Notify Me
With the Notify Me® module, you can send out notifications on any topic you choose by creating a customized email message. The email message can be sent out automatically or at a specific date and time.
Web users can subscribe to receive email and/or text message updates from any list they choose. The Notify Me® module also allows web users to subscribe to email and/or text message notifications from the Events Calendar, News Flash, Job Postings, Bid Postings, Alert Center and Blog modules.
| Benefits |
| + Citizens can subscribe to only the list that interests them, allowing your messages to target the proper audiences |
| + Create lists where the citizen can subscribe or unsubscribe to receive email and SMS text messages |
| + Distribute your minutes and agendas quickly and easily to those who wish to receive them |
| + Save money and time while becoming greener by sending e-newsletters |
| + Send automatic updates to subscribers for the following modules: events calendar, news flash, job postings, bid postings and blog |
| + Eliminate the need for third-party vendors |
| Features |
| + Manage your list's subscribers |
| + Residents can sign-up to receive notification for a category |
| + Set Notify Me® lists to auto publish/unpublish on a specific date |
| + Option to turn on SMS text messaging for categories (additional fees may apply) |
| + Default Headers / Footers |
| + Plain text options for subscribers |
| + Separate text entry field for text messages (limited to 160 characters) |
| + One email is sent to all subscribers of a list |
| + Create HTML templates (or have CivicPlus create them for a fee) |
| + Module integrates with events calendar, news flash, job postings, bid postings and blog, where you can also select delivery options for a set number of days in advance and date of event |
| Client Testimonials |
"The most beneficial aspects are Notify Me®, News Flash and social networking. They are really big aspects of our website now. We now have a really good medium to communicate to our citizens. There is so much versatility and usability."
Jon Nicks, Neighborhood Services Coordinator | Placentia, CA |
"The biggest thing for me is Notify Me®. The idea that the citizen can go to the website and put in their email to sign up for the list they want is huge."
Donnie Wines, IT Director | Flagler County, FL |
| Examples of How This Module Can Be Used |
| + Send minutes and agendas |
| + Send news and announcements |
| + Send online newsletters |
| + Send police reports |
| Potential Enhancements |
| + No tracking for receipts, opens, etc.: Notify Me® is, like many of our modules, a basic option for providing email / SMS alerts that is significantly more cost effective than other solutions. Given that is is just one piece of the overall CMS, it may not have all the features found in the expensive options. |
| + Limitations with building online newsletters: Updates are coming for the newsletter module |
| + No option for sending messages to social networks: Social network linking is handled through RSS feeds |
| + No tie between Notify Me® and Archive Center: Can setup work-around by creating a template message with most current archive link |
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