{"id":1530,"date":"2017-06-20T10:39:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T10:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2024-03-19T19:45:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:45:11","slug":"communicating-with-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/insights\/communicating-with-ease\/","title":{"rendered":"Communicate with Ease and Control Your Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud technology is like marmite.\u00a0 Some people love it, others hate it.\u00a0 Well, at Road XS, we love it!\u00a0 However, we are also conscious of it&#8217;s shortfalls.\u00a0 Take a look at one of our other blog posts about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/benefits-working-cloud\/\">the benefits of cloud software<\/a>.\u00a0 The main benefit of cloud is the ability to work better collaboratively, communicate more efficiently and all work from the same platform version with no downtime surrounding software updates.\u00a0 We call our update programme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/the-power-of-cloud-refresh-and-the-impact-on-community-transport\">Cloud Refresh<\/a>.\u00a0 Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/introducing-cloud-refresh\/\">Cloud Refresh here<\/a>.\u00a0 We address two benefits in this post &#8211; 1, communicating better via out online email program which is now available to Road XS users and 2, the issue surrounding your data and your ability to export it.<\/p>\n<h3>1) Communicate Better with Our Email Platform<\/h3>\n<p>Keeping drivers informed of available journeys and getting their attention in an emergency is time consuming.\u00a0 That&#8217;s why we developed the Road XS email marketing platform.\u00a0 With this, you can send out branded mailshots to your drivers or passengers better informing them of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/the-future-of-community-transport\">community transport<\/a> services.\u00a0 You can create your own lists and create an email easily with a clear to read design.\u00a0 It takes only a matter of moments to write a mailshot and send it out to the required driver lists.\u00a0 You can then also track which drivers or passengers opened the mailshot to get a deeper understanding of when they are able to read their emails.<\/p>\n<h3>2) Taking Control of Your Data<\/h3>\n<p>One thing which we often get asked is, how can I have an offline version of my data?\u00a0 Well with Road XS you can keep an offline copy of your drivers and passenger details which means when the cloud (God forbid!), falls over you can still access your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/benefits-of-analysing-your-data\">data<\/a> and continue.\u00a0 The benefits greatly outshine the downsides of cloud technology but we take the downsides seriously.\u00a0 We take it so seriously, that backup mechanisms are built into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/embrace-the-future-the-case-for-modern-transport-software\/\">software to ensure that in the worst case<\/a> scenario you are still able to operate off-line.\u00a0 We see Road XS software as a data processor, making your life easier not harder.\u00a0 We never own your data, it&#8217;s yours!<\/p>\n<p>With Road XS we are constantly striding forwards and one of our key aims is to bridge the gap between online and offline operations.\u00a0 This is what makes Road XS so special compared to other providers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud technology is like marmite.\u00a0 Some people love it, others hate it.\u00a0 Well, at Road XS, we love it!\u00a0 However, we are also conscious of it&#8217;s shortfalls.\u00a0 Take a look at one of our other blog posts about the benefits of cloud software.\u00a0 The main benefit of cloud is the ability to work better collaboratively, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Communicate Better with Road XS Community Transport Software<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Transform the way you communicate with your drivers and passengers with Road XS email communications add-on. 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