Release notes

Features and improvements we've recently shipped.

June 23, 2023

Public post improvements

Improvement

We released a few improvements to the public posts (your public newsletter content) you feature on your Creator Profile. Here are the updates you'll see:

  • Navigation: We've added navigation to make it clear on how to navigate back to your Creator Profile, so readers can continue to consume your content for longer.
  • Sharing your posts: We've added in sharing capabilities on the top and at the end of the post to increase shares for your newsletter content.
  • Larger sign up forms: We improved the sign up form at the end of your public post to increase sign ups to your email list.
  • Read more: If you have more public posts enabled, readers will be able to see additional content at the end of each individual posts, so they can continue reading your content.

We hope this updates will continue to drive more engagement with your newsletter content and increase conversions for your email list.

Creator Profile mobile improvements

Improvement

We pushed out a lot of new mobile improvements to the Creator Profile to better the mobile user experience and increase conversions for you. Here is what we updated:

  • Link menu: Instead of a dropdown, all your links are now on full display, making it easier for your audience to access your content. 
  • Bio + Sign up form: Instead of hiding the signup form on mobile, we made your bio and sign up form visible at all times to increase new sign ups. 
  • Content tabs: Instead of a stacked dropdown menu, there is now a scrollable horizontal tab with all the different content information you've added to your Creator Profile. 
  • Sharing icons:We've also improved the styling of the share icons for your Creator Profile.

For more information about the Creator Profile, check out this Knowledge Base article. 

June 21, 2023

Reduced timeouts on subscriber filters

Improvement

Our platform and infrastructure team did a lot of indexing work to significantly reduce timeouts on subscriber filter queries. For creators with especially large email lists and number of tags, this means that you should experience improved loading times and near-zero timeouts.

June 20, 2023

Better experience with content snippets

Improvement


In addition to introducing new content snippet types, we've also made some improvements to the content snippets' editing experience. Here all the updates you'll see:

  • Content snippet preview in editor: When you add content snippets to your email, they will now show a preview of their content instead of the Liquid tags. This will make editing and writing your email content much easier, as you don't have to memorize what the Liquid tags represent!
  • Edit content snippets directly: You can click on a snippet's preview to edit it directly in your email editor–no more switching back to the content snippet editor to make changes. If you're using the same content snippet more than once in the email, any edits will be applied to all of them.
  • Available in block toolbar: You can now create snippets directly from inside your broadcasts and incentive emails via the block toolbar.
  • Search for your snippet: Have a lot of content snippets? We now have a search feature in the "insert snippet" modal, so you can find the snippet you need much faster.

We hope all these improvements to the content snippets will make your email writing and editing experience seamless. To learn more about these updates, check out the Knowledge Base article.

Introducing blocks & inline content snippets

Feature

Our content snippets are getting a facelift and a powerful upgrade. You can now create two different kinds of content snippets:

  • Block Content Snippets: This will create a new block in your email content. The snippet editor also now has access to all our content blocks, which means you can add layout blocks, social icons, and more to create content snippets that you reuse all the time.
  • Inline Content Snippets: This will create content that will go inline with your email content and no longer add in a line break. If you have promotions or signatures you use all the time, this will come in handy!

We hope this update to the content snippet continues to improve the way you write and create your email newsletters. To learn more about this update, check out this Knowledge Base article.

June 14, 2023

New conditional field: Email opens

Feature


You can now set up a visual automation with the new "Email Opens" conditional field. You can split subscribers down different paths based on whether they have opened an email within a specific number of days. This is especially helpful in creating an automated list cleaning template to keep your list healthy and your engagement numbers high.

For help with setting up a new automation, check out this Knowledge Base article.

For help with cleaning your list, check out this Knowledge Base article.

June 09, 2023

Add Recommendations to your Creator Profile

Feature


You can now add Recommendations to your Creator Profile. This is a way to showcase the creators you recommend before someone subscribes to your list. This will expand the reach of your recommendation to existing subscribers you already have. You can enable this in your Creator Profile settings.

For more information, check out this Knowledge Base article.

Grow your list and your income with Paid Recommendations

Feature

With the Creator Network, you can now turn free recommendations into paid recommendations to grow your income. You can also reinvest back into your growth by paying other creators to recommend you and grow your list.

To grow your income: You can get paid to recommend another creator! You'll see a list of creators who are willing to pay $2-10/engaged subscribers. If you see a creator who is a good fit for your audience, you can add them to your Recommendations modal.

To grow your list: Interested in advertising your newsletter to grow your list? For a minimum budget of $5,000/month, you can ask for creators in the Creator Network to recommend you for at cost-per-subscriber bases you set yourself.

Both of these are powered by SparkLoop, which you can set up directly in Creator Network. To access both of these features, you must be on either the Creator or Creator Pro plan.

To learn more, check out this Knowledge Base article.

Grow your list with Creator Network: Recommendations

Feature


We are so excited to welcome you to ConvertKit's Creator Network—a tool to help you team up with other creators to grow your email lists together.

Available only on our Creator and Creator Pro plans, you can recommend and be recommended by other creators to grow your newsletters together with the Creator Network. When they gain new subscribers, so do you. When you gain new subscribers, so do they.

This will help increase the discoverability of your newsletter, introduce you to new creators, and help you grow you r list—all without working harder maintaining another growth channel.

For more information how to join the Creator Network, check out this Knowledge Base article.

Improved reporting

Improvement

On the Dashboard and Weekly Email Notifications, we’ve made an update to make your email metrics more helpful and actionable for you. Instead of all-time stats, there is now a 90-day rolling comparison metric to help you understand your growing business.