{"id":29921,"date":"2017-01-17T04:34:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T09:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=29921"},"modified":"2017-11-23T07:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T12:28:10","slug":"whats-small-pop-screen-introducing-push-messaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/whats-small-pop-screen-introducing-push-messaging\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s that small pop-up on my screen? Introducing push messaging."},"content":{"rendered":"

After several months of using a new technology called “push messaging” over on our sister site at Sewing4free.com<\/a>, we decided a few weeks ago to enable the feature and offer it to our readers\u00a0on So Sew Easy. \u00a0Many readers may have already noticed it or even signed up. \u00a0Our readers at Sewing4free.com seem to really love it and the take-up rate has been very high. \u00a0Initial numbers seem\u00a0to indicate that So Sew Easy readers are going to really appreciate it as well.<\/p>\n

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So what is push messaging anyway, you might ask? \u00a0Push messaging is a new technology that lets us send a very short message to your computer when we publish something new like a new free pattern or a giveaway offer. \u00a0It's something like an SMS message with a link to the page or article. \u00a0(We only typically do this a few times a week so you won't get bombarded with messages.) \u00a0You won't need to wonder if you're missing something new.<\/p>\n

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Our experience using push messaging on Sewing4free.com<\/a> has been very positive. \u00a0The sign-up rate of our readers there has been high and the click through rate of readers on push notifications that have been sent has been phenomenal. \u00a0According to the guys that make the technology for this service, on average, most sites would see about 10% click through. \u00a0We're seeing more like 30%, so our readers really, really like it apparently.<\/p>\n

This super high rate is despite the fact that the system currently only works on desktop computers and Android phones while a huge percentage of our audience is on iPhones which are currently not supported, unfortunately.<\/p>\n

If you're not interested in this new, free service, you can simply say “no thanks” in the initial pop-up and you won't get any messages nor will the pop-up make the offer again. \u00a0If you change your mind at some point in the future, you can go the small tab on the far right of the screen that says “Get Notifications” and sign up anytime.<\/p>\n

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Over the years, we've had a lot of readers asking us if there was a way they could be notified of any new posts, patterns, offers or deals without waiting for the weekly email each Sunday. \u00a0We think this is a great way to satisfy these readers\u00a0with no effect on other users who may not be\u00a0interested.<\/p>\n

Please just keep in mind that this is like tuning into a radio broadcast. \u00a0You're telling your browser or phone to receive these messages. \u00a0We don't control who chooses to receive or not receive these messages. \u00a0In fact, we don't individually know who is getting the messages or not. \u00a0We only know the total number who receive it because we have to pay for it.<\/p>\n

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You can always give this a try and unsubscribe at any time if you don't find it useful. \u00a0Given the take-up rates we've seen, however, I'm confident you'll see the value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After several months of using a new technology called “push messaging” over on our sister site at Sewing4free.com, we decided a few weeks ago to enable the feature and offer it to our readers\u00a0on So Sew Easy. \u00a0Many readers may have already noticed it or even signed up. \u00a0Our readers \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":30455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40817,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29921\/revisions\/40817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}