A Comprehensive Features List of eC-messenger

A functional range which leaves nothing to be desired

User Interface

  • Intuitive user interface with integrated online help
  • Available on all standard browsers
  • 24/7 availability

Message Broadcast

  • Multi-channel: Email, SMS, Fax
  • Testing of subject lines and content with subsequent automatic email broadcast of the most successful test message
  • Individual email address value thanks to the ability to determine message limits per recipient
  • Option to send emails with a digital signature
  • Adjustable broadcast speed capacity, enabling you to optimise the utilisation ratio of your web servers and maximise deliverability rates
  • Broadcast capacity: More than 4 million emails per hour

Tracking, Reporting & Statistics

  • Complete trackable history of individual newsletter recipients along the entire newsletter lifecycle (message and recipient related)
  • Cookie or session based conversion tracking
  • Real-time reporting of the most important email statistics (bounces, opens, clicks on all or single links, conversions & forwards)
  • Option to export statistics as an excel file in just one click
  • Visual reporting of the results online and recipient related exports in csv or xml format
  • Ability to select target group reporting based on age, gender and free selectable, additional attributes
  • Comparison analysis of several messages
  • Enhanced reporting capabilities to automated, periodical analysis for target groups, messages or system statistics

Content Management

  • Integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor
  • Content store to host content such as pictures, texts, multimedia files and attachments
  • Integration of current websites or RSS feeds

Template Management (Content Management System)

  • Sample based content management system to easily create newsletters
  • Corporate design templates
  • The ability to create messages without HTML knowledge
  • Automatic creation of text versions from HTML messages
  • Workflow functionality for external contributors
  • Branch concept with localised message parts for each separate branch

Personalisation

  • Personalisation of the message based on single attributes via a placeholder
  • Complex personalisation such as individual message parts for single recipients or target groups are possible
  • Personalised pictures and attachments

Segmentation and Targeting

  • Integrated selection tool to define target groups based on profile data (e.g. age, gender etc) and action data (e.g. click, purchase etc)
  • Automatic assignment of recipients in individually configured client segments based on eligible attributes and combinations
  • Calculation of recipient specific performance indicators (e.g. average purchase value)

Automated Work Processes

  • Rule types can be assigned to data prompting automated multi-level campaigns (e.g. automatic follow up emails, birthday emails etc.)
  • Definition of regular work processes: data synchronisation with external databases and allocation of statistical analysis
  • Creation of periodical recurring messages (e.g. for birthday mailings or to reactivate inactive recipients)

Deliverability

  • Automatic classification of undelivered emails (bounces) in five categories
  • Automated bounce processing on the basis of individually configured rules for optimal list maintenance
  • Consideration of all industry standards and provider specific delivery guidelines
  • Automatic processing of spam complaints via a feedback loop with the most important ISPs
  • Whitelisting via CSA. Other certifications like Sender Score (Return Path) available on request. More under ISP Relations
  • Integration of external Robinson lists

Interfaces

  • Real time notifications (profile modification, registrations, notice of removal, bounces)
  • Web requests via HTTP(S) REST interface
  • Automatic import and export tasks via FTP(S)
  • SOAP (synchronal and asynchronous)
  • JDBC access to synchronise data directly

Security

  • Administration settings can be set for each individual across the system
  • Full cost control at any time through integrated date management or charging
  • Protection against unauthorised access to the databases through the multi-level applications layout
  • Overview of ongoing system processes with the possibility to stop or rearrange them at any time
  • High reliability through redundancy of all hardware components (including a second computing centre)
  • Annual inspection of the system security through independent, external service providers