able to add and edit events on your calendar.  But sometimes you don't want everyone with Events Shared Access Permission to get the attendance summary email.  Now you can define exactly who gets the attendance summary email before each event.  Yet another user-generated feature request complete!


Why Go Premium (and Premium Pro!)

As you already know, Teamr and all of our other sites are free to use and offer some great organizational tools.  But going Premium unlocks some serious power - and for only $4.95 a month, you can't go wrong.  Here are a few key functions you'll find once you upgrade:

  • Multiple administrator functions for sharing responsibilities with other group members
  • Integrated Storefront for selling your goods or services
  • Online payment collection for store purchases or receipt of online donations
  • Powerful email marketing tools including delivery tracking and HTML templates for newsletters
  • Additional online storage for photos and other files

At only $49.95/year for our ridiculously cheap annual Premium upgrade, you get a whole year of powerful team organization tools.  Learn more about Premium accounts on the Teamr website.

Premium Pro is even better.  No ads anywhere, extra file storage, and more email customization.


On the Burner

  • We're working on a new navigation that should speed up everything and make our system easier to use.  That is a BIG project, so we're going to focus our energy on that for the next month or so.  Stay tuned for a beta announcement!

 

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Upgrade to Premium Pro

Aside from all the benefits of a Premium account (accepting payments for events, the online store, email templates and tracking, custom event types, etc), you can upgrade to an ad-free account.  The cost is nominal and only depends on how many contacts you have in your account.  Click on the My Account screen to learn more!

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As always, we appreciate any feedback you have and hope that you are enjoying teamr and our family of sites! Stay tuned for more upgrades coming soon!

A history of previous upgrade announcements is available on our Technology History page.

Until next time,

Lars, Doug, Marlyn, Brian and Rocky
Founders, Synchronous Technologies Group Inc.
The teamr Family of Group Management Sites