Gist brings together all the pieces to create a marketing automation funnel, customer support and CRM for businesses that sell their products or services.
Not much to dislike here. My minor gripe would be the UI of the calendar for scheduling meetings. But that is probably just personal preference.
Gist allows business owners to access features for a fraction of the price charged by competitors like Salesforce & Hubspot.
8 powerful tools to increase my business. GIST is the perfect tool to handle automation: marketing, support, knowledge base, forms, bots, tracking and much more. Your perfect ally!
I do not dislike anything. GIST has a LOT of functions and it's not always so easy to understand which tool to use for a specific goal. They have many article and videos, but I would suggest to add more documentation for advanced functions and scenarios. The support team is always available and ready to help though.
I was able to automatize the marketing for my business. One platform to handle marketing and support.
GIST automation capabilities are excellent, even at the lower price points. These features immensely helped me as a more recent business with not lots of upfront capital. I also benefit from the smooth integration with WordPress. I am recommending GIST for being a professional chat, email marketing, and CRM option. Chat is handy and valuable.
Windows and MAC applications should have the option to start automatically when the computer starts.
After I started using the GIST chat, I noticed an increase in sales and more significant interaction between the site and visitors
My questions and concerns quickly answered either immediately or within 2 business days. I was in the beta group so was able to acquire a lifetime license for one low cost. They are continually improving their product. It is an all in one product and right now is providing me with more features than I am currently using but inspires me to explore more ways I can reach my audience.
My biggest complaint is that as a lifetime member there are new features for which I am denied access. As a bera member I would have hoped I'd continue to receive full access to all new features. That being said, I am able to do everything I need to do to segment and otherwise reach and communicate with my audience.
I am getting the hang of this platform. I have been able to substantially increase my mailing list through opt-in offers. I use Convertful forms which I can link to Gist. Its email options are easier to work out and I use both broadcast email to regularly attend to my list members as well as drip campaigns that send out emails automatically to list members.
It integrates so easily with my site, and testing it out as a trial was so valuable.
The top-end premium pricing is a bit much, but I guess it's low for big businesses.
Customer inquiries. Getting notifications on my phone and laptop means I can help technical queries be solved faster.
All-in-one suite is fantastic. Idon't have to have different platforms (Email, Live chat,) to do what I need. The price is affordable as well.
There is nothing I dislike about Gist platform.
With Gist I don't have to have a pltform to collect emails and another platform to answer Live Chat and another for Social Media connections with my website visitors. Gist combines it all and does it affordably.
One of the things that has impressed me most about Gist is that it strives to bring everything under one platform. Having the ability to run chatbots, launch drip feed campaigns, do an email blast, connect to your calendar, track users and more in one platform is not unique...but getting it all for free or low or low cost is. I have used some big-end products before and they are great, but they are also designed for the big-end of town and are largely not cost effective for your small-medium businesses. The value that Gist delivers is actually pretty phenomenal when you start working out how many systems it can potentially replace. Even their free plan incorporates full features, so it's a pretty easy choice to at least try it out. The additional kudos however goes to the fact that they continue to add value to their platform. The most recent additions have included web forms and pop-up tool which demonstrates they are a growing company that is willing to invest in its own platform as well as its customers.
Like most all-inclusive software packages, there's a bit of a steep learning curve in how it all fits together and getting the initial integrations set up. I've also found the terminology to be somewhat different to some of the other marketing platforms I've tried in the past, which at times is confusing. That said, they have a pretty comprehensive tutorial and education system to back up their platform and a growing network of users for collaboration and continued learning. On the email marketing side, they don't have design templates to choose from, so you have to create and upload your own in HTML.
I'm still in the early days of putting it's through its paces, however Gist will ultimately replace three existing separate software systems that I am using which is 1. Email marketing tool, 2. Drip feed Tool and 3. Chatbot tool and potentially even more tools via forms and pop-ups. As mentioned earlier, having all these under one roof for a low price is one of the major appeals of the platform compared to similar service providers on the market. As well as using for my own business, I also see it as a good cost effective alternative for my small business clients, particular the ones that are similarly currently using multiple platforms and paying multiple subscription fees.