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Zencity offers a range of preset and custom email digest and alert options, to bring the information that’s most valuable to you from your dashboard right to your inbox or push notifications. To figure out which email digest or alert is right for you, see below for descriptions of each one.

Email digests

Email digests are divided into two sections:

Ready for you

These summaries were built by Zencity to deliver some of the most commonly requested data. Read the descriptions below to understand the benefits and structure of each one:

  • City summary or county summary: This digest condenses your primary dashboard widgets (e.g. volume of interactions and popular words) into one easily scannable email.

    • Good for: Creating a regular routine of browsing your community’s daily data and spotting notable trends or stories that you want to explore further within the dashboard.

    • Frequency: Weekly

    • Notification options: Email or push notifications

       

       

  • Top projects summary: This digest provides a high-level summary of your three most active projects on any given day. You’ll get key stats, like volume of interactions and sentiment analysis, plus popular posts for each one.

    • Good for: Knowing which projects are generating the most attention each day and quickly getting a sense of where the conversation stands in each one.

    • Frequency: Daily

    • Notification options: Email or push notifications

  • In the News roundup: This digest provides a list of relevant stories and articles where your community appears, pulled from news and broadcast sources .

    • Good for: Keeping an eye on how your community is appearing in the news and monitoring the size of a story. Especially good for PIOs and PIO teams.

    • Frequency: Daily

    • Notification options: Email

Custom

These summaries offer you more customization options when it comes to the content you want to read, who should receive it, and when.

  • Custom project digest: This digest includes widgets from any project dashboard you choose to follow, so you always know what's going on with that particular issue or event. To create your own project digest in three quick steps, select ‘Create Digest.’ In the box that appears, choose the project you want to follow, subscribe any colleagues you want, and decide when you want to receive the digest.

    • Good for: Following how the conversation develops and spotting areas for action right away.

    • Frequency: Determined by you (monthly, weekly, or daily)

    • Notification options: Email

  • Custom roundup: Offering the widest range of customization, this digest delivers a list of articles and posts related to the topics, keywords, or projects of your choice. To learn more about custom roundups and how to set one up, read this article.

    • Good for: Staying updated on a highly specific angle of the conversation or creating a routine to keep you and your team informed on an initiative you’re working on.

    • Frequency: Determined by you (monthly, weekly, or daily).

    • Notification options: Email

Alerts

Alerts are divided into the same two sections as email digests:

Custom

This type of alert offers you more customization options when it comes to the content you want to receive and how often it should be sent.

  • Create your own Keyword Alert: Be alerted of articles or posts where the word or phrase of your choice appears.

    • Good for: Staying updated on a highly specific angle of the conversation or creating a routine to keep you and your team informed on an initiative you’re working on.

    • Frequency: Whenever a new post or article with your keywords is detected, with the maximum number of notifications determined by you.

    • Notification options: Email and push notifications (controlled in the “Ready for you section” under “Keywords”)

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Ready for you

These alerts were built by Zencity to deliver some of the most commonly requested data. Read the descriptions below to understand the benefits and structure of each one:

  • Popular official posts & comments: Spotlight on a post or comment from a local government-run account that is garnering the most attention that day.

    • Good for: Monitoring how official messaging is being perceived and talked about, and identifying when there’s a need for new messaging. Especially good for PIOs and PIO teams.

    • Frequency: Daily

    • Notification options: Email and push notifications

  • Popular unofficial posts & comments: Spotlight on a post or comment from any public resident or non-governmental account that is garnering the most attention that day.

    • Good for: Understanding the conversation beyond what appears on official channels.

    • Frequency: Daily

    • Notification options: Email and push notifications

  • Insights: Notification for every time a Zencity data analyst has completed a new insight that is ready for you to read.

    • Good for: Never missing expert analysis on your community's data.

    • Frequency: When a new insight is ready

    • Notification options: Push notifications

  • Trending: Regular notifications about notable changes in your data, based on the alerts you see in the highlights section of your dashboard.

    • Good for: Following up on notable spikes or drops in conversation volume or sentiment.

    • Frequency: Daily (or whenever there’s a significant enough change in your data to report)

    • Notification options: Email

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For more questions about which digests and alerts are right for the way you work, you can always consult with your Customer Success Manager to create the right subscriptions for you.

 

 

 

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