J!MailAlerts is a automated periodic Email Alerts system. Have you seen mail alerts that networks like Facebook & Linked in send to their users periodically ? Using J!MailAlerts you too can send your users periodic email alerts of whats happening on your site or social network. Users can select if they want to receive weekly, fortnightly or monthly updates. J!MailAlerts is completely extensible using plugins which means you can virtually add an update about activities in any extension on your Joomla website. Its a great way to keep your users in touch with what's going on on your website & keep them coming back. Get J!MailAlerts today & Engage your community! Supports over 30 free & paid content plugins More info link : http://techjoomla.com/table/jmailalerts.-cms-delivered-via-email/ Videos : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCtS0ywWbiE

1. CMS via Email - with J!MailAlerts
The free, GPL Email Digest solution for Joomla
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Custom Development
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4. Some Products
Social Ads
Demographically targetted ads, similar to facebook ads
for CB & JomSocial
JBolo!
Facebook & Gmail like chat for Joomla, JomSocial, CB
Invitex
Viral Invitations system for Joomla, JomSocial & CB.

5. Nurturing your Users

6. Catch your Users
● Yup.. you have to
catch them !
● Trap them,entice
them, honey talk
them into
registering.
● But it does not end
there..

7. Growth needs users
Both New As well as Returning
Visitos

8. Keep your users interested
● Update your sites
regularly Keep it
alive
● Give users features
they will come back
to.
● Content is
supreme. Only you
can create that

9. Keep them informed
● Email Newsletters
● RSS
● SMS Alerts
● Twitter
● Facebook
● Email Digests
Notifications may be automated or Manual

10. Effect of Alerts
● Alerts are to users
what the smell of
honey is to bees
● Use alerts
judiciously
● Don’t harass your
users !

11. So What's J!MailAlerts ?

12. CMS via Email Updates from Disney Land !
J!MailAlerts Hey All !
Here's some updates from Disneyland. Your
favourite cartoon place !
Latest Users
VIA EMAIL
Photos
Latest
News
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Updates from Kunena
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Updates from K2 Latest
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Eventlist Events
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JomSocial, CB – get Social

13. The Problems
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Limited attention span of users means very
less number of users come back
●
They would come if only they knew !
●
Manually sending updates via conventional
newsletters is difficult to keep up
●
They have RSS but subscription rate is low
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14. More Problems ...
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Lots of sites, lots of email clogging
mailboxes. Users love when they have
control.
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Users dont want to read irrelevant
content.
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15. Enter J!MailAlerts
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16. Reminder for me to show
the Video !

17. What people using it are
calling it …
● Its a customisable periodic Email Alerts
system for Joomla extendible via plugins
● Its a extendible email digest solution for
Joomla
● Its an Email CMS ! Or rather CMS
delivered via email !
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18. What can it do ?
● Send Digest emails without you touching a
single button as per user preferences
● Users can select how frequently then get
the alerts
● Users control what Alerts they get
● Users get control on each alert they opt in
for
● Extendible via plugins to add support for
any content
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19. Lets see it in Action !
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20. Hey we already have RSS !
●
Its too much effort to subscribe to RSS or use
RSS to mail functions
●
Level of control & personalisation in
conventional RSS is low
●
RSS Readers Desktop or browser based, dont
get as much attention as a email
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21. J!MailAlerts Vs Conventional
Newsletters
● Admin controls what content goes in
● Admin controls when its sent
● Content is not personalised
● No Automation, admin needs to send
manually
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22. So is JMA a replacement for
Newsletters ?
Absolutely NOT ! In fact it complements them..
Integrations planned for conventional Newsletters
● Joomailer
● ACYMailing
● J!PHPList
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23. I see you have a Genie.. Can
J!MailAlerts do magic ?
Q. Will all users come back to my site once i
start using JMA ?
A. Hmm.. Well not necessarily. The user
would need to be interested in your content
in the first place !
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24. Free Plugins Available
● Joomla Latest ● Phoca Gallery
Content Latest Photos
● K2 Content ● SOBI2 Latest
● Eventlist Latest Listings
Events ● Latest Users Plugin
● Kunena Latest - With CB &
Forum Posts JomSocial Support
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25. Commercial Plugins Available
● Mosets Tree Listings JomSocial Plugins
● EasyBlog Plugin ● Group Activity
● Docman Plugin ● Latest Photos,
Videos, Groups,
Events
CB Plugins
● Pending Connections
● Pending Connections
● Network Suggest
● Network Suggest
● People You may
● People You may
Know
Know
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26. Is there a Plugin for … ?
If not, you can always make your own !
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27. The Plugin API
J!MailAlert plugins sends alerts mainly based
on the following parameters
● Whom are we sending the alert to ( The
User )
● When we last sent an update to the user
( Last Email Date)
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28. Methods
● Fetch the content
onEmail_jma_latestusers($id, $date, $userparam, $fetch_only_latest)
$id = User ID that you are sending the update to
$date = Last time the mail was sent – This is so that we only send
latest content
$userparam= Fetch the user's customised settings for the plugin
$fetch_only_latest = This tells the plugin if we need to respect last
email date )
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29. Planned Features
● Monetisation with targeted advertising in
Emails via SocialAds
● Add Module support for more flexibility
● Let users see whats new on the site in a
date range view on the site
● Alert Types
● RSS output & User Controlled RSS
compilation
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30. Some Case Studies & Use
Cases
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31. Our Intranet – A
Casestudy
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32. Page View Stats
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33. Effect of an Alert
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34. What else ?
● JomSocial Group
Digest Email
● Simple content digests
● Complete Digest emails
like Facebook or Linked
in.
● Forum Email Digests
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35. Questions ?
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37. Thank You
Feel free to contact us !
Parth Lawate
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@parthlawate
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