Odoo Project Reference: The Streetlife Trust

The Company

Established in 1984, Streetlife is a youth work charity providing emergency shelter and support to vulnerable and homeless young people aged 16-25 in Blackpool and surrounding area. 

Their Night Shelter at St Johns Square has 8 bedrooms and provides emergency overnight accommodation, food and support 365 days a year.  The Base on Buchanan St is a drop-in centre which provides emotional & practical support to young people in the area.

The Challenge

Mailchimp was being used as their Email Marketing platform but with a growing number of contacts was becoming too expensive on a monthly basis and also unwieldy to manage.  Streetlife also needed an integrated system to manage communication with Sponsors, Donors, Volunteers and perform CRM tasks. 

The Solution

During the initial consultation Octic performed a simple requirement & cost benefit analysis to determine if Odoo was suitable. 

Once approved Octic assisted with the sign up process for Odoo Online.

Octic cleaned & merged the existing 9000+ MailChimp contacts and imported them into the Odoo Email marketing app, configuring tags and setting up the default newsletter .

Octic also ensured the existing Newsletter sign-up form in Wordpress was seamlessly integrated with Odoo Email Marketing - automatically creating a new mailing list contact in Odoo for each sign up.

Furthermore to improve the efficiency and scalability of Odoo Email Marketing Octic set up a dedicated mailing domain integrated with MailJet as the external mass mailing server.

The Impact

Streetlife now has an integrated solution which they can use to effectively manage Email Marketing  which easily integrates with their sponsorship and social media campaigns. 

There are no extra monthly costs to store any number of increasing contacts in Odoo.

Streetlife are also able to use other apps like Surveys, Social Media, Employees to further streamline and improve their communication with volunteers, sponsors and donors.


The Final Word

“The team at Octic were so helpful in assessing our needs as an organisation and fitting our Odoo experience to what we wanted to achieve. 

The result being that we now have a robust CRM with a valuable mailing list, all at a much lower cost than Mailchimp. By far the best part of the experience has been the customer service and expertise that the team at Octic have provided, this alone would normally come at a high financial premium, which as a third sector organisation we could not afford. They are always available and quick to respond if we have any questions or need assistance. 

As we are now integrated into Odoo we have a world of possibilities at our fingertips should we want to maximise on its other features and benefits in the future, safe in the knowledge we have the support to match.”
Kim Hughes -  Communications Manager, The Streetlife Trust
 
 

About OCTIC 

We are a certified Odoo Partner able to provide the full spectrum of services to ensure your Odoo system rapidly fulfils your business goals with the maximum return on investment.

We implement innovative solutions and provide our clients with the necessary expertise and long term support for their Odoo projects to be successful. We work for SMEs who are serious about their long term success.

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We specialise in integrating and connecting Odoo systems with other platforms such as WooCommerce, Shopify, Quickbooks and xtCommerce.

Our team of experts has the full spectrum of expertise to ensure your Odoo project is successful. We are based in different locations around the globe to ensure we can meet our clients development needs and continue to provide the long term, reliable support they need to run their businesses.

Our network of international partners and tried and tested plugins also ensures we implement exactly the right mix of Odoo apps, 3rd party plugins and custom software to best suit the project's needs.

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