iPromote Site Updates

iPromote Site Update, version 2.3

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:17:02 -0800

Features and fixes included in this release:

Added stock photos for use in your promotions. When choosing promotion media from the Media Locker, you can now select from among several free stock photos to place in your ads. The system determines an appropriate set of stock images for each of your promotions, based on the contents of the site you're promoting.
Added support for CPM promotions. In addition to CPC (cost-per-click), you can now choose to pay for promotions on a CPM (cost-per-thousand impressions) basis. See the Advertising Lingo page for more information on CPC vs. CPM promotions.
More effective, more attractive promotion template. The new template allows you to convey more information through your ads. A mouse roll-over effect allows you to place more text on your ad, while maintaining an unobstructed view of the ad's images.
Added Description field for promotions. You can now add descriptive text to your promotions from the Edit your Ads screen. In most cases the system will automatically fill in the Description field for you, based on the content of the site you're promoting.

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:45:00 -0700

Features and fixes included in this release:

Added a "News" section to the site. This new section contains press and reviews of iPromote, current events at the company, as well as new version feature and bug-fix lists for each new version of the site.
Removed the url auto-suggestor from the homepage of the site. The url input on the homepage was re-styled for clarity and simplicity of use.
A detailed invoice of promotion activity is now included in all billing-related emails sent to members.
Fixed a bug where certain media locker images were not being re-loaded into the media locker when editing an existing promotion. This occurred for any images that were not used directly by the ad and were not uploaded by the user.
Fixed a minor bug with the drill-down reporting on the geo-maps. In rare situations, the number of impressions/clicks at the "Local" map level was incorrectly reported. This was a reporting bug only, and did not affect where the ads were actually served.
Fixed a styling issue on the promotion-duration calendar controls that was affecting IE 8 users only.

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:02:00 -0700

Features and fixes included in this release:

Give the power to the people! Now you can choose what you want to pay per click. When setting your promotion budgets, you have the option to enter your desired price-per-click. In addition, you'll see "Suggested Bid" amounts based on the geo Audience you've selected. This suggested bid range reflects what other iPromote users are currently paying to target that same Audience.
Added helpful tooltips to the promotion-builder page.
Added new FAQs added to the support page - lot's of useful info there.
Added a new "Preview" link next to each of your active promotions. You can use that link to see an example of the ads running in each promotion.
Fixed a minor cosmetic bug in the date-range calendars on the promotion stats page.
Small bug fixes in the promotion date-range calendars.

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:45:36 -0800

Features and fixes included in this release:

Added co-branding support for partners.
Launch of branded partner toolbars.
Added new iPromote video tour to front door of site.
Fixed a bug where the sign-up page was trying to validate billing info entered by a user, even when using billing info already on file.
Fixed bug where a user's billing country and was being overridden by the default billing country, United States.
Fixed some minor cosmetic issues on the Enterprise Widget.
Fixed a reporting bug in Enterprise Widget that occurred when the "uniqueID" parameter was not strictly numeric.

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:44:00 -0800

Features and fixes included in this release:

You now have the option to receive an alert email, notifying you when one of your promotions is about to end.
Added a url auto-suggest feature to the iPromote homepage. In addition to typing in your web page url, you can now enter search-type keywords and the interface will show you a list of matching web pages.
Performance tweaks to the geographical maps and reports to improve load times.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:30:00 -0800

Features and fixes included in this release:

New map reporting tools added to the promotion "Stats" page. You can now use the geographical map tool to view where your promotions are running and performing the best.
Added customer testimonials to the "Why iPromote" page.
Expanded the glossary on the support page with new terms and definitions.

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:25:00 -0800

Features and fixes included in this release:

Redesigned Media Locker on the "Edit Your Ad" page. Now when editing an ad, you can now scroll through the images in your media locker.
New promotion stats page with graphs allow you to monitor promotion performance.
New layout for the promotion-builder page. This should make it quicker to build new promotions.
Added an online advertising glossary to the support page.
Added a FAQ to the support page.
Added a forgot password feature to the login page.
Added a section to the site for press releases, including an RSS feed.
Implemented 2 new emails that get sent to members; one when a promotions has ended and another when a promotion has been changed.
When creating a new promotion, the system will pre-select the audience for your ads based on your current geographical location.
Fixed a bug where "blank" images would rotate in your ad when there were less than three images in the ad.

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:02:15 -0700

Features and fixes included in this release:

Implemented several new member emails, including: successful and unsccuessful billing emails, a new promotion created email, and a welcome-letter email for new members.
Added a status spinner graphic that displayed as your ads are being built.
Fixed a minor bug where certain characters where not displaying correctly in the title of an ad.