I love sharing my feedback with clients on my opinion of programs, including InfusionSoft. Coming from my extensive knowledge of 1ShoppingCart, I have to say there are several distinct differences. Both programs have pros and cons and I enjoy working in both of them. So…I have to say I haven’t decided yet which I would recommend over the other. But, I will share with you here what I tell my current clients when asked this question about what I have found that I like about and what I am not to crazy about with InfusionSoft.

PROS:

• InfusionSoft does has EXCEPTIONAL broadcast and segmenting abilities. That is what it is known for. I absolutely love the way it allows you to segment and send very very targeted emails. Let’s say you want to send an email to those on your newsletter list and EXCLUDE those who have signed up for your teleclass or product you are promoting already. Piece of cake.
• I love the way you can create a follow up sequence task. For example, you can create a “task” via an email that will prompt a team member or even yourself a to do item after a purchase has been made. Love that. Automation at its best.
• They have free technical phone support. Gotta give them thumbs up for that. Seriously. Especially as a Virtual Assistant and Online Business Manager it is critical to get immediate support…and FREE.
• Very detailed customer record section. You can see what emails were sent to each contact, which were opened by them and more. Very very cool.

CONS:

• Interface is a bit more confusing than most. It has a much harder learning curve (but then again, free support to help you with it!)
• Shopping cart is not as easy as I would like.  I find there are several steps to take in order to get it setup. (But love the fact that you have shopping cart abilities)
• Support documents are hard to read. Much easier to just call support again, which is free.

I will continue to share with you as I learn more. There is so much about this program – but for now, I am still on the fence as to which is the best…

Q: Why do my clients get a security warning when someone is taken to the billing checkout page?

A: If you are using the 1Shopping Cart system (aka Practice Pay Solutions, Kickstart Cart, Easy Web Automation and more) and you receive security warnings when your checkout page comes up – there is an easy fix!

Most likely you are using the top or buttom html box to custom the look and feel (and if you are not, I highly recommend you do!). If you have not loaded your images, including a header graphic into your carts media center,  any browsers will display a warning message because it is trying to open a secure page (https) that contains un-secure media (somewhere on an unsecured server, ie www.yourwebsite.com/images).

This is something you do not want when trying to make a sale

This can be easily fixed by first uploading your media images  in the shopping carts media library – and then grabbing the url given for that image to use in your html code.

Hope that helps!

Amber

I’ m so excited that we have scheduled another basic shopping cart certification program this fall. Don’t miss new opportunities to grow your client base because of your lack or self confidence in this 1 stop solution.

Join me on my upcoming4-part series to jump-start your skill set as a support professional and become a shopping cart specialist.

—> 4-Part Training Series Starts September 28, 2009 <— 2 payment plan available!

I hope to see you there!

http://www.carttraining.com

Amber

I multitask during many aspects of my life. Here are a few examples:

1) While cooking dinner I will open/review mail, load the dishwasher and make lunches. (Have always wondered why I burn the bread every single time!) Dave’s book clearly tells me why!

2) While driving I tell my kids to ask me their homework questions they have. Why not?  (I Wondered why my daughter received a “D” on her homework I helped her with.) Dave’s book clearly tells me why!

3) While sending an email I was also on the phone paying my water bill. Who likes to wait during those automated messages so why not compose an email. (Couldn’t figure out why later I sent the email to the wrong “Joe”.) Dave’s book clearly tells me why!

After learning about Dave’s book The Myth of Multitasking, I decided I had to go to the bookstore last weekend and get it. Let me tell you. I couldn’t put the book down and read the entire book on Sunday afternoon. Amazing. His book is amazing. He clearly shows me how multitasking is hurting me – way more than it is helping me.

Dave says in the first chapter of his book, “Your lack of effectiveness has everything to do with your multitasking”. Wow. Is he serious?

Still skeptical I continue reading – and by the time I got to his ” multitasking test” (which I LOVED!) I realized, Holy Cow! He is really on to something here.

I recommend you check out his book The Myth of Multitasking, or if anything, his free training videos that will for sure give you something to chew on if you think Multitasking is effective!

With ad trackers, you can monitor the progress of your campaigns, in order to determine how successful they are and if you are investing your time and resources into something that is working. If you have a Virtual Assistant or OBM (online business manager) be sure they are using ad-trackers in all your email marketing campaigns.

Practice Pay Solutions (1ShoppingCart) makes this easy for you with the build in ad-tracker.