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samantha_braastad
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October 25, 2016
New Idea

Email Assist: Additional Functionality

  • October 25, 2016
  • 22 replies
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We would like to begin using Email Assist but are hesitant as the need to create the templates in JO adds clutter for our 1:many team and over-complicates the process for adding an email template to a CTA. When asking for folks opinions, here is some feedback we received: 


 


  1. Ability to create the email template within the 'Playbook' creating process avoiding the need to create a template within JO and then going back to the CockPit to create the playbook
  2. Ability to pull the 'Contacts' directly from the CTA rule. This would simplify who is initially needed on the communication based on the trigger event. 
  3. Allow CSM's to have a 'signature' in Gainsight that can be added to any email that is sent by them out of CockPit. This should be able to be controlled by the sender that has a Gainsight license as their title may not always be CSM (Customer Success Executive, Strategic Account Manager, etc.)
  4. Automatically BCC the sender of the email so that they have a copy of the email. Given that a full email integration is not currently a feature, being able to have a reference of your sent email in your inbox would be beneficial for additional reference.


All the above would start to make the use of email assist a very beneficial feature for our CSM's and help drive Gainsight adoption as a 'one stop shop' for both customer insights and engagement. 

22 replies

meredith_blanchar
Contributor ⭐️⭐️
July 24, 2017
Agree with Samantha.  All of this functionality would be great to have!
casey_matson
Contributor ⭐️⭐️
August 4, 2017
All are great suggestions, but #3 & #4 are very much needed!
einat_pick
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August 7, 2017
Great suggestions. Much needed on our end too. #3 and #4 are the most urgent ones.

Further to #4 on Email Signatures:
- Doesn't make sense to specify them in each template. It should be set once and used by all email tempaltes. 
- Email signatures is something that is very important and is managed centrally by the marketing team. They change it often to fit specific messages for the current time (e.g., Customer event, New release, etc.). Our company use a 3rd party tool for that (Sigstr). Email Assist should be able to integrate with such tools to ensure that GS emails are align with the company branding and message.

Thanks,
Einat
Gainsight Employee ⭐️
August 7, 2017
Hi Casey,

Point #3 will be available in Summer release (In Sep first week)

[i]Regarding other points, our team is looking into them and as soon as we have an ETA, we will update you.

Regards,
Hitesh
Gainsight Employee ⭐️
August 7, 2017
Hi Einat,

Point #4(Automatically BCC the sender) will be available in Summer release (In Sep first week)

[i]Regarding point #3([i]Allow CSM's to have a signature)[i], thanks for providing inputs, our team is looking into them and as soon as we have an ETA, we will update you.

Regards,
Hitesh
casey_matson
Contributor ⭐️⭐️
August 7, 2017
That's great news Hitesh! Is there any documentation on how CSMs will be able to create/edit their signature? 
Gainsight Employee ⭐️
August 7, 2017
Hi Casey,

Sorry for the confusion, its actually Point #4(Automatically BCC the sender) that available in Summer release.
For detailed documentation, Release Notes will be Available in Sep first week, Please let me know if you need any related information in advance.

Regards,
Hitesh
sai_ram
Expert ⭐️⭐️
September 6, 2017
Hi All, Summer Release is out now and point #4 feature is shipped in Summer Release. 
cmultanen
Helper ⭐️
July 6, 2018
Any update on #1 and #3? Both would be very helpful for our org.
sagan_sherlin
Helper ⭐️⭐️
September 4, 2018
+1 - This would be awesome in helping our teams move full into the software!