Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: ISO feedback about HubSpot

[Anne Geraghty (abgwalks]

That has not been a problem for us. 

Anne

> On Oct 27, 2024, at 1:19 PM, Susan L Hedgpeth <hedgpeth [at] berkeley.edu> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Anne,  
> Thanks for your message.  
> It sounds great!
> A question:  I've heard that HubSpot doesn't work well with contact email 
> addresses other than gmail (such as yahoo.com or others).  Have you run into 
> that problem?   
> -Susan
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 4:10 PM Anne Geraghty <abgwalks [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Susan and all,
>> 
>> We’ve used HubSpot for several years now. We do a monthly newsletter and are 
>> able to edit it fairly easily.  We have RSVPs for our events through HubSpot 
>> which creates forms and lists. When we meet with prospects we put our notes 
>> on HubSpot. Over the years folks who have come to onsite tours return for 
>> another look and we can remember them because we have our notes on HubSpot.
>> 
>> We can also to special emails targeting those who have expressed greater 
>> interest. 
>> 
>> Now that we’ve moved in, those who were interested but not ready are taking 
>> a second look. We started moving in in June and have 3 remaining units to 
>> sell.  Reviewing our HubSpot lists will help get us to sellout. 
>> 
>> Anne Geraghty
>> Washington Commons
>> West Sacramento, CA 
>> 
>> Just across the Sacramento River from downtown Sacramento. 
>> 
>> > On Oct 26, 2024, at 1:55 PM, Susan L Hedgpeth via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l 
>> > [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
>> > 
>> > Linda and all,
>> > 
>> > Thanks for the info, and the suggestion to check out Nutshell and Monday.
>> > A brief survey of the Nutshell and Monday websites looks like there is no
>> > free version as there is for HubSpot (for a less than 1000 contact list).
>> > That's about as far as I got comparing them.
>> > 
>> > I'm curious if anyone out there has tried either of those and how you like
>> > it?
>> > 
>> > -Susan
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 8:57 AM Linda Jacobson <
>> >> eastbayseniorcommunities [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> Hi Susan,
>> >> Coho observer here planning for future occupancy who spent the last 14
>> >> months helping a small, resource-constrained company setup and implement
>> >> HubSpot. It’s robust, flexible, customizable, and multi-featured but its
>> >> design and UI are not particularly intuitive or plug-and-play or low
>> >> maintenance. Can generate great reports and has an optional marketing
>> >> service to produce and send newsletters but I could never figure out how 
>> >> to
>> >> send newsletters to the existing customer list.
>> >> A plus for Hubspot is the ease with which you can plug its widgets
>> >> (especially a contact form) into a Wordpress or similar CMS-website, so
>> >> inquiries thru an attached website automatically are entered into the
>> >> prospects database.
>> >> 
>> >> May I recommend you compare Hubspot with two simpler, more basic and
>> >> effective CRM tools? Check out Nutshell and Monday!
>> >> 
>> >> Very curious what Raines would say!
>> >> 
>> >> Good luck!!
>> >> Linda Jacobson
>> >> SF Bay Area
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Sent via quicksilver messenger service
>> >> 
>> >>> On Oct 24, 2024, at 8:35 AM, Susan L Hedgpeth via Cohousing-L <
>> >> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>> Hi cohousing-L,
>> >>> 
>> >>> Yesterday I saw a very interesting demo of the HubSpot CRM system
>> >> (customer
>> >>> relations management).  http://hubspot.com    We are seriously
>> >> considering
>> >>> using it for tracking and interacting with our "interested people" list.
>> >>> 
>> >>> I've been asked to gather some info from other cohousing communities who
>> >>> are using it.  You can reply to me privately.  A quick thumbs up or down
>> >>> would be enough or I'm happy to hear more details about how it's working
>> >>> for you and/or we can chat on the phone or Zoom.
>> >>> 
>> >>> Thanks in advance.  Much appreciated.
>> >>> 
>> >>> Susan Hedgpeth
>> >>> Pleasant Hill Cohousing
>> >>> Pleasant Hill, CA
>> >>> http://phch.org
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