# DSS Reviews **Vendor:** Foster Web Marketing **Category:** [Website Design Services](https://www.g2.com/categories/website-design) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 98 ## About DSS Are you frustrated that you don't have enough control over your website and marketing? Foster Web Marketing has built the solution for you and it is called DSS (Dynamic Self-Syndication). DSS is inbound marketing software with CMS/CRM capabilities that allows you to take control of your marketing and get your business to the next level. DSS has everything you need to manage your marketing easily and effectively. Manage your website, clients, email marketing, client feedback, reviews, social media posting, lead tracking and follow-up campaigns in one easy to use tool! Stop taping solutions together and use one smarter tool. One of the most compelling features of DSS is the built-in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), which gives you the power to manage your leads and contacts, build follow-up campaigns and email marketing blasts, and create and send email newsletters. No need to pay for separate tools or software! This is why DSS is not just a CMS like WordPress, but actually, a fully operational marketing software that will put you light years ahead of your competition! ## DSS Reviews ### 1. Helpful and easy to use program with good customer service **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2018 **Describe the project or task DSS helped with:** For someone who is not familiar with coding, this is an easy program to update website content and even gives helpful tips along the way to better your website rankings. **What do you like best about DSS?** It is easy to navigate, use, and help is a phone call away. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I do not like that sometimes DSS has photo placement and layout inconsistencies as well as text formatting issues. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** I would recommend giving DSS a try. Foster Web Marketing has excellent customer service, and they genuinely care about helping clients reach their goals. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** The goal of our website is to get people to take action and call our business. DSS helps us create content that utilizes SEO and gives analytics to each page without going to Google Analytics. ### 2. Basic users going to expand the SO usages beginning 2021 **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Machinery | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2020 **Describe the project or task DSS helped with:** All CRM helps with implementing the new modules of SO we want to use. Also they help connecting SO with our ERP system. **What do you like best about DSS?** We use All-CRM in Deventer but it was not in the list. They respond fast and do good job in helping and advising us in our current update of SO to make more use of SO. **What do you dislike about DSS?** That is a inbetween company and somtimes need to ask SO for help or we need to ask SO our selves. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** All-CRM is a friendly company willing to help. They do e little more than they have to do. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** From bug fixes to updates of SO as also training of new employees. ### 3. I LOVE DSS - Don't try to function without it! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sara T. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** There is so much to like about DSS. We are able to upload our own content (articles, blogs, FAQs, images, videos, and books). We love the dashboard because it allows us to track metrics. DSS is intuitive, smart, and reliable. We don't have to wait on anyone to find time to post content for us - we can do it ourselves. It's hard to mess DSS up because it functions so easily and reliably. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I'm not certain there is anything I can think of that I dislike. I would have to sit for a very long time to find something. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** The website is our most powerful marketing tool - and DSS helps us ensure it functions correctly and helps us drive the business ahead. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** We solve the "How are we going to get clients to find us?" problem with DSS. DSS (and being able to analyze metrics) has also helped us be able to dominate online in our local geographic area. The DSS Toolbox has also streamlined our social media work. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > There is so much to like about working with you and your team Sara! Swier Law Firm is a next-generation law firm that were are ecstatic to work with on a regular basis. Thanks for the great feedback! ### 4. Best Website for Tracking Marketing in the Industry by Far. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gianna A. | Marketing Specialist, Graphic Design, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 24, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** DSS is perfect for tracking how well our business is doing with traffic to our website. Working in marketing it is important to keep track of how you are doing month to month. Google analytics only goes so far. **What do you dislike about DSS?** There is not much to dislike. The only issue I personally have, is when working on campaigns, newsletters, or other email services, if you leave it inactive for about 10-15 minutes it will automatically log you out. It always saves your progress, but maybe allowing more time between logging out would be great. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** Though it is not cheap, you get what you pay for. If you seriously want to utilize marketing techniques to throttle your business, DSS is definitely the right direction. There are SO many different options and features you can choose from. It is perfect for businesses that want to utilize marketing, but aren't insanely tech savvy and don't have the time. DSS lays it all out and makes it easy to send out mass emails, newsletters, and feedback requests. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** DSS has everything in one. We don't need to use other services to send out monthly email blasts, because DSS does that. We can create feedback emails to send to certain clients, as well as create drip campaigns to keep up with your clients via email, with minimal work. DSS really eliminates the need for a plethora of email contacting sites. ### 5. Looking for excellence? Look no further than Foster Web Marketing! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kati J. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** We have been working with Foster for years because they are the best at what they do, they quickly respond to any information requests and the customer service is off-the-chart fabulous! You will feel like you have your own personal SEO assistant helping you reach your internet goals when you're working with the Foster team. A lot of people will say they can get you to the first page of Google but Foster actually tells you how to get there and we've gotten there (& stayed there) thanks to them. Hands down, SEO geniuses! **What do you dislike about DSS?** I can't think of anything I do not like working with the team. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** I would recommend anyone who needs help with their website to use DSS. It is easy to update and makes our website look awesome! **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using DSS, we are able to identify and classify each lead we have and know which channel they chose to reach out to us. It is so easy to use, this cavegirl can use it. DSS helps us easily update our website. It also provides a great deal of analytical information so we can see what advertising methods we are using and if they are working or are a bust. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > That is some awesome feedback Kati! We love working with you and everyone else at jimdodsonlaw.com on your marketing initiatives. Glad to hear you feel the same! Keep up the great work! ### 6. Great CMS and customer service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Holly E. | Chief Marketing Executive, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 22, 2017 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like that if I have a question or concern, I get fast and courteous support! Everyone is always so nice and helpful. They go above and beyond. The system is easy to use as well. After many years of working with FWM and the DSS system, I feel like they are always working to improve things and create new features that work for our office. **What do you dislike about DSS?** There is nothing outstanding that I dislike about DSS. If I had to choose one thing, it would be the capacity to compress images within DSS. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** great support staff and always evolving to stay on top of whats relevant. great customer service and coaching! I am always very satisfied with the service and support I receive. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** DSS helps The Derrick Law Firm produce content quickly on a website that is optimized by Foster Web Marketing. This helps us stay above our competition when it comes to SEO. I've also used the system to send out marketing or content emails that helps us stay connected to those interested in our firm. ### 7. DSS gives me total control of my website and gives me 100% flexibility. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brent A. | Lawyer, Law Practice, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 30, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** DSS allows me to make additions to my website as easily as I can send an email. For someone like me, who is technologically challenged, it is a great relief to feel in control of my website. I no longer have to rely upon a “web master“ to make changes to my website. I can do this on the fly myself. I also like the fact that the people at Foster web marketing have given me the instructions and knowledge to truly understand the hell and way of keeping my website Current. DSS is easy to use and is even “fun”. **What do you dislike about DSS?** . There is nothing I dislike about DSS **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** I would highly recommend to others that they get on board with Foster Web Marketing so that they can begin using the DSS as quickly as possible. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** DSS solves the problem of having to rely upon others when I want to make additions to my website. I’m no longer have to wait long periods of time and spend huge sums of money just to get my ideas and information up on my website. ### 8. Foster Web Marketing is Great to Work With **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chuck R. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** The world is full of internet marketing charlatans ready to take your money in exchange for empty promises. Unlike so many of the internet marketing vultures out there, you can actually trust what they tell you about what works and what doesn't in the world of online marketing. The FWM team is also great to work with. They are responsive and knowledgeable. **What do you dislike about DSS?** Since I have to put a dislike here, I will say a FWM site is not inexpensive. It is also worth every penny if you take the time to follow their guidance. There is no marketing magic bullet and the FWM team is very up front about that. But if you follow what they tell you to do and what NOT to do, you will get a great return on your investment. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our website is the hub of our marketing efforts whether they be print, radio, or online, everything flows through our site and is easy to track and manage. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Chuck, thank you for the great feedback! Looking forward to seeing your new site launch soon! Let us know if we can be of any other help with everything related to your office move. We know how hectic it can be after moving offices. Keep up the great work! ### 9. Absolutely Great! I Will Always Recommend DSS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ashton B. | Marketing, Law Practice, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** Everything is organized and at my fingertips. It's a great way to sift through otherwise intimidating data without feeling overwhelmed. **What do you dislike about DSS?** The site can be difficult to navigate at first. My advice is to absolutely take the training course to help familiarize yourself with important features. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** I would definitely recommend DSS. It's an amazing tool and my job has been made easier and more efficient because of it - giving me more time to focus on individual tasks. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Instant sharing of content and great organization. One instance that comes to mind is being able to pull reviews from multiple sites and have them all in a neat list to review and respond quickly. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Ashton, thank you for your amazing feedback! You and your team are a pleasure to work with and it's great to hear you're enjoying the experience working with us and DSS as well. Keep up the great work! ### 10. DSS has taken an Old School computer operator into the 21st Century. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sara T. | Financial Director, Medical Practice, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** DSS has taken an Old School computer operator into the 21st Century. When we started with Foster Web over 7 years ago, I had no experience with websites, mass emailing, etc. Now I work in DSS at least weekly, sometimes daily, updating our website, sending out e-mail blasts, entering contact info, etc. The program is very user friendly, as if I can figure it out with my limited skill set, than I think most people can as well. Their support is also awesome. If there is something new that I want to do, there is always someone to help walk me thru it and learn how. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I honestly can't think of anything that I don't like about it. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** Strongly consider it - It makes my job much easier. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Prior to Foster Web and DSS our website was outdated and never updated. Now I can update it myself as things need to be changed, and the updates are immediate. This keeps our website current at all times. Secondly, the ability to send mass emails thru the system is great for getting information out to our patients in a timely manner. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Thank you for the kind words Sara! We're so happy you're still loving DSS. Let us know if we can help with any additional training on new features or if you just want a refresher. Thanks again! ### 11. Website design and upkeep with ease and complete control **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeffrey L. | Marketing Coordinator/Legal Assistant (paralegal)/Notary Public, Non-Profit Organization Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** The ability to design and update our website plus keep it maintained on a regular basis makes DSS a really great choice. . .especially for us! **What do you dislike about DSS?** It took a bit of time to learn and understand some of the aspects of it. (However the updates that the Foster team has implemented along with the learning software makes this an AMAZING tool) **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** When you need a website to be built that will be interactive--with videos, offers, blogs, books, articles, etc.--DSS by Foster Web Marketing is my first choice! **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to advertise on the internet with a strong, valid website that looks and acts professional in every aspect that we need. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Jeffrey, thank you for the great feedback! Let us know if we can provide any additional training to help with the learning curve. We're also working on creating a more in-depth library of help articles for DSS over the next couple months, so hopefully, that will help as well. Thanks again! ### 12. Fantastic System That I Strongly Recommend **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Enforcement | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2017 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like the easy-to-understand user interface. Everything is structured in a way that makes it fairly simple for someone unfamiliar with internet marketing to begin generating content, setting up an e-mail newsletter, etc. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I'd like to see more e-mail templates offered for newsletters. E-mail marketing is absolutely essential for most businesses today and the template options are quite limited. I would also like more tools for content development and easier distribution for videos. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** I think it is worth a try. The system is strong and laid out well for most users to hit the ground running. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** The benefits we've realized is increased client acquisition and an expansion of our audience. We also use DSS for content generation, distribution, and management. ### 13. Been using it for years **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ben G. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** The FWM DSS system is your "one place to look" to organize your online marketing. It tells you what you've done but more importantly, what you need to do to keep up with the competition. My team and I rely on DSS for our online "to do" list to make sure that we continue to dominate the Internet marketing space in our area. **What do you dislike about DSS?** There isn't much to not like. It can be overwhelming until you get used to the "firehose" of information it is giving you about your online legal marketing. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Online marketing organization with primary emphasis on understanding where leads have come from and what attracted them in order that we can do more of that. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Ben, thank you for your amazing review! We're extremely thankful for your kind words and the partnership we've developed over the years. You and your team are rockstars who just "get it." Our hope is that we can help other smart marketers like yourself and your team achieve the same kind of amazing results using DSS. Keep up the great work and looking forward to working with your team for years to come! ### 14. Effective and easy to learn marketing tools and website solutions **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brian B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** Dynamic Self-Syndication (DSS) is a well thought out platform. It allows you to maintain your website, update content, manage an email list, view your marketing statistics, create effective drip campaigns and much more. It has been easy to learn and our business is thriving in part because of DSS. **What do you dislike about DSS?** DSS has been well tested and is glitch free from my perspective. There is no issues with the software and the support has been excellent. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** It's a great tool - well worth the cost to our business. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** DSS has allowed us to better communicate with our potential new clients (PNC). The drip campaign features are very effective at keeping our PNC's informed an aware of our business. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > That's some great feedback Brian, thank you! Keep up the great work and don't hesitate to reach out to customer support if you need additional training on anything or want more information on our newest features. Keep up the great work! ### 15. I enjoy using DSS, but a few features need some work **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tiana D. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 07, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like that all of the content for my law firm is easy to manage. It's all laid out right in front of me, and I can maneuver through the site easily. I also like that DSS explains certain features in the articles, such as what the headline, summary, and title will be used for and where it will show up. The analytics on the home page are a huge help in determining which marketing strategies really work. I incorporate that information into every monthly report. **What do you dislike about DSS?** The hardest thing about using DSS is the formatting. It takes me about 20 minutes longer than it should for everything that I write because the formatting constantly has to be adjusted. It's impossible to copy and paste with the same formatting, and I usually have to retype everything. I also don't like that when I search something using the exact words of the title, it doesn't pop up. But, if I type something related to the title, the article that I want comes up. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** It's a great site but you will have difficulty formatting content **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use DSS to run our law firm's website. It includes bios of the attorneys, helpful articles and information, free books, testimonies, and our own blog. The website and all of its components generate a majority of the leads that we receive every month. Leads turn into clients, which means more money for the business. ### 16. Very User-Friendly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** The layout and dashboard is intuitive and very user-friendly. **What do you dislike about DSS?** There is nothing I dislike about this product. However, if I had to pick something it would be that it is proprietary software. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** If you are looking for the ability to make real-time changes to the content of your website, I highly recommend using DSS. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I wanted the ability to make real-time content updates to our website. This is very easy with DSS. Previously, the web development company we used required us to submit content changes to them and they would then make the changes. It was a much longer process and was discouraging to make frequent content updates. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Thanks for your feedback! DSS is a proprietary software, but you do own the website design we create for you, all the content we write for you, and anything content you create through DSS. If you ever did have to make a change, rest assured that you'll be able to take everything you've done with you. This is something we do that most companies don't because we feel like it is the right thing to do and that's what we're all about. Thanks again and let us know if we can help in any other way. ### 17. DSS is user friendly and effective **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jennifer K. | Consultant, Law Practice, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** DSS is a fantastic tool for “back of the house” website modification. It is pretty easy to use so changes to your website can be done in minutes. **What do you dislike about DSS?** DSS is the easiest content modification program. The hardest part is actually sitting down to write updates and new content. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Modifications and updates to our website and monitoring of Google Analytics. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Thanks for the great feedback Jennifer! Let us know if you need help with creating content regularly. We offer custom marketing services plans including content writing, so you can spend more time on client work. Keep up the great work! ### 18. User Friendly and Intuitive **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Simone D. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like that it is easy to navigate and I have the ability to make direct edits to our website. I also really like the way the dashboard is set up. There is so much I like about it! **What do you dislike about DSS?** I have not found anything I dislike.The developers are really open to feedback and continually working to make it the best it can be. They have excellent support if I ever need help. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** Jump in and try it. You'll see how easy it is to navigate and complete whatever tasks you need to be accomplished. The support team are very responsible, knowledgeable and friendly--which is also very important. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Tracking ROI is a big business challenge for us and DSS helps us with this. It helps us capture contact information for leads on our site and track their conversion which is key. We also use it as a lead generation tool by using the captured data for drip campaigns to our prospects. This helps us "set it and forget" --it's very efficient and saves me time. All the information can be exported to excel which is critical. Also, I like that is compatible with our live chat software so that data is also tracked in the same place. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > As always, you are a pleasure to work with Simone. A review generation superstar and I can't wait to see you continue to grow in the years to come. Thanks for the great feedback! ### 19. I'm sure DSS is greater than I know but the training is lacking **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** Disclosure: I have never before used a CRM so my experience may not be as valuable for comparison purposes as others who have. In fact, my requirements for a client database perhaps aren't nearly as extensive as those of other firms--in fact, I've long utilized a simple FileMaker database for my practice. That said, DSS seems a rather expensive ($750 per month) license required to keep my contract with my website developer. The early training I received on the system was, in my opinion, negligible. In fact, it's mostly by looking around the system on my own that I've been able to learn some of its possibilities. Now, in a world where my time was endless, this would be fine, I suppose, but it seems a rather poor way to learn while also trying to run a law practice. **What do you dislike about DSS?** See above--the training on DSS is terrible and it's, in my opinion, wildly expensive. As noted above, perhaps other systems are more as I have never used one--but from what my friends who use other systems tell me, DSS is more considerably more expensive. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** Really recommend comparing the cost of similar services. Once you're locked in, it seems tough to get out. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping track of my website content has been most helpful. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Hi Jim, We really appreciate the honest feedback. With a robust all-in-one marketing automation tool like DSS there is always going to be a bit of a learning curve. We are always striving to improve our training and customer support though so we'll take this feedback and work on improving the training. Thank you for raising your hand and letting us know you haven't received the training you feel is necessary to be successful. We'll continue to work on improving our relationship and making sure you see the full value of DSS and FWM moving forward. Thanks! ### 20. Couldn't imagine a easier system with this many features. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Douglas C. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** The ability for me to control all the content on my website. I don't have to go through anyone to make changes or add information. **What do you dislike about DSS?** No complaints. The system is easy to use and the team is always there to quickly answer questions and provide guidance. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** If you want full control of your site content and firm marketing, DSS cannot be beat. The team at Foster Web Marketing is nothing short of amazing. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been able to add a tremendous amount of content and develop an email campaign. ### 21. DSS & Foster Web Marketing - Great platform, Great Service, Great People **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jonathan C. | Owner, Law Practice, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** FWM isn't a one-and-done web company; they give you continuing education, keeping you at the cutting edge as the online world continues to change, and help you gain control and traction for your business rather than just throwing advertising dollars at the wall hoping something will stick. They're also the only online platform for lawyers that I'm aware of that integrates both a dynamic website (easy to add your own content) as well as a CRM. **What do you dislike about DSS?** They're a bit pricey, but they're worth it **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** If you're looking for an integrated, dynamic website, together with a CRM - and a company that is always looking for feedback and to improve - you've definitely come to the right place. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was finally able to integrate both my website and CRM under one roof, and I've been fortunate to generate an increasingly large percentage of my new business from my online presence, especially over the last few years **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Always a pleasure working with you Jonathan! Great speaking with you the other day and looking forward to testing that new campaign we spoke about. Thanks! ### 22. DSS changes the game when it comes to managing your website and marketing needs. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kami F. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like that I am able to go to a "one stop shop" to edit, add or delete items on our website. I can go in at any given time and post a blog, article or create a landing page. If I have any questions, I can easily submit a ticket and almost always receive an immediate response to help figure out the issue. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I wouldn't say dislike, but it would be helpful if when filtering through and categorizing the contacts each month that it didn't take me back to the first page. I.e. if I am categorizing the 50th contact and click 'save', I am brought back to page 1 rather than the current page I was on. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** DSS really simplifies things when it comes to marketing. The support that comes with using DSS is A-grade and I really appreciate being able to again, go to one place to facilitate all of my marketing needs. If I want to post an article, but need someone to spot check, they can login and view it without having to be in the office with me. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have been able to streamline our potential leads, personal access to our website at any time of the day and strengthen our email campaign strategy. That's just to name a few things that I've personally discovered for our business. There are many things that I haven't discovered yet, but I am continuously kept up-to-date with webinars on how to dive deeper into DSS. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Kami, You and Brad are always a pleasure to work with and we're ecstatic you're continuing to find value in DSS. We have updated the lead classification tool based on your feedback. Let us know if you have any other improvements you'd like to request Keep up the great work and hope to see you all in the DC area again sometime soon! Thanks, Zach ### 23. DSS MAKES ALL THINGS POSSIBLE **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Richard S. | "Your Lawyer for Life", Law Practice, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I'm a solo practitioner so costs are always a concern. I've always used WordPress. But you get what you pay for, that's the reality. Foster Web, to me, is the gold standard. The DSS platform makes it easy to do everything necessary for digital marketing. The support staff is amazing. **What do you dislike about DSS?** It's expensive, no doubt but fair for what you get. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** DSS facilitates getting reviews on your website and posted to social media. That's huge. Email blasts to prospects, clients and referral sources are easy to do. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Richard, so glad to hear how much you love using DSS over Wordpress. Sounds like you're taking advantage of a lot of the features of DSS but let us know if you ever run into something you need help with. Thanks again! ### 24. DSS makes it EASY to update your website **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carol O'Connor C. | Attorney & Owner, Law Practice, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 20, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** How easy it is to use. I like to practice law. I do not like to have to mess around with computers just to get them to do what I want. If I am going to kick something, it had better be my opponent in court, not my computer. I need easy. DSS makes my marketing updates easy. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I don't use the CRM portion of it and I don't like that CRM stuff is on my dashboard. I wish there were a way to "hide" those features for those of us that do not currently use it. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** Beyond this being a great product, the people BEHIND the product are awesome (Foster Web Marketing). Tom Foster and his team are genuine, they are all right here in the USA (no outsourcing to India! YAY!), they really know their stuff, are always on hand to help when you have a question or need something done (ie: hard coding..), and they want you to succeed. Couldn't be happier! **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can update my website whenever I want and it motivates me to do better. I can always do better and there is a tinge of guilt when I log on and see that I haven't updated in a while. That is a good thing. I have also benefited from being able to see Google Analytics right there from inside DSS. ### 25. This is an Amazing Content Management Tool! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jill W. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 23, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** DSS allows our entire marketing team access to manage our website content, monitor analytics, access leads and maintain profiles. This is a tool that gives us a step up on our competition. **What do you dislike about DSS?** Some of the social media management aspects of DSS are not as robust as other tools on the market, but the team at Foster Web Marketing is always working on improving its offerings and staying at the forefront. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** DSS make things simple and efficient. It is incredibly advanced and user-friendly. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Jill, you and your team are an amazing group to work with, so thank you for being awesome! We're constantly working on improving our products and it is great feedback to hear what areas are lacking from your perspective. We'll definitly keep that in mind as we plan enhancements moving forward. Looking forward to getting started on revamping the website with you. Thanks again for the great feedback! ### 26. DSS is an easy way to update your website **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** DSS is an easy way to keep on top of your website. You can add content, make edits and send feedback requests to your clients. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I like the function of the feedback request feature but it is awkward to use. You have to edit the response to tailor it to your individual client, then add the client, then edit the client to add the feedback tag. The process should be streamlined. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** The feedback request has generated many positive reviews of our business! ### 27. Functional Flow For Website Management **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kim L. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like the fact that DSS is intuitive and that the team at Foster Web is always working to improve things as needed. The other thing I really appreciate is that whenever my team has questions we know we dont have to hesitate asking Foster web for help. **What do you dislike about DSS?** Sometimes it can be a bit confusing when changes are made, but over the years you have got much better at giving warning and showing us how to adjust. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is easy for all of the team to be on the same page with DSS, we can see what blog posts have been put live, its easy for everyone to review items before they post, or while they are being audited. It's also nice to be able to add or delete employees on our profile for the site. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Hi Kim! We're always looking for ways to improve DSS and communicate those changes to our client partners. Thank you for noticing our continued effort to improve in those areas. The Turley & Mara Law Firm has grown so much in the last few years and we think that is due in large part to your efforts. We're looking forward to moving forward with your website redesign and making 2018 the best year yet! Please give Bill and the rest of your team our best. Thanks! ### 28. Still learning. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lucas James F. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like being able to track the success of our e-mail campaigns. We have just started the program and have yet to implement our drip campaign but we are looking to taking on this task as well. **What do you dislike about DSS?** It is a little pricey. There are so many things to do it can also be a little overwhelming. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Better training would be appreciated. I have an awful lot to learn about this system. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Thanks for your feedback Lucas! DSS has a ton of features and tools that as you get more familiar with the system will help out immensely with your marketing efforts, but we understand it can be a little daunting at first. If you'd like additional training or feedback on anything you're working on within DSS please reachout to customer support and they will be happy to schedule additional training time with you and your team as needed. We're also in the process of adding a lot more help articles related to DSS to our library over the coming months that should help as well. Keep up the great work! ### 29. Terrific for "do it yourself" web marketers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David T. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I looks great and you can make changes "on the fly" (they show immediately). It is the best site maintenance tool I have seen, and I have looked at a lot of them. **What do you dislike about DSS?** It is relatively expensive, but most nice things are. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Web marketing. If you don't want to pay a lot for someone to manage your site for you, DSS is a great solution. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > David, thank you for the kind words! We're glad you see the value and understand the benefit of having the control to do your marketing the way you see fit. We appreciate the great feedback and your partnership. Let us know if we can help you out with any of your marketing initiatives. ### 30. Great customer service **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Billy P. | Senior Partner, Legal Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I have always been treated with respect and I have received prompt responses and attention to my questions. Matt Casey has been helping me with some issues and he always has good ideas and helps me better utilize DSS. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I wish they were in Dallas but other than that nothing. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been using DSS to publish books and drive traffic to my website. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Thanks for the great feedback Billy! We're glad Matt Casey has been able to help you use DSS to its full capacity. There are a ton of useful features once you get the basics down that can really make the difference in your marketing efforts. Maybe one day we'll be able to open a Dallas office. Until then keep up the great work and let us know if we can help in any other way. ### 31. DSS Streamlines Marketing, Improves Contact Management & Helps Us Do More In Less Time **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** DSS is a very robust website management tool. The real power is in the back-end contact management provided. We set up multiple campaigns and all run automatically to help us stay in touch with those who reach out to us. The data provided helps us optimize our messages and stay in front of trends. Plus, DSS allows us to publish our message to multiple sites with a click of the button. **What do you dislike about DSS?** We have noticed a few bugs here and there but the Foster Web Marketing team is usually quick to fix them. Would be great to have a few more options for variables to include in our data but it is not a deal breaker. Overall, we do not have any major problems with DSS. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** DSS is for those who like to have some control over their marketing and will utilize the data and information available to improve their own marketing. DSS does offer marketing support packages but we have not used it. Our firm does everything ourselves and DSS makes it all easy. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** DSS allows us to get our marketing done in a much more efficient manner. We are able to create new landing pages and have them optimized and data provided in minutes instead of days or weeks. We stay in touch with potential clients on an ongoing basis through DSS with no additional effort. DSS allows us to send team members reminders about contacting potential clients in line with our process without having to create the reminder for each person. In short, DSS helps us get our message out more effectively and efficiently, and helps us stay in front of those who have reached out to us. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Great feedback! We're releasing an enhanced merge tag feature that will allow even more customized email messages in the next couple of weeks. Currently, you can use the basic contact info as merge tags in emails, but with this new feature, you'll be able to use any of your form fields in your email followup campaigns. Hopefully, this scratches your itch for more variables to include. Thanks! ### 32. The DSS system is a remarkable tool that allows our business to track how effective our Website is. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Medical Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** The DSS allows our practice to actually see how effective our website is in attracting and educating potential patients. We can track what pages of our website patients are visiting, how long they stay, how many schedule exams...etc. The DSS also allows us to interact with a visitor to our website in a professional manner. **What do you dislike about DSS?** There is very little that we do not like about the DSS. We have not experienced any problems learning from the built in tutorials and if we experience any difficulty the customer service has been excellent. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** Switching to DSS is a must! Once you see what the DSS can do, you realize that it is a important tool in reaching your on-line goals. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our website looked nice before but we had no way of knowing if or how potential patients were using it. Now, with our DSS, we can actually know who is visiting our website, if they are staying, what they are viewing and how many we convert to actual patients. If our numbers are low, we know we have to make changes to improve the experience. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > *gushing Thank you for the amazing feedback! ### 33. Easy to use! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Katie S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 24, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** Editing our website is just one of many of my duties, and the DSS platform makes it simple and easy to make regular updates, without needing to have an IT degree! **What do you dislike about DSS?** The API connection with Infusionsoft breaks regularly. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows us to gather client contact info, gather ebook requests, capture a lot of leads. ### 34. DSS - Good experience for a New-To-Website-Management Manager! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 07, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** DSS has a common sense approach, and comes backed with a support team that is ready to help, especially because I was new to website management and had to learn on the go. **What do you dislike about DSS?** Some aspects of DSS are not intuitive, and it would have been handy to have a "roadmap" if you will that connected the details on the website to where you go in DSS to make changes. It is possible this exists, and that I simply didn't have it. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are having to make a recovery on SEO, as our website was closed for about 1 year (we were under a different company during that time) and went from a booming website to a website that had no traffic for a year. We are beginning to see an uptick in traffic, primarily because of support from the team and because we were able to very quickly begin adding content to our website via DSS. ### 35. DSS is a great tool/program that integrates your website and CRM under one roof. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ben C. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like to blog. So, perhaps my favorite function is that I can sit down and blog for a day and then schedule when the blogs will publish throughout the month - DSS allows you to choose the day and time when your blog will publish if you don't want to publish it that day. DSS also makes it simple put publish your blogs on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google Plus, etc. **What do you dislike about DSS?** My only dislike, and this isn't really a criticism, is that the program is so versatile that there is a lot to learn to fully take advantage of DSS. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** DSS is a comprehensive tool that lets you manage your website and CRM under one platform. I highly recommend it. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I had thought of subscribing to InfusionSoft, but DSS integrates CRM and other tools under one roof, making it unnecessary to pay for InfusionSoft. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Great feedback Ben! Let us know if you would like additional training on more advanced DSS features as you get more and more comfortable with the tool. Thanks for being such a great partner client! Hope you're staying warm up there in Anchorage. ### 36. Best website company **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Misty M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** Love working with Foster Web Marketing. They really know there stuff!! The DSS system makes it easy to make changes or add to our website as needed. Highly recommend. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I have no problems with the software to comment one **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** User friendly. Even for an IT rookie. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Oh shucks Misty, you're making us blush! Thank you for your kind words and keep up the great work. ### 37. Excellent. It was above and beyond what I expected dealing with Foster Web. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Edward L. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** It's very easy to use and everything is designed to be SEO optimized from the start. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I don't have any complaints. I think DSS is excellent and easy to use. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** The automated email follow ups. And the Scheduling of content to be published on the website. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Edward, so happy to hear you're having such a positive experience! We're excited to see your law firm grow as we can already tell you're going to become a DSS super user! Keep up the great work and don't hesitate to reach out if you need additional DSS training or need help with any of your marketing campaigns. ### 38. All-Inclusive Web Management Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jenn F. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 07, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** It's incredible to have every aspect of our online marketing, from website to external attorney profiles, linked together and accessible in one place. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I would like to see a publishing tool that allows the user to create templates for different types of content so that, when adding to the library, I don't have to compare to an existing content piece to ensure I'm matching all the selections. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Because DSS is so easy to use, we've been able to streamline our internal processes for sharing content both on and off the web. This has allowed us to reach a larger market than ever before. ### 39. Excellent results with DSS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Medical Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** The ease with which you can compose, edit and post various information, especially for people not real versed in computers, has been an advantage. Can make changes in real time **What do you dislike about DSS?** I did not know about this sooner and have not learned how to do many of the features yet. I am not proficient in all aspect yet **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** try it you will like it **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Blog posts, FAQ and website information and content is just a click away. Can update information instantly **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Glad to hear you've had such a wonderful experience so far. Please let customer support know if you need any additional training or help as you get more familiar with the product. Thanks! ### 40. Foster Web is Amazing! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Writing and Editing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like how easy it is for me to navigate and understand. I just started this job a couple a months ago and can honestly say that Foster Web Marketing DSS is super easy to use for just about anyone. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I would like it if DSS didn't log you out so quickly when you have two DDS tabs open. I'm on it all day so I'd like to stay in logged in all day. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** Do it! And don't look back. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I feel like our website is a lot more organized, cleaner and well-kept because of DSS. It's easy to see what pages, articles and other content is working for people and what isn't. That helps us clean up our website and put the best possible content forward for our guests. ### 41. Good for Attorneys Getting Started with Marketing **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** Software is easy to use and learn. For a small firm it is a great way for an attorney to get introduced to content development and how too use your website to gain leads. **What do you dislike about DSS?** Some limits being on the system as opposed to an open source platform, but it is just a matter of weighing pros of the tool vs. cons. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Great Training - Good Customer Service - Easy to Use **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Thanks for your feedback! When you run into situations where you feel limited by the system let us know and we'll do our best to find a solution that fits your needs. There is usually a workaround that we can help you with if you need something that better fits your needs. Thanks again! ### 42. Real Time Dashboard **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Craig T. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 07, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** We appreciate the real time dashboard and drilled down information on our marketing and CRM efforts. It has allowed us to remain ahead in our market. **What do you dislike about DSS?** The resources, data and metrics are so robust we always find more that we can be doing! Finding the time to do it all is the hard part. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** Consider the web site comparison tool to track the effectiveness of your site **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Tracking our patient relations, grass roots efforts, and community outreach has been critical to our successful attraction and retention of our patients. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Craig, Thank you for the awesome feedback! The amount of information available to use in DSS is pretty intense, but we're glad you're continuing to find ways to leverage all those awesome metrics in your marketing. Hope you're enjoying the new website design for Austinfootandankle.com and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out to customer service. Thanks again! ### 43. Quality Work from Quality People **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** They are quick to answer any questions and solve any issues. I never have to worry about something being "broken" for more than 24 hours. **What do you dislike about DSS?** That they are in a different state so I can't go onsite for live training as frequently as I would like. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** DSS is user friendly and you can find almost anything you need in a reasonable time. It makes marketing yourself simple and fun. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to manage our website internally and add content/make changes as we see fit. We don't have to send our work to a manager and wait for them to do it for us. DSS is user friendly and makes it so that we can manage our brand, with the assistance of their skilled team. ### 44. Great experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** heather f. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I would definetly like to refer dss for the drip campaign **What do you dislike about DSS?** nothing yet but will definetly let you know! **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** how easy marketing can be **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Thank you for the feedback Heather! As you get more time with DSS and dig deeper into the more advanced features let us know if you run into any questions. Keep up the great work! ### 45. Simplifying The Process Of Keeping My Website Current **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brandt R G. | Physician, Medical Practice, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I have done websites as a computer programmer for years and was utilizing my own website at one time. Amazingly, I was introduced to DSS and surprised at the ease of website updates. I now have more time for family and things of greater importance while still keeping my website updated. **What do you dislike about DSS?** No big complaints at this time. I am very happy with DSS. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Having more time for patients, more time for family and ability to delegate website update to staff. ### 46. Easy to navigate and update **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** I like the user friendly environment. It is very difficult to maintain websites if you don't have a tool like DSS and they make it very simple to create and edit web pages for our business. **What do you dislike about DSS?** My only complaint is that sometimes i forget to save my work and it sometimes is tricky to recover, but i can say this issue has improved over the time that I've used DSS **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** This software allows an average user to easily train to maintain websites with ease. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are bringing in more leads every day. We are able to create content and get it onto peoples desktop. The hands on guidance that we get from Foster Web is a tremendous help. ### 47. Very Helpful employees and an easy to use software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** The simple layout of DSS. The employees working at Foster Web are also very willing to help and the monthly meetings are very useful **What do you dislike about DSS?** Nothing really, perhaps that there isn't a better way to rid SPAM from the site. Though this is understandable that it can be difficult to do. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** Definitely recommend. It is a little pricey, but you get what you pay for. One of the best in marketing and website development tools. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Used for Marketing services, to track traffic on the website. Also in the process of a website redesign which should update our out of date website and make it look modern, as well as make it easier for prospective clients to navigate. **Official Response from Zach Stone:** > Simplicity is the key to great design, so that is great feedback. SPAM is no one's friend. Have you tried using the "block email" function from your lead list? Block this Email: This icon will block the email address of the lead so they cannot contact you through your website again. block certain people from contacting you again? Here's some more info on classifying your leads in case it is helpful: https://www.fosterwebmarketing.com/library/how-to-classify-leads-in-dss.cfm Some people are just spammy, but they are real people. It can be hard to block these real people who try and contact you with spam messages. Hopefully, that is helpful. Thank you for the stellar review! ### 48. Everything under one roof **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** In general, I think it helps people actually take action when all the key components to execute their online marketing are under roof. DSS doesn’t require you to wander around through a bunch of plug-ins to publish content to your website or make sure the site looks nice. It’s all right there for you. **What do you dislike about DSS?** Some of the categorization of where to find certain parts of the software takes getting used to, but that’s not a real hurdle. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** You do need to actually WORK on your website. With any software, you need to actually put the work in to making it do what you need it to do. You can get something “free” and it won’t do anything for you. At least with DSS, you are making a real investment in your practice and giving yourself a psychological trigger to get the work done. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** It’s super easy to publish and monitor the performance of content for search engine optimization! ### 49. Foster Web Marketing took our online marketing to the next level. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cory J. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** Foster ensured that we followed up with our own marketing plan. Rather than just optimize our website, Foster helped us develop a marketing plan to meet our individualized goals. **What do you dislike about DSS?** Sometimes we spend too much time on analytics rather than nuts and bolts recommendations to improve our online presence. **Recommendations to others considering DSS:** It is a great way to consolidate your online marketing approach. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our online presence in our marketing area has improved dramatically. We continue to improve each month. ### 50. DSS allows for instant updating of your website. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2018 **What do you like best about DSS?** The ability to add content to my website without having to hire a company to do it for me. **What do you dislike about DSS?** I hate having to change my password so often. **What problems is DSS solving and how is that benefiting you?** It, hopefully, places me in a high ranking with Google so that I can get more clients. ## DSS Discussions - [How does DSS help me with online reviews?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/online-reviews) - 1 comment, 2 upvotes - [Does DSS have CRM functionality?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/functionality-e37000c5-5366-47e8-bdeb-83c1c09c6a38) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Will DSS help me manage my social media?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/social-media-bfdd84d6-9792-43fe-890c-105c61c34d38) - 2 comments, 1 upvote - [What kind of businesses work best with DSS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/industries-fbc069e0-0b03-4dce-82f4-4f95b1b1dbf4) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Does DSS integrate with other software tools?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/integration-c5b06b57-0ff8-42c6-9f04-7a0529d0a9ab) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [View DSS pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/dss/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-11+22%3A31%3A55+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=d434e897-9f1e-4176-83aa-ea21586aa17b&secure%5Btoken%5D=8837122116ff09289944fc46d92439f5f930ab28948f6f781c0153b9e7d34617&format=llm_user) ## DSS Features **Planning** - Needs Assessment - Resource Allocation - Stayed within Budget - Statement of Work - Best Practices **Delivery** - Technical Expertise - Met Deadlines - Meeting Management - Project Updates - Scope Management - Roll-out **Support** - Go Live Support - Documentation - Training - Metrics - Admin Services **Team Quality** - Change Management Skills - Executive Presence - Vertical Expertise - Technology Partnerships ## Top DSS Alternatives - [The Free Website Guys](https://www.g2.com/products/the-free-website-guys/reviews) - 4.9/5.0 (1,343 reviews) - [SmartSites](https://www.g2.com/products/smartsites/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (252 reviews) - [WebFX](https://www.g2.com/products/webfx/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (201 reviews)