Free Logo Services is the #1 provider of logo design services for entrepreneurs, small businesses and organizations worldwide. They have over 800,000 customers and send approximately 400,000 emails per month. Before CEO, Craig Bloem opened the doors to Free Logo Services in September 2011, he considered the implications of email on the success of his business model. Having dealt with the challenges of email operations and delivery at his previous companies, including Performable which he sold to HubSpot, Craig wanted to find a solution that he could easily integrate and scale with his business right from the very start. Related…
READ MORE »New start-up, Cyfe experienced tremendous growth within the first two months of opening their doors. Cyfe offers an all-in-one dashboard that aggregates all of your online services using custom widgets for search, email, social, feeds and business services. With Cyfe, you can easily monitor all of your business data from one dashboard. Related PostsWebinar: Q&A with Ken and Carly Introducing the SendGrid Guide to Email Infrastructure Back to Basics. If You Can’t Send an Email, What Can You Do? Customer Success Story: Online Music Promotion Software, Haulix Achieves a 95% Delivery Rate With SendGrid 3 Mobile Trends That Will Affect…
READ MORE »It’s been an exciting whirlwind so far to join the developer relations team at SendGrid! In my first week I attended a conference, traveled to the SendGrid offices in Anaheim, met customers and my new co-workers plus enjoyed one of the most delicious hamburgers I’ve ever had! Related PostsMultiple User Credentials Customer Success Story: Turnkey Sports & Entertainment Brings the Ultimate Sponsorship Management Tool to Market Faster with SendGrid SendGrid’s API Workshop – Interactive API Documentation Hacking the Midwest SendGrid Wins at Colorado Companies to Watch and Red Herring North America 100
READ MORE »Web and mobile applications have given rise to transactional email. Not too long ago, email marketing focused heavily on promotional email like newsletters and offers, but now transactional email has been given a boost by web and mobile applications that rely on email to deliver notifications, updates and subscriptions. That’s part of the reason why our funding has been so successful and why our customer base has grown so rapidly in the past year. Transactional email has essentially become business critical for application based businesses. It’s the driver by which they communicate with their subscribers, grow their customer base, and…
READ MORE »Gowalla is a socially curated travel guide that helps users keep up with their friends and share their favorite places. Gowalla uses email delivery notifications and friend requests to their users so these emails need to arrive in the inbox on time and as expected. However, Gowalla started to experience email delivery failures that could not be resolved by their email provider. Their email delivery rates went down and they had zero visibility into their overall email metrics. They decided they need to make a change. Related PostsHow to Warm up an IP Webinar: How to Get The Most Out…
READ MORE »A few weeks ago, I took a tiny plane over the Rockies to Salt Lake City to attend our first Startup Weekend as Global Sponsors. Our good pal (and loyal customer), Al Doan, was the local organizer of @SWSaltLake, and he did an amazing job facilitating the first ever SW for the SLC startup community. When Al moved to SLC a few months ago, he set out to play a role in strengthening the community. He noticed an untapped potential, given the plethora of talented, intelligent people that seemed to be missing a venue in which they could express themselves…
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