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Getting started with SEO: A guide for creators

A guide on getting started with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for creators. Understanding how search works, how to rank higher and useful tips and tools to make life easier.

changelog

Better automations, improved contacts and login notifications

It's time for another changelog. We've been real busy making Wobaka more efficient and easy to use while keeping all things nice and simple. Let me tell you what we've been up to the past month. It's a long list, and I hope you'll enjoy it! 😊 Automation timezones We've added

sales and marketing

How to get customer testimonials for your SaaS startup

You've heard everyone say it, "Include social proof on your landing page". But what if you don't have any testimonials yet? In this post I'll guide you through how I was able to get my first customer testimonials for Wobaka and how you can get testimonials for your startup too.

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Better todo list

We're super excited to let you know that your Wobaka todo list just got a big boost. Keep on reading for more details, or check it out directly on Wobaka.com. ✅ Improved tasks You can now snooze or reschedule tasks individually or in bulk. This is super handy for when

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Auto-stop automations, Gmail integration and tag manager

I'm excited to let you know that automations can now be automagically stopped when you either bcc or forward a message that contains the contact's email address. We've also added a global tag manager and support for connecting your email by signing in with Google. Keep on reading for more

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Contact merge, multi-line notes, tagged imports and more

It's finally time for another changelog. We've made some improvements that I think you'll really enjoy. Read along for more info, or head straight to Wobaka to try it out yourself. ✨ Contact merge I know many of you have been waiting on this and I'm super happy to announce that

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Building a startup on Clojure

After first getting hooked on Clojure in 2018 I decided to build my business, Wobaka.com, on 100% Clojure the following year. That's how much I enjoyed it. I thought I'd share some of my experience and technical stack for anyone else thinking about building and running their business on

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Faster search, named opportunities, editable notes and more!

I'm super excited to share the latest improvements to Wobaka with you. During the past few weeks we've made the contact search 9x faster, designed better pipelines, made it possible to edit notes and more. Keep reading for details. 🔎 Faster search Contact search is now a whopping 9 times faster

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Automation contact filters and better pipeline stages

This week I'm excited to let you know about brand new automation filters that will help you stay on top of things and some new and shiny updates to pipeline stages. Keep reading for more details ✨. ⚡️ Automation contact filters You can now filter and search for contacts on the automation

backstage

Redesigning Pipeline Stages

Pipelines are an important part of Wobaka and allows you to easily track deals accross stages, like in a kanban board. Recently, more people have started adding multiple currencies and different kinds of deal values like annual, monthly and one-time. To give you a better overview of your current pipeline

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Link tracking in automations

I'm excited to let you know about this long-awaited feature. You can now see when people click links in your email sequences. Read more about how it works below. ⚡️ Track link clicks in emails You can setup link tracking for each automation on the settings page. When tracking is on

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Better Todo List and Contact Export

New week, new changelog. This time I've made some pretty sweet improvements to the todo list and the contact export tool. You can read more about each in detail below. ✅ Better todo list The todo list has got a brand new look. Dates are shown more clearly and the layout

sales and marketing

4 Principles of Great Follow Up Emails

If your cold email doesn't get a reply it's a good idea to follow up. The person may have missed your email, or simply been to busy to reply. In this blogpost I'll walk you through 4 simple principles that'll help you write better follow up emails and get more

changelog

Sending Alias and Better Automations

Time for another changelog! This time I want to introduce a brand new feature called sending alias and show some improvements made to the automation view. Let's get to it! Sending alias Sending alias basically allows you to change the address from which you're sending emails in automations. Previously Wobaka

sales and marketing

11 Sales Memes To Share With Your Team

We all need to have some fun and share the good vibes with our team. Here's a list of 10 funny and relatable sales memes you can share in your team Slack, on email or whatever. 🥳

changelog

Improved Contact List and Form

Time for another changelog! This time I want to introduce a brand new feature that shows the time and date of the last activity on a contact. I've also made the contact form better by making the magnetic website input properly enter the website for you, based on the email

backstage

How I made a 90s version of my landing page

I started making websites around 1998 and I fondly remember my first personal homepage as it was called back then. There were GIFs, rolling text and pictures of skateboards and hockey players. Damn it was fun to make. Then, waking up one morning about 6 months ago, I just felt

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Rich Text Emails ✨

Stoked to let you know that we've added rich text support to Wobaka automations. You can now create links, bullet lists and style text. And to top it off, we also made the layout better by increasing the width of the template and automation editor. All your plain text emails

sales and marketing

Inbound Sales for Startups and Small Businesses

Inbound sales is a great way for startups and small businesses to grow their business and increase their conversion rate. In this blogpost we'll go through what inbound sales is, what an inbound sales process looks like and how you can automate things to save time. What is inbound sales?

sales and marketing

8 Cold Email Memes You Know Are True

Here's a collection of cold emailing memes to make your day a little brighter. Because sometimes we all need a little boost to keep going.

sales and marketing

How to Write a Follow Up Email

Writing follow up emails for the first time can be tricky. I first learned how important it is to follow up when I did sales to find sponsors for my newsletter back in 2017. Now I'll share some tips and sample templates on how to write simple follow up emails

changelog Featured

Email Tracking and Improved Contacts View

I'm super excited to share our latest features with you. We've recently made the contacts view much better and added a detailed view to it. Today we also shipped email tracking. You can read more about each feature below. 👀 Email tracking Email tracking allows you to see when contacts open

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How To Validate Ideas and Get Your First Customers With Email Outreach

This simple guide to direct sales using email outreach will teach you how to validate a business idea and get your first customers.

sales and marketing

How To Monetize Your Newsletter

Finding sponsors for your newsletter does not have to be difficult and is the most straight forward way to monetize your newsletter. In this article I'll share all the info you need and some simple steps you can take to find your first sponsor. From how many subscribers you need

clojure

How I Use Clojure to Build and Scale my SaaS

I was first introduced to Clojure in grad school where I was taking a course on building large scale software applications. We were building a clone of the card game Hearthstone, and in particular the game engine. If you have played that game, you know there are a lot of