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Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) November 21, 2007 -- Nexternal Solutions, a leading provider of ecommerce software is pleased to announce that it now offers a Preferred Delivery Date feature. This tool allows online shoppers to specify a preferred delivery date when checking out. It also allows merchants to easily manage current and future delivery date shipments. Any merchant selling products that are event driven will find this tool much appreciated by online shoppers. Like all updates to the Nexternal's ecommerce software, this enhancement is provided at no charge and does not require the merchant to install any software.

 

The Preferred Delivery Date feature has many configuration options to handle different scenarios merchants encounter. This tool takes into account time-in-transit information which is calculated in real-time from the various shipping carriers. It also allows merchants to specify a lead time with a cutoff component for maximum accuracy when processing orders.

 

Susan Boling, owner of Honeyham.com (www.honeyham.com) said, "The preferred delivery date feature is a boon for our business. Many of our customers are selecting to have their turkeys and hams delivered the day before Thanksgiving. Our Thanksgiving orders are up tremendously this year and I sincerely believe it is because our customers feel confident in knowing that their main course will arrive fresh. We have also already started taking orders that will be delivered near Christmas. This provides us the additional advantage of having plenty of time to prepare for those orders and get ahead of the holiday crunch. This new feature definitely gives us a leg up on our competition."

 

"Although this tool has tremendous benefits for companies that ship gift items, it also provides a competitive advantage to all merchants that use it. When shopping online, it's a great convenience to specify a preferred delivery date. People may go out of town or simply want a gift to arrive on the recipient's birthday," said Ty Nunez, Director of Business Development at Nexternal Solutions. "Orders are tagged and color coded in a way that allows merchants to see which order must go out on a given day. They can even batch process today's shipments without fear of including a future shipment request."

 

Enabling Preferred Delivery Date increases conversion by allowing the customer to select the delivery date that is ideal for them or a gift recipient. Nexternal Solutions continuously adds new tools to its software that help merchants increase their profits by improving customer conversion, website traffic, and business management efficiency.

 

About Nexternal Solutions

Nexternal Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of web based e-commerce software. Founded in 1999, the company's unique e-commerce system is used by hundreds of clients in many diverse industries. Nexternal's software features an always-on screen shopping cart with integrated marketing and fulfillment tools allowing merchants to maximize revenue while minimizing operating costs. Nexternal's software was rated five out of five stars by Internet.com and is a three time SIIA Codie awards finalist for Best E-Commerce Software. Clients include Alcoa, USA Today, Oxfam America, K2 Sports and Hershey. With locations in Carlsbad, CA and New Canaan, CT, Nexternal provides industry leading customer service. For more information, contact Nexternal Solutions, Inc. CA: 800.914.6161. CT: 866.436.8479. Web: www.nexternal.com

 
Infusion Software Announces Record-breaking Email Deliverability, Email Volume for Small Business Cu
PHOENIX (Business Wire EON) November 13, 2007 -- "Email is still king when it comes to marketing, especially among small businesses who look for an affordable way to communicate with prospects and customers," said Clate Mask, President of Infusion Software. "Reaching this kind of email deliverability and volume shows that Infusion continues its popularity among small businesses. Marketers see the beauty of being able to send emails directly from Infusion CRM as a one-off communication, a batch, or as part of an automated event-triggered lead nurturing program that moves people through the buying process from lead to customer to life-long customer."

 

Some top features of email functionality designed for marketers found within the Infusion CRM web-based suite include:

 

-- Automatically initiate a series of actions (add to sub-list, remove from list, start multi-step sequence, stop campaign, send further-targeted content via email, generate a task to make a live phone call, etc.) when a prospect or customer clicks on the trackable links within your emails

 

-- Send email templates automatically (or manually) as part of a multi-step email marketing campaign, as a one-off response, or as a batch to multiple prospects or customers within segmented lists

 

-- Double opt-in and automated bounce management

 

-- Easily build an unlimited number of scheduled and event-triggered campaigns

 

-- Reporting and analytics to view response rates, email deliverability, open-rates and click-through rates

 

-- Create text, HTML, or multi-part email templates with personalization to recipients

 

-- Easily pull targeted prospect or customer lists and send text, HTML, or multi-part emails to them

 

-- Create trackable links to insert in your template emails to monitor click-through and conversion rates

 

-- A dedicated team of Infusion email experts who handle white listing, email sending certifications, optimization, reliability, deliverability, and SPAM complaint resolution on your behalf

 

-- Automated anti-SPAM compliance

 

-- Subscriber self-management (opt-out, preferences, update address)

 

Infusion CRM was developed to provide a web-based, centralized customer management system that goes far beyond any other CRM software available on the market, with critical modules including: e-commerce, lead capture, email marketing, click tracking, billing and collections and other functions of sales, marketing and customer service that are not found in other CRM software programs.

 

A growing number of companies are making the switch to Infusion CRM because of frustration with using a variety of disparate software programs that may include an email marketing system, e-commerce application, contact manager database and spreadsheets. All of these systems are separate programs that do not talk to each other, which makes it almost impossible for small businesses to effectively manage their prospects and customers. Infusion Software currently has nearly 5000 customers actively using its online CRM solution to automate their sales and marketing. Customers can use all marketing features, including the full email offering, instantly as part of the standard $59/user monthly fee.

 

In addition to email marketing functionality that comes standard with Infusion CRM, customers can purchase Email Deliverability Assurance. Through its partnership with Habeas, a leading email reputation services provider, Infusion CRM is able to give small business customers even higher levels of email deliverability, speed, and reliability possible.

 

About Infusion Software

 

Infusion Software liberates and empowers small businesses by putting their marketing, sales, and customer management on auto-pilot. The company's flagship product, Infusion CRM, is a web-based software program (also known as SaaS) that centralizes, organizes and automates lead generation, lead conversion and client fulfillment for true small businesses (those with 2-50 employees) who are tired of dealing with a hodge-podge of incompatible software programs and manual grunt labor. Unlike any other CRM software available on the market today, Infusion CRM is the most comprehensive, active CRM built specifically for marketers, entrepreneurs and successful small businesses that recognize marketing and automation are necessary to growing quickly and profitably. The company, founded in 2001, is privately held and headquartered in Arizona. For more visit www.infusionsoft.com.