Extole is the leading provider of social engagement applications that drive measurable results on and off Facebook for leading brands and agencies. Extole uses email to drive customers to the point of sale while generating positive social recommendations using their Refer-A-Friend solution. To support its business model, Extole built and managed its own in-house, proprietary email system, but as their business grew and demands increased, their system lacked key functionality to properly track and manage their email streams. Related PostsSendGrid Delivered hits NYC September 12 Customer Success Story: Award Winning Digital Agency, Cyber-Duck Benefits from Cloud Email Capabilities Become an Inbox…
READ MORE »This guest blog post comes to us from our friend Max Katz, Head of Community and Developer Relations at Tiggzi, a cloud-based mobile app builder and SendGrid customer. You can find out what Max is up to on his blog: mkblog.exadel.com and Twitter @maxkatz. Related PostsBack 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 How to Calculate the Cost of Maintaining Your Email Infrastructure 2012 Threat Report Puts Transactional Email on High Alert Three Misconceptions About Deliverability That Simply Aren’t True
READ MORE »Turnkey Sports and Entertainment helps properties and brands better manage their partnerships through their pioneering new product, Turnkey Activator. Activator is a cloud-based web application that facilitates secure communication between sponsors and their partners so the can better manage their sponsorship deals and deliverables. However, they needed to add a key feature to the product in order to bring it to market. They needed those secure email messages to be set via any email client without users having to login to Activator. Related PostsWebinar: Q&A with Ken and Carly SendGrid Expands to Denver Parse API: Oh, What You Can Do!…
READ MORE »Sending email using a cloud based SMTP server has numerous benefits for growing businesses, saving you time and streamlining your costs. Many of our customers started with custom systems, but as usage increased found that their current email infrastructure didn’t have long term appeal to the bottom line. As a result, they searched for more cost effective ways to manage their email and found outsourcing to be their solution of choice. In fact, outsourcing email is a growing trend among IT professionals that are charged with building a productive product line while managing costs. Related PostsWebinar: Q&A With Elmer and…
READ MORE »When I heard that SendGrid was one of the API sponsors for Hack the Midwest on June 2nd and 3rd in Kansas City, I jumped at the chance to represent us there. Although I was actually born in Kansas City, it had been nearly ten years since I’d been back, and I was super excited to see what the tech and startup scene had to offer. Nearly 100 local hackers showed up to demo their skills at the competition. Teams came in all shapes and sizes – some from local startups, others comprised of groups of local tech enthusiasts. There…
READ MORE »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 Posts[Webinar] Your Toughest Email Infrastructure Questions Answered SendGrid Joins Forces With Engine Yard Pick Up the Money on the Table with Transactional Email Webinar: How to Get The Most Out Of Transactional Emails How Social Media and Email Can Co-Exist for Maximum Impact
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