Quick Links:This tutorial is Part 3 of a mini-series on Sitecore's EXM functionality.EXM Part 1 - Intro to Sitecore EXM (FTFM)EXM Part 2 - Creating Contact Lists in SitecoreTranscript:Sitecore's Email Experience Manager (EXM), guides you through the process of creating and sending your email campaigns pretty well, but it's handy to know that you don’t have to follow the forced process from start to finish. For example, when you’ve created an email campaign, you can easily edit the content and add recipients at a later stage.In this ...

Quick Links:This tutorial is Part 3 of a mini-series on Sitecore's EXM functionality.EXM Part 1 - Intro to Sitecore EXM (FTFM)EXM Part 2 - Creating Contact Lists in SitecoreEXM Part 3 - Creating an Email Campaign in SitecoreTranscript:In this tutorial, we’re continuing from where we left off in the last tutorial, where we were about to create the email message in Sitecore’s EXM. So once we’ve clicked on the next tab along, labelled “Message”, you can start by adding a subject line in the top field on the page. Then you can click on the ...

Magnify Your Marketing....On the morning of Tuesday 17th October 2017, the arrival of Sitecore 9 was announced!The unveiling took place during a presentation at the 2017 Sitecore Symposium (Las Vegas), a Biennial event where marketers, developers, partners, analysts, and customers come together from around the world to gain insight into all things Sitecore.Since its inception, Sitecore has led the website tech scene, and in recent years their platform has been officially recognised as both a “Leader” and “Visionary” by independent ...

Quick Links:This tutorial is Part 5 of a mini-series on Sitecore's EXM functionality.EXM Part 1 - Intro to Sitecore EXM (FTFM)EXM Part 2 - Creating Contact Lists in SitecoreEXM Part 3 - Creating an Email Campaign in SitecoreEXM Part 4 - Crafting your message in EXMTranscript:In this video were going to be continuing the process of building our email campaign, focusing specifically on email personalisation. When you look at the results of various polls and surveys carried out in recent years, many would have you believe that huge numbers ...

Quick Links:This tutorial is Part 6 of a mini-series on Sitecore's EXM functionality.EXM Part 1 - Intro to Sitecore EXM (FTFM)EXM Part 2 - Creating Contact Lists in SitecoreEXM Part 3 - Creating an Email Campaign in SitecoreEXM Part 4 - Crafting your message in EXMEXM Part 5 - Personalise your message in EXMTranscriptSend a quick test of an email campaignTo make sure that you can successfully send and receive a specific email campaign, in the Email Experience Manager (EXM), you can send the email campaign to a few known email addresses, ...

According to a recent study, the total costs of using an open Source CMS typically outweigh the total costs of using a more sophisticated platform such as Sitecore CMS.When introducing a new CMS, the software costs typically account for 5% of the total implementation costs. Open Source Content Management Systems typically have higher ongoing costs, which usually results in higher total expenses over the life cycle of the CMS.“too often the temptation is to focus on the cost of the software. In the real world, that software cost is almost ...

In recent years, the term "cloud computing" has become much more than just a buzz word. In fact, Microsoft Azure are currently 10,000 new customers every week! If you've not yet considered moving to the cloud, we encourage you to continue reading about the main benefits of Azure (Microsoft's cloud platform):1.VARIABLE COSTS VS. FIXED COSTSOn-premise servers are expensive. Whether it’s the initial investment or the ongoing maintenance cost, your on-premise server is likely to be burning a hole in the company pocket, even whilst you ...

As 2014 drew to a close, Microsoft announced the discontinuation plans for the SharePoint Online “Public Website” feature, and these changes came into force on the 9th March 2015. Existing customers, currently using the Public Website feature, will continue to have access to the feature until at least 9th March 2017. For new Office 365 subscribers, the feature is no longer an available option. Instead, new customers are encouraged to use the recommended third-party offerings that provide a complete solution for building an online ...

If you’re a Sitecore customer or developer, you may know that Sitecore 10 was released over the Summer. For the 3chillies team, a new release is always exciting and naturally appeals to our inner geekiness. We also know that, in time, it will have a huge positive impact on our clients.We’ve worked with Sitecore for over a decade now, and one of reasons we love working with the platform is that it continues to evolve and broaden - Sitecore has never rested on its laurels and continues to invest.As with all Sitecore releases, we’re having ...