Thread by @nathanbarry

We’ve been focusing on building tools for @ConvertKit power users. After releasing our free plan we’ve seen more power users sign up after getting a chance to play with CK on small projects for free.

Here’s a sample of what we’ve built the last 6 months with power users in mind:

1) Edit links *after* an email has been sent



Making a mistake in a link to tens of thousands of fans is costly. Fixing it in seconds is priceless.

This doesn’t exist on any other email platform.

2) Better performance

Power users are constantly pushing the limits of performance. Whether it's larger lists (many millions of subscribers!) or more complex visual automations.

We've rewritten a lot of how automations perform to handle more subscribers & more complexity.

3) Sorting and filtering forms, automations, & sequences

Power users often have more of everything, which means it can be tricky to find which content is performing the best. You can also toggle into an information dense view.

(This was highly requested!)

4) Content snippets

These are reusable sections of text or HTML that can be placed in any broadcast, automation, or template. Edit in one place & they update everywhere

They also support liquid for rendering dynamic content

Great for PS messages, calls to action, launches, etc

5) 2-factor authentication

Email is the lifeblood of their business for our customers. So it's critical to keep your audience secure with 2FA.

6) Bulk actions for opens and clicks on automations

For most users this would be a minor detail, but power users want to be able to perform any action on any group of subscribers.

7) Faster sending for incentive/confirmation emails

It's important to get those confirmation emails to the inbox ASAP. Through a lot of performance tuning now 99% of all incentive emails will be delivered in under 30 seconds!

8) Add descriptions to your broadcasts

If you run a business where you run variations of the same launch multiple times (e.g. events in multiple cities). You may reuse the same subject lines.

Now you can set descriptions on each broadcast to keep them separate internally.

9. Link directly to your public archive page from broadcasts

To add a "Want to read on the web?" link simply add:

{{ archive_url }}

to a link in your broadcast email or email template.

10. Purchase and revenue numbers directly in ConvertKit

All our commerce integrations send in revenue data so you can see the stats and purchases directly in your dashboard.

Soon you'll be able to segment revenue reports by form, tag, subscriber source, etc.

11. Thank you pages to build full funnels in ConvertKit

98% of marketing funnels consist of:

1) An opt-in page
2) An up-sell on the thank you page
3) Automated pitch emails

You can now build all of this in ConvertKit! This one setup will drive so much revenue.

12. Speed

Power users want to get things done quickly, not spend precious time skipping through pointless screens or waiting on software to load.

Our automations load faster than any other competitor & we designed the interface to have the least number of clicks & reloads.

Even with all of that, we have a ton of work to do (software is never done!), which is why we have an entire squad of engineers dedicated to just our automations.

By dividing our team into squads we can work from multiple backlogs focused on serving different kinds of users.

Here’s a sample of what’s coming up soon:

1. Subscriber scoring
2. Set multiple criteria for a condition in visual automations
3. Full rebuild of RSS feeds for complete customization
4. Custom unsubscribe pages & preferences