As far as their upgrades, I haven’t yet seen anything that really addresses their more fundamental product limitations. They seem to be focusing on making prettier users interfaces, but not on addressing the foundation. There are more new things promised, so we’ll see.

My latest review is 2 years old, and I probably won’t update it. As far as I know, most of the things are still fairly accurate:
http://www.greasedskid.com/index.php/infusionsoft/infusionsoft-review/

If you see something that seems wrong or out of date, please leave a comment and ask!

One thing, the Infusionsoft plug-in does work with Outlook 2007. I use it everyday! It’s not perfect, but some of that is Microsoft’s fault.

1. Create Infusionsoft Webform that prepopulates date from up to 15 fields – a few of them are custom fields – 2 drop down and 2 list box

2. Create “Buyers Guide” Directory using data from Infustionsoft… our current one is done manually where I have to export csv file; import to mysql on my website and php site updates… sample is a http://www.coffeetalkyellowpages.com – want same functionality (search by name, city, biz type) but want it much more attractive.

3. May want help in defining how to automate turning an Opportunity with custom fields into an order… not sure yet.

Look forward to speaking with you…

Kerri

Too often, I think Infusionsoft over promises and under delivers. I wish they would stop!

What you want to do is measure conversions — That’s what you care about anyway. Do you have offers with links inside your messages? Are your prospects clicking the links and converting?

Double opt-ins will not prevent a message from going to your junk email folder! Instead double opt-ins are a way to improve deliverablity based on agreements between large Internet Service Providers. It helps the message get to your email client. If your email client decides to, it can still put the message in the junk folder.

I’m sorry Infusionsoft and your efforts didn’t work for you, but it sounds to me like you don’t understand email marketing and how to create effective messages. Infusionsoft can’t do this for you. I don’t mean to be harsh, but from what you said, I think you’d see similar results from any other email marketing provider.

It works well for some companies and situations, but not as well for others.

And, there’s no “magic.” Online marketing takes some real work and specialized knowledge to get results.

If you are thinking of the CRM-only, then yes, there are less expensive CRM’s (In fact, I frequently recommend some to clients.) But, when you consider the eMail marketing capabilities that come included, I consider Infusionsoft to be something of a bargain!

While they talk a good game, I wouldn’t recommend this product to anyone. There are just too many other providers out there that can actually deliver. Unfortunately I learned the hard way at a very significant cost but, you don’t.

If you use them, please let me know how it goes!

It’s some time since you wrote about incorporating SMS with Infusionsoft.

Since then, Main Street Marketing Machines – Fusion incorporate SMS in their autoresonder sequence (“I have just sent you an email about {subject Matter}”. Any news on latest developments?

Being Australian based, this can pose a problem with local proviers.

Cheers,

Alan Perkins
Vilagemedia.com.au
alan@villagemedia.com.au

http://www.clearcrystalmedia.com/gc/use-photos-from-flickr-for-blog-posts-presentations/

WorkForceTrack looks like an interesting product. Still, I don’t think “experience in the market” is a relevant way to compare CRM’s. Infusionsoft has been available for at least 4-5 years, and they claim 6,500 business customers.

To choose a CRM, I recommend that you have clear business objectives, and then see which CRM is the best fit! Get in touch with us if you need help with this process: http://www.greasedskid.com/index.php/contact_us/.