Very excited to have worked on a product that just released today. It is a product called Zendio, a Microsoft Outlook plugin. My role was to build the email stationery builder and the email tracking UI. The email stationery creator is simply the easiest to use product I have seen and it provides many powerful features. The tracking component lets you see who has viewed your email, where and when and how many times. There are maps and charts and all viewable in one screen, no popups.
Stationery Creator
Once you select a template, you will see what elements can be editable very easily. There are over 70 custom designed templates for many industries.
To add an image you simply click on the image placeholder and select your image. You are not prompted to upload and wait.
To change your text you simply type in your data. The templates have hints such as “Enter your name” but you can enter anything you want and in any order. One very exciting feature is the way we use designer fonts and make sure it looks the same on all computers. No need to use the typical web based fonts.
You have multiple ways you can edit your image without the need of using 3rd party software. You can use our zoom tool and place your image exactly where you want.
You can also improve the way your image looks by altering the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue. Again no need to use 3rd party software such as Photoshop.
The default colors of the template have been set, but you can easily change that by selecting from a huge list of colors. You can easily create your own list of colors that map to your brand and save that as a color item.
A really cool feature is if you only want to add your name and not your email or add an image, you can. There is a “Preview” button that will show only what you have filled in and that is what will be saved. You can always add or delete items at anytime.
Most emails from businesses contain a disclaimer, to add one simply click on the disclaimer button and paste your text.
In here is your finished product, in no time at all you have a custom email stationery.
The product has 70 custom designs for industries such as Real Estate, Medical, Law, General Business etc.
For certain clients, everything is pre-populated with their logos, brand colors and fonts.
Tracking and Analytics
You don’t simply get nicely designed emails but the ability to track at an unbelievable level of when, where, how the email was read.
You can track the email you sent out and even see if links within were actually clicked.
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