New Feature (01 Dec 2023)
Additional Default Fields (Placeholders) for Campaigns
Users will be able to use 4 new data fields, while importing recipients to campaigns from internal sources (Extension, Search portal and Lists).
The new fields are:
- Last name
- Location
- Headline
- LinkedIn_URL
New Feature (01 Dec 2023)
AI Personalizer for Sales and Recruitment Emails
You will now be able to generate a sales pitch or a recruitment email using the AI Personalizer on ContactOut Chrome extension in LinkedIn.
This is an update on the existing system from a single prompt input system, to a multi input system with specific details for the prompt.
New Feature (21 Nov 2023)
Viral Post Library & AI Linkedin Post Generator
We want to help you improve your personal brand on Linkedin and make it easier to social sell.
To help you achieve this we have now launched AI Linkedin Post Generator that will write viral Linkedin Posts using AI.
How it works:
- Visit https://contactout.com/ai-post-gen
- Search among a curated list of viral LinkedIn posts from top influencers.
- Click on Re-write with AI and chose the variation level and the prompt you want. You can ask the AI to:
- Re-write for a different topic
- Re-write in a different tone, structure, language.
- Make it shorter, longer, etc.
- Once the post is generated, you can copy it and head over to LinkedIn to post it.
New Feature (14 Nov 2023)
Unsubscribe Link in Campaign Emails
- You can now add an unsubscribe link to campaign emails.
- You can enable or disable this on the campaign settings page, by interacting with the checkbox.
- You can edit the unsubscribe link text that shows up in emails by changing the text in the settings.
- The unsubscribe link once enabled will be visible in both preview emails and actual emails being sent.
- If a recipient clicks on the unsubscribe link, they will see a new page for unsubscribing from all emails from you.
- If a recipient unsubscribes from your campaign, you will not be able to send them emails from our campaigns feature anymore. (We are working on a way to override this and continue sending emails)
New Feature (8 Nov 2023)
Multiple Options for LinkedIn Comments & Connection Requests
- When you selects a comment/connection request message type, multiple options are generated.
- You can then click on the option you like to automatically insert into the box.
New Feature (6 Nov 2023)
Bulk Select Profiles Before Saving/Exporting
- You can now can select >25 profiles before saving/exporting from the Search Portal
- Select all in page
- Select max
- Select specific
New Feature (6 Nov 2023)
Flag Incorrect Emails
- You can now flag incorrect emails after clicking on view email.
- This will allows to know how us know how did the email worked out for you, and it will helps us improve the accuracy of emails for the entire community.
New Feature (6 Nov 2023)
Exclude List Filter
- You can now exclude profiles in your saved lists from your search results on Search Portal.
- This will help you avoid finding and saving duplicate profiles for prospecting.
New Feature (1 Nov 2023)
Custom Prompts and Prompt Library
- You can now create custom prompts for all our AI features from https://contactout.com/prompt-library
- These custom prompts will be visible as a option in that specific AI feature like:
- AI Email Writer on Gmail
- LinkedIn Post Commentor
- LinkedIn Connection Request
- Email Personalizer on Chrome Extension
Feature Improvement (27 Oct 2023)
Competitors for ContactOut Anywhere / Company Pages
- When you open the extension on a company page or on any website, along with decision makers, we will show similar competitor companies.
- Users can visit the competitors’ website or LinkedIn page from there
Feature Improvement (17 Oct 2023)
Campaigns Email Connection
- The campaign settings popup has now been changed to a page.
- Email connection and disconnection have been added to the campaign settings page.
- You can now connect multiple email addresses and select which one they want to use for sending emails via a campaign.
- The email selection happens when users are about to start a campaign.
- You can now connect emails via SMTP/IMAP settings.
- You can now set a sender name for emails connected via SMTP/IMAP (ex: John from ContactOut).
Feature Improvement (28 Sep 2023)
ContactOut Extension on Sales Navigator Leads Page
- ContactOut extension now works on Sales Navigator Leads Page just like how it does on a Sales Navigator search page.
- You can reveal email/phone, save profiles in bulk to a ContactOut list or Export directly to an ATS/CRM
New Feature (28 Sep 2023)
AI Connection Request Message
When you want to send a connection request message on LinkedIn, ContactOut AI will generate a personalised message based on the option you select.
The options are:
- Recruit: Generates a personalised recruitment message
- Question: Asks a question about their profile and journey
- Compliment: Compliments their profile
Knowledge Base article: https://contactout.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/articles/70000655761
New Feature (28 Sep 2023)
Commenting Options for AI LinkedIn Comments
When you click on the ContactOut logo on a LinkedIn post’s comment, you can now choose the type of comment you want to leave.
The options are:
- Add Value: Generates a comment with an insight related to the post
- Question: Asks a question about the post
- Compliment: Compliments the author
- Thanks: Thanks the author
We have also fixed issues related to the ContactOut logo not appearing sometimes.
Knowledge base article: https://contactout.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/articles/70000655759
Feature Improvement (28 Sep 2023)
Create Icebreakers with AI on Search Portal
- A new button has been added to profiles on the search portal called “AI write personalized message”
- When a user clicks on the button we automatically generate and show 10 funny icebreakers personalized for the profile.
- Clicking on the generated icebreaker will copy the icebreaker to your clipboard.
Feature Improvement (27 Sep 2023)
View Company Information on People Search
- You can now view company information of a profile on the Search Portal when you click on the company name highlighted in bold.
- Company information included are:
- Company Logo
- Company Name
- Social Media Links (LinkedIn Company Page, Facebook Page, Twitter Page)
- Company Website
- Company Description
- Headquarter Location
- Industry
- Number of Employees
- Company Revenue
Feature Improvement (25 Sep 2023)
Send Whatsapp Message After Revealing Phone Number
- Clicking on the WhatsApp icon will redirect user to WhatsApp web.
- User can send a WhatsApp message directly to the profile only if the phone number is registered on WhatsApp and if the user is logged in to WhatsApp web or has WhatsApp installed.
Feature Improvement (14 Sep 2023)
Add Signatures in One-click on Campaigns
- A new setting has been added to the campaign settings modal for “Email signature”.
- You can copy-paste/manually create a signature and save it.
- Once saved, you will see a new option in the email toolbar to add the signature to emails.
Feature Improvement (14 Sep 2023)
New Icebreakers Options on Chrome Extension
- 3 new options have been added to AI Personalizer
- An Icebreaker
- An observation
- A potential challenge
- When you click on the “AI write personalized email” button, we automatically generate and show 10 icebreakers personalized for the profile.
- You does not need to input any details to generate these
- Clicking on the generated icebreaker will copy the icebreaker to your clipboard.
New Feature (8 Sep 2023)
AI writer on Gmail – Never write an email again!
- You can now ask AI to compose and reply to your emails on Gmail
- Add a few words of instructions and ContactOut AI will automatically write a well structured email for you
- You can enable this by heading over to the Extension Menu and turning on the AI Writer on Gmail toggle button.
New Feature (8 Sep 2023)
AI writer for LinkedIn Comments
- You can now ask ContactOut AI to write meaningful Linkedin Comments
- Click on the ContactOut logo on a LinkedIn post’s comment box and a comment (customised based on that post) will be generated for you
- This will help you increase your reach and engagement on Linkedin and is now available for all users.