TickleTrain and Gmail unite! We are thrilled to release our new app for Gmail users. Although always available for Gmail, TickleTrain has never been integrated at this level. You just press the TickleTrain button next to Send and everything you need is right there. If you are new to TickleTrain, it follows up on emails… Read More

Recruiting new business is challenging, time consuming and often expensive. Make the most of your prospecting by closing the deal with your follow up. This is an article about how the magic is in the follow up when using email to prospect for new business. By following the tips outlined here, you will close more… Read More

As far as ROI is concerned, email marketing ranks among the best online promotional strategies in existence. Nonetheless, lots of businesses that use email marketing struggle to convert prospects via this promotional medium. The reasons for this are numerous. If you have failed with email marketing in the past, here are 5 tips for using… Read More

Are your clients no-shows to their appointments because they were not sent an appointment reminder? Looking for an easy and affordable way to send out appointment reminders to your customers? Most businesses, large and small, lack any type of easy to use follow-up email service for their client’s upcoming appointments – or the appointment reminder… Read More

Do you ever feel like you may not have done enough to follow-up on your account receivables? Are potential delinquent invoices not being paid because you are too busy to follow-up, and you get sidetracked with other tasks? Most businesses, large and small, lack any type of easy to use follow-up email service on invoices… Read More

Here are some statistics you need to know: 2% of sales are made on the first contact. 3% of sales are made on the second contact. 5% of sales are made after the third contact. 10% of sales are made after the fourth contact. 80% of sales are made after the fifth – twelfth contact!… Read More

One of TickleTrain’s special features is the ability to vary your follow up messages, so they appear as if you actually composed each of them at different times. For example, let’s say you are a building contractor and you set up a follow up routine for subcontractor bids- you call the Tickle “bids”. If you… Read More

Signup and in seconds you’ll be given several unique email addresses. One will look something like this: universal+yourname@tickletrain.com. This is your “universal” Tickle. To use it, just include it in the BCC field on any email you’d like a reply to.  TickleTrain will keep track of this email so you can clear it from your… Read More

If you are like me, my inbox serves as a giant to-do list. It holds so much of my weekly activities that it should have a different name… like “taskbox”. A really powerful feature of TickleTrain is the Today’s Tickles email. This emails serves-up a nice little list of Tickles you have scheduled to be… Read More

Do you ever feel like you may not have done enough to follow-up on emails? Are potential clients turning into non-clients because you were too busy to follow-up and got sidetracked with other tasks? Most businesses, large and small lack any type of easy to use follow-up email service – or that service is just… Read More