New Feature allows contributors to see the ‘real’ book
So in case you didn’t notice, we haven’t posted an update in quite some time. Things have been really busy around here. We’ve had lots of changes, and they’ve all contributed to great things. I wanted to tell everyone about a really cool new feature we’ve implemented.
Before now, your guests could see the contents of the book, but only in text form. They didn’t see the nicely laid out pages with all the photos. We’ve changed this so that your guests can actually turn the pages of the book and see it the way you do. It’s amazing! It really helps give your friends and family an idea of what you are working on, and inspires them to contribute to your project. If you want to check it you you can look at one of our example books:
www.memorypress.com/start
ID: jana
PW: nelson
You will get to see the real book, and how much easier we have made it to Contribute to the book. Try it with one of your own books as well, and let us know what you think of the change. Our goal is to make books that can be easily shared with family and friends, and I think this new feature has really accomplished that.
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My boss recently created a memory book for my retirement; I’m very impressed with your product. Unfortunately, many folks who were asked to contribute were unable to get to the book or found the site diffcult to navigate. Perhaps you might look at your user instructions and tailor them to the person who is not computer comfortable.
Another problem that was encountered is that insturctional EMail was sent with a link to your site and the memory book. Also unfortunately, many addressees never received the EMail; probably ISP spam filters stopped them because of the link and because mail was being sent to a large address list. Another suggestion is to recommend to your clients that they send INDIVIDUAL EMail notifications. You might also suggest some way to reference your site so that the URL it is not an active link in the EMail message (inserting the URL between brackets, for example).
Thank you again for this wonderful product. I hope that you will accept my suggestions in the spirit in which they were offered.
Comment by Glenda Jackson — January 21, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
Glenda,
Thank you so much for the feedback. The individual notifications idea is a terrific one. Those pesky SPAM filters. We should make it more clear how to do this. We actually have a link in the program that says “Send via email client” that will open up your own email program so that you can send the email to everyone from your own address book immediately.
Why would you place the URL in brackets?
Sounds like it’s time for us to look over the instructions with someone who hasn’t ever contributed and look for more insights into how to improve the experience. We’ve done this a number of times, but we can always improve.
Thank you so much Glenda!
- Neal
Comment by neal — January 21, 2008 @ 3:04 pm