You post content onto your website – meeting agendas, minutes, notices, news, events, etc. – and your subscribers automatically receive an email or text message. Residents fill out a simple form with their name, email address and phone number, then choose which notifications they’d like to receive.
By giving your residents a chance to subscribe to your site, they can receive notifications in the way they prefer. Some people will want an email, while others want a text message, and some will choose both.
No matter which they choose, you only need to post your content to your website. Our program takes care of the rest, sending notifications immediately to subscribers. There is no extra work for you. It’s automatic, and your subscribers receive notification instantly.
When subscribers receive a notification, they will be able to see what it is and click on the link to read the entire post, see the document and get more information.
Of course, subscribers will have the option to unsubscribe and stop receiving notifications, if they wish. The program offers a one-click unsubscribe option, which is easy to use.
Encourage your residents to subscribe
Of course, it’s up to you to decide what you will post and how often. Some municipalities post often while others only post occasionally outside of regular agendas and minutes. It’s really up to you and your municipality to decide how you want to use your website.
But having the Communication Platform can make it easy to reach your residents.
After your website launches, you can reach out to your residents in traditional methods – mail, email, flyers or community meetings – and encourage them to visit the website and subscribe to notifications. You can continue to encourage them to sign up when you reach out to them with any printed materials, email signatures and community postings.
The Communication Platform is easy to use for both you to post and them to subscribe. It allows you an easy way to reach residents and an easy way for them to stay informed about the things that matter most to them.
Notices can post automatically to Facebook
Additionally, we have programmed the Communication Platform to connect to your Facebook page, if you have one.* When you post to your website – agendas, minutes, public notices or whatever you choose – it can be sent automatically to your Facebook page. You won’t need to get a link and go to Facebook to post it yourself. It will automatically update for you, saving you time in the process.
You don’t have to connect your Facebook page, but it is a time saver that we offer.
*additional charge may apply depending on website package selected
