Kiki Schirr

GMass - A beautiful mass email system for Gmail

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Ajay Goel
Thanks Kiki for hunting GMass. I built GMass to be a dead-simple mass email system for Gmail. I started researching and building GMass out of my own frustration one day while needing to email five different candidates about an open position at my company. There was no easy way to do that, without exposing them to each other or BCC’ing them. GMass lets you send mass emails to your existing Gmail contacts, without having to import anything. It also tracks and reports email opens. You can build an instant recipient list based on search results. And the real killer feature is the ability to have your emails go out as replies to the last conversation you had with each recipient, instead of a new message.
Simon Cave
@parttimesnob thank you so much for developing it!
Ajay Goel
@simooncave My pleasure. Developing GMass was a labor of love, and came laden with many a developer challenge.
Cliff Dailey
@parttimesnob Great stuff! Question, so the recipients of the mass email has to be already contacts of mine?
Omri Shabi
@parttimesnob Big wow, very useful, perfect execution! Thank you very much!
Ajay Goel
@cliffdailey Not necessarily. You can use GMass to send to any email address you put in the To field. You can copy/paste email addresses from anywhere and put them into the To line. However, if you do this, and you don't already have a First/Last Name associated with the email address, you won't be able to use personalization. Soon though, I'll support pulling data from spreadsheets and being able to use all the spreadsheet columns for personalization.
Kiki Schirr
GMass, a Chrome extension for GMail, divvys up mass emails and even sends as a reply to the last conversation you had with that person. The install is unobtrusive, adding only two buttons, and allows you to customize the subject field with first and/or last name.
Jack Smith
it looks cool; I'm not sure if the word "beautiful" is a good description of it though.
Ajay Goel
@_jacksmith Jack - Admittedly, marketing has never been my strong suit. What do you think is a better tagline?
Jack Smith
@parttimesnob I'm not really sure what could be a good tagline. I just don't think that 'beautiful' is a good fit, as I don't think that's one of your strong points.
Ajay Goel
@_jacksmith Suddenly I'm reminded of the time I submitted my photo to hotornot.com.
Ajay Goel
In case anyone is still reading this thread, we just launched our Scheduling feature last night.
IQC, the ISO Pros
I think the "reply mass email" function is a marketing game changer. If it is a reply to the prior conversation/email then the open rate will increase dramatically. I have been using the product for almost a week and have already closed sales with the replies from the emails I have sent. The "build a list with search" function allows me to segment my list and message.
Ajay Goel
@theisopros Thanks for the compliment! Yes, the two distinctive features are: 1) the ability to build a list from search results and 2) the ability to have your email campaign go out as a reply rather than a new thread.
Rich Levy
This is an innovative product. I can enter a keyword and email everyone who I have ever discussed that topic with over the years. My only fear is that Google will shut my account down for sending too many emails. Strong work @PartTimeSnob
Ajay Goel
@therichlevy Thank you kind sir! It's unlikely Google will shut down your account for volume, because they control how many emails you can send per day. See https://support.google.com/a/ans.... If the shut you down, it will be because your emails were generating complaints. Google just a couple weeks ago launched a new Postmaster site which has guidelines for bulk senders: https://gmail.com/postmaster/
Shreesha Ramdas
Awesome idea! Just installed and looking forward to giving it a spin.
Ajay Goel
@shreesha Sweet! Let me know if I can answer any questions.
Josh Barkin
This is great obviously. Thanks for building it.
Ajay Goel
@joshbarkin You're most welcome.
Tracy Ingram
Liking the compose message from search feature, there is a lot​ more to this than I originally thought will have to dig into it further.
Ajay Goel
@tracyingram Thank you! I'm particularly proud of that feature. I'm probably not highlighting that enough, but it's at the core of how I expect users to build their email lists.
Safia Abdalla
I manage the small but eager volunteer base at a local non-profit. I've been struggling to find an effective tool to communicate with my volunteers. Newsletter tools such as Mailchimp and Tinyletter don't exactly fit the sporadic nature of communicating with my volunteers. I was excited to discover GMass because it fits very well into my workflow. I don't have to worry about exiting my Gmail tab, losing my train of thought, or fumbling with bulky extensions. GMass does effectively what most extensions struggle with, it completes its purpose in a discrete, elegant, and out-of-your-way-unless-you-need-it way. I'm excited to use this tool as our non-profit programming ramps up and our volunteer base grows. Thanks for an awesome product! I look forward to more applications from @parttimesnob!
Ajay Goel
@captainsafia Awwww, thanks Safia. You just made my day!
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