Over the past week we've released an update to the Buzzshot app for both iOS and Android. You can upgrade by going to the App Store (iOS) or the Play Store (Android) or if you have auto-updates turned on you may already have it. This is a fairly minor update to keep compatability with future devices and our upcoming features. It does also add the long requested Pinch to Zoom feature to the camera!
Ever found yourself wanting to segment your players and access different groups? Maybe you're using the Broadcast feature and want to send it out to to everyone who has played in the last month or maybe you just want to view a list of all players who have played all of your rooms. Tags and Segments could be for you!
Tags allow you to add short text "tags" to each of your players. Maybe you want to mark corporate bookings or enthusiasts? Right now you can add tags by searching for a player and then selecting "edit" in their action menu, or you can apply tags when you import a list into Buzzshot. Would you like to be able to apply tags elsewhere? Maybe in the app when completing a group? Let us know!
Segments allow you to define a subset of players that meet certain criteria.
Once defined you can easily filter your players by the segment:
Or use it when sending broadcast emails:
This is just the start, as you can imagine tags and segments are an important base feature needed for other future features. So keep an eye out for what's coming soon! And let us know what you'd like to see or if you have any ingenious uses of these new features.
You can now add buttons to your invite emails to allow players to quickly and easily add the game to their calendars.
Buzzshot's Broadcast Email feature allows you to send out broadcast emails to your players. Use it to send out a monthly newsletter or to let players know about new room openings or your latest special offer.
Already using Mailchimp or something similar? My hope is that for most of our customers, Buzzshot Broadcasts Emails will be cheaper, more convenient and easier to use.
How much does it cost? It's included in your regular Buzzshot price if you send less than 20,000 emails a year, so for example if you have a list of 2,000 people you could send out a newsletter to them 10 times a year. If you want to send more frequently or to more people prices start at US$25/month (which would allow you to send 20,000 emails a month).
This is now available on your account, look for the "Broadcast" item on the menu!
Read "Unleash the power of email marketing" on the Buzzshot Blog
You might also want to read the documentation page on the Buzzshot support site here.
By popular demand! We now support automatically sending your player's emails and other details to your SendInBlue account. SendInBlue is an increasingly popular alternative to MailChimp for sending broadcast emails and doing marketing automation.
Want to set up the SendInBlue integration now? Check out our support article for instructions on how!
To use the new editor navigate to one of your emails in the Emails section of Settings and click "Switch To Advanced Email Designer". This will allow you much more flexibility than the precious email settings did.
Got any questions about how to use the editor to achieve the email of your dreams? Or any other questions or feedback? Email us at support@buzzshot.co
One thing that's a little easier to do now is to include the name of the Game Master who took a group. You'll want to have enabled the Game Master field in "End of game form" settings page and you'll also want to add some Game Masters in the "Game Master" settings page. You can then insert a placeholder for their name in your outgoing email. You can even include their profile picture if you upload one!
We've supported custom fields on your sign in/waiver form for a while but previously you needed to contact us to set them up. However, you can now go to the "Player registration form" in settings and add custom fields yourself. You can use these to ask your players any questions you'd like to know the answer to. Contact us if you'd like to use the answers to any of these questions to automatically customise your emails, sms or photos.
We’re very excited to launch an integration with one of the industry’s fastest growing and most popular escape room review sites: Morty! Buzzshot can now add a "Please review us" button for Morty and pull in your Morty reviews so they show in the reviews section.
Read more about it on our blog or check out our support article if you want to set it up now.
There's a new search box in the top bar of the site (just to the right of the Buzzshot logo). You can use it to quickly search for players and groups. It will search group names, player names, player emails and player phone numbers.
The search boxes on the Groups and Players pages remain as well, use whichever is more convenient for you.
As always your feedback is welcome, just email support@buzzshot.co!
We've added a Dashboard to give you an overview of today. The Dashboard includes a few stats such as group and player numbers (along with a graph of the last 30 days so you can see trends). It also shows your groups for the day on a calendar-style view (if you assign times to your games) and a timeline of recent activity. Then at the bottom we show some recent reviews, because it's always nice to be reminded of the nice things people are saying.
This replaces our old Timeline page which for most of our customers has outlived its usefulness. However if you still find the old-style Timeline page useful simply click the blue link at the top to go to it. If you'd prefer to always see the old Timeline instead of the new Dashboard you can click "New Features" in the bottom left corner of the screen and toggle it off.
If you do find you still want to use the old Timeline I'd appreciate if you could email me (tom@buzzshot.co). I'm trying to provide much better alternatives for the things that page used to be used for, and while you're very welcome to use the older one if you prefer I'd love to have the chance to understand how I can make the new pages even better for you!
