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Job posting: Software Engineer, Front-end

By Francois Lane on March 10th, 2010

CakeMail’s baking a great email service, and we need someone to write some great recipes.  As one of Montreal’s hottest new technology companies, we’re looking for only the best programmers to add to our dynamic team.

Responsibilities

  • Write bulletproof front-end code for international audiences in PHP, HTML/CSS, and Javascript
  • Seamlessly integrate CakeMail with limitless 3rd-party APIs
  • Rapidly fix bugs and problem-solve
  • Proactively look for ways to make CakeMail a better ESP, globally

Essential ingredients

  • You have a strong bias for UX and IA
  • Expert JS/HTML/CSS/Ajax coding skills
  • Excellent programming skills in C/C++ or PHP
  • Disciplined, process-oriented approach to testing and quality assurance
  • Experience with character encoding and/or Unicode
  • Strong command of web standards, CSS-based design, cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility
  • Good understanding of web technologies (HTTP, Apache) and familiarity with Unix/Linux
  • Great written communication and documentation abilities

Bonus Points

  • Experience with Agile methodologies
  • Experience with mobile web development (iPhone/Blackberry/Android)
  • Experience with data visualization
  • A keen interest in user interface design
  • You are multilingual
  • You are an active blogger and/or tweeter
  • Your left brain is as developed as your right brain
  • You like cupcakes

This is a great opportunity for someone ready to make an impact in a highly-competitive and exciting industry. If you feel you are ready for the challenge, then let’s talk.

We will not respond to unsolicited recruiters.

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CakeMail now integrates with FormSpring online form builder

By Vincent Lamanna on March 2nd, 2010

addons_formspringWe’ve just integrated with FormSpring - a popular form builder app that makes it easy to collect and manage user data via web forms, registrations, surveys, polls and more.  If you’re a user, you can now collect, manage and market to your collected data quickly and easily using CakeMail.  This new integration makes it easy to send automatic welcome emails to all new form subscribers, grow newsletter lists, drive lead generation through targeted email messages, and update existing subscriber information so you’re always up-to-date. However you use FormSpring, you can now use CakeMail to close the conversation loop.

Great, how do I get it?

Just like our other contact modules, you first need to activate the module under the ‘Modules’ tab. Then simply login to your account and import a list under the ‘Contact lists’ tab. As you would import a basic .csv file, you can now upload directly from your FormSprings account by clicking the ‘FormSpring’ button as the import source.  Just add your FormSpring API key and the specific form ID you want to pull data from, for example: https://www.formspring.com/admin/form/builder/[Form_ID].  You can even choose to send an automatic welcome email to all new form subscribers, and don’t worry, you can add multiple FormSpring forms for truly-targeted email messages to your subscribers.

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Send measurable emails to your clients using CakeMail and Freshbooks

By Vincent Lamanna on February 26th, 2010

freshbooksCakeMail now integrates with the popular invoicing app Freshbooks, letting you send trackable and personalized email marketing messages to your clients.

By importing your Freshbooks contacts into CakeMail, you can enhance the client-vendor relationship through announcements, service updates, monthly newsletters and more. Keep in touch, stay top-of-mind, and increase revenue by upselling new products or services to past or current clients. As always you can track who opened, clicked and much more using CakeMail’s feature-rich reporting tools.

Great, how do I get it?

Just like our other recent updates, this new feature is available to all CakeMail users. As the account admin, activate the new module under your ‘Modules’ tab, and during the list import process, simply click the ‘Freshbooks’ button. Enter your unique FreshBooks API URL and authentication token (both accessed through the ‘My Account’ link in your own FreshBooks account) and you’re ready to go. You can even choose to send an automatic Welcome email to your newly-imported list, directly from CakeMail.

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Python wrappers now available for the CakeEngine API

By Vincent Lamanna on February 24th, 2010

python-logoWe’re happy to announce two new, important additions to our CakeEngine API libraries: Python 2 & Python 3.

Used across a wide variety of application domains ranging from web development to gaming and 3D, Python is a hugely popular dynamic programming language that runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and even Java and .NET virtual machines.  By adding these new libraries, we’ve made it even easier and more accessible for developers to integrate with the CakeEngine API.  If you’re a Python user, head over to the CakeMail Developer Community and download a library to get started.

Our complete list of libraries now includes:

  • PHP5
  • Ruby
  • .NET 1.x
  • .NET 2.x
  • Java
  • Delphi
  • Python 2 (new)
  • Python 3 (new)

Visit the CakeMail Developer Community to learn more about integrating with the CakeEngine API.

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Use CakeMail to keep in touch with Zendesk help desk customers & users

By Vincent Lamanna on February 23rd, 2010

logo_white_08tnZendesk users can now import their help desk customer and user data into a CakeMail account, allowing for timely, effective and relevant email communications regarding support announcements and notices.

As big fans of Zendesk, we’re really excited about this integration (so much so we’ve got an even bigger one in the works). It’s a great combination offering quality customer service via highly-personalized email marketing.  Send specific product downtime notices, feature upgrades, and other support or service-related messages to your (or your client’s) help desk users, and go a step further and segment mailings by open, pending or solved ticket status.  Deliver the right message to your customers at the right time, and give them that warm fuzzy feeling we all get from a great customer service experience.

Great, how do I use it?

To get started, you need to active the module first, under the ‘Modules’ tab in your CakeMail account.  Once activated, create a list as normal and click the ‘Zendesk’ button at the import list screen.  Enter your Zendesk login and password and select whether you want to send an automatic welcome email to your list.  Once set up, you can easily import your Zendesk contacts for use in your CakeMail campaigns whenever you choose to. Trust us, your customers will love you for it.

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