getsidekick - see who opens your emails
getsidekick - see who opens your emails
It is better to remain quiet and have one think you are stupid, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt....
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HubSpot are reputable, so no worries there, but be aware that embedded links in emails are occasionally regarded as indicators of spam emails and certain email clients and/or privacy settings might therefore result in your outbound email being classified as junk mail. I don't know whether this applies to this particular product, but it might do.
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I use it and is mostly satisfied. It's very good to know when the recipient has opened the email.
My problem is that I use a computer, tablet and smartphone to look at my emails and sometimes one of the above will indicate that the email has been opened even though it's just me who have been checking details, or my husband has been checking the emails on his end.
It usually states the location of where the emails were opened, but not always.
I know that one can block IP addresses, but as I travel a lot, it usually doesn't work so well.
I also found that the 200 emails that one gets for free per month get used up very quickly, so now I'm on the limitless $10/month plan.
My problem is that I use a computer, tablet and smartphone to look at my emails and sometimes one of the above will indicate that the email has been opened even though it's just me who have been checking details, or my husband has been checking the emails on his end.
It usually states the location of where the emails were opened, but not always.
I know that one can block IP addresses, but as I travel a lot, it usually doesn't work so well.
I also found that the 200 emails that one gets for free per month get used up very quickly, so now I'm on the limitless $10/month plan.
Pessimists only get positive surprises.
I use it too, and have bought the $10 limitless plan.
It doesn't track mails I send out via PIMS (my bookings software) so if I particularly want to know that a mail has been received, I can forward that mail from my copy in my inbox and then it will be tracked.
I have found it very useful - when people start opening and looking at the mails several times, it often is followed by a booking request.
It doesn't track mails I send out via PIMS (my bookings software) so if I particularly want to know that a mail has been received, I can forward that mail from my copy in my inbox and then it will be tracked.
I have found it very useful - when people start opening and looking at the mails several times, it often is followed by a booking request.
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Quite possibly. Nearly all these systems work by embedding a hidden pixel in the email. The pixel is located on a special server and the access can be detected. If you have images turned off, it cannot work. That's why most of these systems will never achieve 100%. I would say more like 50-60% in my experience.Normandie wrote:I know I should read the blurb on the site but does the recipient know you are tracking their behaviour with your email?
Some solutions work by being a browser plugin and interfacing to your web based email. Others might have an Outlook plugin or simply an additional field you add to the email address so that it goes through a 3rd party system to have the tracking added.
I send emails to my husband a lot, he said there is nothing obvious, but as an ex-IT techie he says if he wanted to find out he probably could...
But none of my contacts have ever commented on it.
I don't think it collects data (ie for spam purposes) - I already have the person's email address as an enquirer and I'm responding to information they have asked for.
But none of my contacts have ever commented on it.
I don't think it collects data (ie for spam purposes) - I already have the person's email address as an enquirer and I'm responding to information they have asked for.
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jeez I've always known that some tracking opening etc...is possible but it still gives me the creeps.
I'm all for effective marketing but is it only me who finds this an invasion of privacy? I'm surprised that these emails can go out without a clear indication somewhere within them that they will track if I open them, what time, how many times I open them, and even possibly where I am?
I'm all for effective marketing but is it only me who finds this an invasion of privacy? I'm surprised that these emails can go out without a clear indication somewhere within them that they will track if I open them, what time, how many times I open them, and even possibly where I am?
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Many will have a setting to do exactly that.tavi wrote:jeez I've always known that some tracking opening etc...is possible but it still gives me the creeps.
I'm all for effective marketing but is it only me who finds this an invasion of privacy? I'm surprised that these emails can go out without a clear indication somewhere within them that they will track if I open them, what time, how many times I open them, and even possibly where I am?
Bear in mind that when you surf the web, the webmaster knows your IP address, where you came from, your operating system and your webbrowser, not to mention which pages you clicked on.
No, you are not.tavi wrote:jeez I've always known that some tracking opening etc...is possible but it still gives me the creeps.
I'm all for effective marketing but is it only me who finds this an invasion of privacy?
Nightowl, this is me expressing my disquiet about the software, the degree of information fed back to you, and not you personally! but I wouldn't want a potential guest to realise that I am monitoring remotely the number of times they may open an email on their pc in their home. Eeek.Nightowl wrote:I have found it very useful - when people start opening and looking at the mails several times, it often is followed by a booking request.
Indeed I would like to know that emails are seen by a recipient but I do feel uneasy about using something that gives me that level of surveillance and if I discovered a holiday property owner was using it on me, that would be any possibility of me booking with them blown out of the water.