You don’t have to be a bible student, or even remotely religious, to know the story of David and Goliath.

According to 1 Samuel 17, Goliath, a heavily armed Philistine giant, challenged Saul for 40 days to send out a man to fight him. No one would face this warrior until David, armed only with a sling and stones, volunteered. David hit the giant in the forehead with a stone and killed him. This story teaches an important lesson of bravery, courage and faith. It was with immense faith that David faced Goliath and came out victorious. From the giant Goliath's attitude, we also learn that pride leads to a fall and one should never underestimate their opponent. [source Google]

Moving forward a few thousand years, the story of David and Goliath tends to be more about the little guy beating the big guy by doing things differently. If you view this concept in terms of software presently on offer, MoST is the David and the big corporates are the Goliaths. With that in mind, Expert has taken software we created two decades ago and rebuilt it using the latest technology available. 2024 has seen the rebirth of MoST; in its fifth iteration, stronger and better than ever.

So just what are the highlights of this new software?

New MoST - Features and Benefits

General

• Speed – it’s really fast at every level
• Mobile friendly - back-end can be edited on mobile devices
• Dashboard – provides quick access to website usage and customisable statistics
• Full DIY option – build your site yourself using one of our pre-built templates
• Touch-screen friendly
• Two-factor authentication - is now standard
• Dark Mode supported
• Activity log – more detailed reporting on user activity
• Google Tag Manager - integrated for promotions and click-through stats
• Web API fully documented - for easy extending by third parties 

Content Management

• Sliders – easy to build image sliders
• Menu builder – automatically builds / creates menu based on selected documents
• Generative AI content generation – use AI to help write your web content and generate images
• Drag and drop layouts - for styling your emails and webpages
• Bulk delete web pages that are no longer required
• Libraries - create an automated list of a library of documents or a gallery of images
• Editor improvements – images can be dragged and dropped from other sources (external and internal to MoST)
• Components integrated directly onto any web page - e.g. email forms right where you want them
• Multi-lingual content supported

CRM (membership)

• CRM – new look, modern and very fast
• Improved membership approval process – membership invoices are not created until membership has been approved
• Multi-level CRM Access – allows for restricting access to the CRM by group, for example branch managers can access only their branch’s members’ data, rather than the entire membership data
• Profile relationships charting - CRM shows relationships between profiles, can generate organisational charts / genealogical diagrams which can be drilled down into for editing purposes
• Relationship membership improvements - adding organisation staff is now managed using invites to new staff members

Email Marketing / Communications

• Email distribution – can now include file attachments e.g. PDFs as well as the usual links
• Email Marketing Reporting – improvements to communications reporting, display of graphs and statistics, as well as the email queue, all in one place
• Email notification schedules – view and manage up-coming automated notices, invoices or reminders in one place

Events

• Event management system improved – allows registrant to manage and edit own delegates and delegates no longer need a profile to register
• Vouchers – improvements coming soon
• Conferences – improvements coming soon 

Accounts / Financial Transactions

• Credit notes - can now be created
• Automated recurring billing - for example for monthly subscriptions, if the aggregator (e.g. Windcave, Stripe) supports this

In summary

That’s over 30 seriously good reasons to justify using New MoST. If you’re still not convinced, in addition here’s some more great reasons why New MoST will make things easier for you

• It’s incredibly reasonably priced – far, far more affordable and better value for money for anyone on a budget, especially Not-for-Profits (membership associations, clubs and community groups) and small to medium businesses
• It can be updated by you in real time – it doesn’t require IT skills or a third party to get around to doing it for you
• It’s built on the latest tech platforms – not using software that’s redundant and likely to need serious intervention or replacement anytime soon
• Responsive live support is at your fingertips, provided in your own time zone, and is actually given by living and breathing friendly humans, not bots, call centre operators, FAQs or email forms replied to at some time that suits them
• It’s bespoke and extensible, which means it can be easily modified to suit your specific needs (not the tail wagging the dog)
• It’s homegrown, made right here in New Zealand, so you’re keeping your fellow Kiwis in jobs and maintaining choice and competition in the marketplace
• It was created by people who understand first-hand you and your organisation’s needs
• It’s not owned by massive, faceless, profit-driven offshore corporates

For more info on how New MoST can work for you, give us a call on 64 4 384 9833 or email us@expert.services. We’d love to hear from you!