Smore Reviews

Smore allows me to create a monthly newsletter for families with ease. I can insert and upload photos with or without captions and push the newsletter out through a mass email. It's super user-friendly and looks professional.

The only downside I've experienced is if you are working on it with a collaborator you have to use one login and share. This is hard as you need to share a code each time you log in.

Smore is solving the problem of creating an easy-to-use newsletter template. It benefits me as I don't have to take a lot of time to create the newsletter.

I love that I can create a newsletter to share with staff and parents. Even better, I can share the HTML code to our website staff member to keep a specific section of our website updated with the newsletter. No more weekly posts to be copied from an email or Google doc and updated later. Additionally, if a typo is found the newsletter can be updated after being sent. Families can also change the language and font size meaning better access to information.

Sharing/collaborating on newsletters is very expensive. One educator account is $175 while a educator team account is $1080 for 2-5 people. That is a huge jump and often more than schools can afford.

Communication on a formatted manner I can't send via email. Provides sections and images embedded without taking up too much space. The ability to add link buttons and images helps to share information.

Smore is a super easy way to share news and events that are happening within your organization. We love how easy it is to change the background images, colors and font of the newsletters. An added bonus is the variety of content that you can add to your digital newsletters. Smore allows the user to not only add text and pictures but you can even add video content, attach files and embed forms as well as audio and calendar options. It's alo very easy to share your newsletter to social media or copy a link to send out via email.

I tried my best and just couldn't find anything that I did not like about smore. It's easy to use and most people can be expert users in a matter of minutes. The product also gives you the ability to view analytics which tell you how many views you have had. They also have a great support area built into the site and you really can't beat the annual pricing.

If you are looking for an easy way to share information via social media, email or a digital link you will not be disappointed. Smore is one of the easiest solutions I have found to implement. I spend very little time training a user how to implement the product. The newsletters are always of very high quality and the included graphics are great. If you are purchasing this for an educational environment make sure you purchase the education version so you can get the clip art with education themes. You can also try the product out for free.

I work as a Chief Technology Officer for a small school district and we actively use Smore as a community engagement tool. We send out school and department newsletters and our superintendent even uses Smore to send newsletters out to our faculty to keep them better informed.

I love how Smore is both simple and customizable. I can set up a template with headers that I create and quickly change the information each month. I have used other programs that are easy to use, but there are no options to make your newsletter look personalized. Smore checks both boxes for me.

There is no option to schedule a newsletter to send in the future. I often like to make my newsletters while at work but send them out in the evening. It's not hard to log in and send the newsletter when I'm ready, but having a scheduling feature would make the program better.

If you work in a school, Smore is a fantastic tool to consider for getting information out to parents and students easily and quickly. I work in a large school, and it has increased involvement in activities because people take the time to read the newsletter. We have really enjoyed it!

We use social media for announcements but have found that dates often get lost with the amount of information we post. The newsletter is a great way for parents and students to get information all in one place.

It's obvious how to do what you want. If you do something you dislike, it's just as easy to un-do it (I think this is key to experimenting and just trying a new platform.)

Update! They've updated the mailing list feature and have added a search function! So great now!

The mailing list features are great in that you can have several. However, I would love a "search within" feature so that I could remove people by hand without having to scroll through the entire mailing list. At least it's alphabetical!

Very easy to use program. Create beautiful-looking e flyers and newsletters in minutes. Totally customizable by using your photos etc. You can even add links and videos.

Nothing to dislike this program is excellent.

I have set appointments and made sales just by sending out a Smores flyer/newsletter. An invaluable asset.

We started using Smore earlier this year and we've been very happy. It's user friendly and has nice and easy templates.

There is not anything that I dislike at this time.

Smore has been great to encourage my team to use Enewsletters. They've found it very user friendly and I'm seeing better communication with our stakeholders as a result.

Smore is super simple to use. The interface makes it really easy to add text, pictures, videos, polls and a variety of other pieces of information with the click of a button. You can also change the colors and fonts in the right sidebar and it adjusts the entire document with a single click. The user can then send the newsletter out via email or social media channels. Learning how to use Smore is also really simple and you can be a master in a matter of minutes. I literally teach people how to use this product and they are creating within fifteen minutes.

I really have nothing bad to say regarding the product. It is super simple to use and the end product always looks great.

Try it out for free. I think you will like it. They also have school accounts and often offer discounts to educators throughout the year. The school accounts have backgrounds and clip art that are associated with school specific themes.

I work for a small public K-12 school district and we it to communicate with staff, parents and students. We use Smore for newsletters to parents and staff, updates from the board of education and professional development updates that include video tutorials, professionals to follow on social media and hyperlinks to other resources. We can even include polls to gauge or teachers interest in specific areas.

I’ve used Smore for my photography business for three years now, and really do like it quite a bit. For free, I can create an attractive newsletter (they used to call it an online flyer) that I can then post on social media, send via email to my client list (a free plan offers 200 email credits per month), link in my signature, and share with anyone at any time. My most popular package is an ongoing 45 minute (or so) Mini Session that I continually ‘decorate’ then attach to seasons, seasonal events (wedding/graduation/prom) and holidays. I have different Smore promos for all of them, and they look great. They look great, they get my message across, and they work. I am contacted through my Smore promos often. Using Smore, I’ve also created what I like to call my ‘main’ promo, which, unless I have another seasonal newsletter that I’m passing around, is always in my email signature. Not only is it organized to showcase some of my work, but it outlines all of my prices and services. It’s a great way to organize and share what I have going on in the Now. In the moment. Simple and effective.

Well, I used to be able to freshen my newsletters via the edit button. That feature is now only available for a short time after creating the promo. After, I’m not sure how long (?) we are no longer able to edit, and instead have to clone the newsletter into a new one, and then edit the new one. The ability to edit a newsletter indefinitely is an upgrade feature. A paid feature. I understand. I’m okay with that, and still find Smore to be incredibly valuable. What happens, however, is that now I have a completely different link. So anywhere I’ve shared my main promo link (like in my email sig) needs to be swapped. Also, my analytics are gone. Number of views, where they came from, how many clicked organically, how many from Facebook etc. I’m left to start over. The old promo is still there in my account, mind you, but yes, it’s a restart from scratch.

With Smore and an online portfolio, I am spared the expense of a website. A website is ideal, and is something I’ll do again when I can, but Smore fills that void rather well. There are plenty of design choices, and I can create and get the word out quickly. In some ways it’s better than a website, because all necessary information is right there in one place, along with my work, which is showcased well. I freshen my main promo every couple of months with new images, then post on social media, and it always grabs the attention I’m hoping for. Smore is great. I think they’ve done a fantastic job. They offer an awful lot, even with their free plan.

The accessibility of the Smore newsletter

Limited formatting in the text boxes - for example size of text, variety of fonts within a given text box, etc...

If you want a simple, user friendly and eye catching tool to communicate with virtually anyone, Smore provides the platform and the tools. Every user no matter their level of technology expertise or use can access with a simple link. There is power in language and communicating is vital in every organization.

We take an organizational health survey and our “Communication” score was lower compared to other areas. To improve this measure, I used the Smore letter weekly with my organization to communicate important days and to cast our vision of “Ready, Set, Grow.” It has helped to provide visibility of the vision. Standardized text seemed limiting but does keep the newsletter looking clean.