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@ayemoah Boomerang is good but it's an expensive service offering compared to others out there now. I'm finding that many saas providers are really trying to milk users with high-priced subscriptions such as boomerang. You also need to keep in mind that other possible subscriptions people have, i personally have around 20 minimum so far and counting, for mear functionality as this, it really should cost 'a couple of bucks' not the price of a CRM.
@ayemoah holy crap this is awesome!! 😮 Does it work with Inbox or just regular Gmail?
@daniel_taibleson Hey Daniel, you can download Boomerang for Outlook (with Respondable) here: http://www.boomerangoutlook.com/...
@joshmuccio thank you! Just regular gmail for now. We're working on porting it over to Inbox.
I was using the original Boomerang for Gmail in college to send emails at 9AM while instead I would type those emails after coming back home at 3AM, recovering from a night partying, and didn't want to look shady..
Then I randomly met Alex, founder/CEO of Boomerang at a conference in Colorado and told him how his platform saved my a$$ a couple of times.
And now this is released and I'm in love.
Moral of the story: If you like cake, you might also like pancakes.
@ayemoah That's fine - looking forward to that though. Rarely use Gmail anymore because of inbox.
@ayemoah @sai_yeluru This is super exciting, however I'm in the same boat, I use inbox 100% of the time now, please port as fast you guys can, great work btw!
This is a super interesting space. We'll see more AI and technology used to facilitate communication. Already, much of our conversation and the way we interact with people is digital (through our phones and computers) and as we begin to see the world through an augmented lens, we'll see a version of Boomerang Respondable in our IRL conversations, too.
In some ways this is depressing but I'm an optimist. 😊
@rrhoover Boomerang questions whether the value of struggling to become good at writing emails is greater than the value of successful emails with ease and if we lose a portion of ourselves each time we over-edit.
@rrhoover I'm a bit biased, but I'm fully in the camp that says communicating as well as possible is a desirable thing!
@awmoore @rrhoover Humanity has spent significant time and effort developing communication protocols and platforms while advancing both. One could argue that a person that simply reads more often views the world in an augmented way. (And incidentally might become a better communicator for it).
I think what the folks at Boomerang are doing is fast tracking everyone to this end. Optimist as well, and betting this helps :)
@niket Niket! I wouldn't have ever thought to put it that way, but yeah. That!
@evankimbrell How writing assistant AI could steal your creativity? @quan How could someone hate it? haha
@evankimbrell @quan It's just a tool, you know that you actually can erase, add and evaluate what you are writing, right?
@igor_scherer @evankimbrell @quan Yup, we don't write the emails for you. You are still the ones writing whatever you send. We just give you real time analysis as you're writing.
It's brilliant because it goes way beyond Grammarly to make suggestions and not just point out errors. Good emails make a huge difference, especially with clients or reporting up.
@basgras From the email I received:
"Is Boomerang reading my emails?
No. By default, Boomerang Respondable works entirely within your browser. It does not transmit any message data anywhere, for any purpose. If you choose to enable advanced machine learning features, Boomerang transmits message data using enterprise-grade encryption, analyzes the message data on a secure server, then transmits the analysis back via encrypted communication channels. After performing the analysis, Boomerang's servers immediately discard any personally-identifiable information connected with the analysis. Boomerang employees do not have access to any message data transmitted as part of your use of Respondable."
Great idea! Is there a general rule of thumb for a perfect email? For example, best practices for a cold email that you send to a prospect may be different from best practices for sending emails to customers or coworkers. Either way, great tool.
@donte_ll Yes! We published the research behind Respondable a few months back: http://blog.boomerangapp.com/201...
That article provides a good overview of how to optimize each of the parameters individually (though Respondable's AI finds that combinations of parameters that look bad individually can sometimes get a high response rate). We didn't try segmenting by purpose, but that's a good idea!
Hi All, looks like a great tool indeed. Any plans on bringing it into your Outlook product as well?
@ehevich We launched 'em simultaneously! http://www.boomerangoutlook.com/....
@awmoore it seems to be a Outlook web extension, not the outlook software add-in, is that correct?
@ehevich We're using Microsoft's new unified API frameworks, so it works across Outlook.com, Outlook 2013/2016, and Outlook on the Web. In Outlook Desktop though, it does need an Office365-backed account to work (we need those APIs too)
I've been testing this out and it's quite tool. But nowhere near as useful as Boomerang's other products imho
First Boomerang saves my life with scheduled emails, now the team releases an AI that can determine if my copy is boring or not. I love you guys <3
How do you qualify a respondable message when both reading level and politeness are so subjective?
It might work for some, but if I agreed to a date and somebody responded with "It'll be splendid to sit outside. Let's go somewhere eclectic and sumptuous!", I would back away slowly. Nobody wants to date/respond to a thesaurus.
@garrettboatman Maybe you might not like someone like that, but I would. I suppose that's your point!
@jefvdavoort with all the AR tools out there, it might be sooner than we think. ;)
Wow, awesome update to Boomerang. AI on email readability and 'respondability'. worth every penny. @ayemoah
As recently reviewed on WCWIT http://bit.ly/2bNYJHJ , This could be cool, especially if you're not concerned about letting all your emails be live scanned and meta tagged, etc. Which I'm not, generally concerned about & even welcome the broadened scope to get better at what ads I'm forced to watch.
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