Now Sending Emails in Text or HTML – You Choose
After updating our system back in November, we heard from many users that the system generated HTML emails were not getting to their inbox clearly, and users requested the ability to receive emails with text formatting.
Well, we went to work and now all users have the choice of receiving emails in Text or HTML. By default, users are set to receive HTML emails. Changing this setting is easy.
First, Log into the Lien Pilot. On the welcome screen you should see your profile information in the bottom right-hand corner of the page. Next to your Profile information is the “Update” link. You will click on this link to update your profile settings.
Take a look at this screenshot of the welcome screen upon login:
Second, you’ll simply scroll down to the bottom of the page. You should see text that says “I want to receive HTML emails” and a checkbox. If you want to receive emails in regular text formatting, just uncheck this checkbox and press “Save.” Here is a screen shot of this:
The Wizard Makes Ordering the Right Document at the Right Time Easy
Express Lien’s new Lien Wizard makes it easier than ever for contractors and suppliers to have preliminary notices, notices of intent to lien, mechanics liens and even lien releases processed.
It’s this simple:
- You put in your project information (state, your role, project type);
- The Wizard tells you the applicable notice requirements and lien deadlines
- You select from the list of associated documents
Express Lien’s database of lien and notice deadlines and requirements is more extensive and accurate than any other database in the country.
Take a look at these screen shots to see how the first 2 screens of the Wizard works:
Step 1: Inputting Your Project Information
The first step is easy. The Wizard asks four basic questions about your project – the state where you are working, your role in the project, who hired you, and what the type of project.
Lien laws vary state-by-state, but they also vary depending on those other three factors. It is common for states to impose heightens notice requirements for residential projects…and oftentimes, notices are required only from subcontractor and those without a contract with the owner (rather than from everyone).
Step 2: Getting Applicable Notice and Lien Requirements for your project
With the small amount of information you provided, the Wizard pulls and displays from its database only the information, requirements and deadlines that are relevant to your project.
Once you’ve read over the notice and lien requirements, you’ll be ready to choose the type of document you want to file or send. Even this component of the Wizard is tailored to your project, as only the documents relevant to you and your project will display.
Watch It On Video
Screen shots just not doing it for you?
Take a walk-through of these first two steps on video:
And remember, a database is just a database. It has limitations. We feel great about our product and its ability to display to you the relevant laws, notice requirements and lien deadlines. However, there will never be a substitute for a real live attorney reviewing your specific project. Express Lien is not a law firm.
Meet The Industry Leader in Lien Management and Filing
SEATTLE, WA (XLIEN) November 2, 2009 — Welcome to the new ExpressLien.Com – an industry leading web-based mechanics lien management and filing system.
We’re happy to announce the launch of our new website, and the introduction to a number of new services that helps your company Lien Smarter…and Get Paid.
Express Lien’s list of improvements makes our company the clear industry leader in providing web-based solutions for contractors and others in the construction industry who manage and file preliminary notices, mechanics liens and other lien documents.
The improvements and new features include:
Free Deadline Calculation & Management
Lien rights are valuable to our clients, and so it’s important to protect these rights by meeting statutory deadlines. Managing these deadlines has proved difficult, since they are complicated, and change depending on where you’re working, the type of work performed, and more.
Express Lien offers lien deadline calculation and management for free. You input the details about your project, and Express Lien will calculate your project’s deadlines. When you login to the Lien Pilot, you’ll see all upcoming deadlines, ensuring that your company timely sends notices and liens…and protects its most powerful collection tools.
Improved Lien Pilot to Manage Orders, Projects and Lien Documents
When logging into Express Lien’s new Lien Pilot, clients will be met with a cleaner and more intuitive interface. Users are able to manage project details, quickly check on the status of orders, input information to calculate and manage lien deadlines, and more.
The Lien Pilot is an asset to your collections department. From here, you can organize the delivery of notices and liens, prevent lien rights from expiring, and cleanly keep track of your collection efforts on a non-paying construction project.
A Smarter Lien Wizard
The new Wizard is smart. As you input information about your construction project, the Lien Wizard reduces the types of documents available to you to order. By the time you’re ready to select your document, you’ll only see documents applicable to your project’s state, your role in the project, and the stage of the work. The Wizard will also display the notice requirements applicable to your project, so you can review these before deciding which type of document you’d like to file. If you are still unsure, the Lien Wizard will make suggestions to you.
Our service is completely web-based, meaning you don’t have to install, service or upgrade any software. Everything is right where you need it, when you need it.
Plus, there’s no pressure to spend anything with our company. You can mange you project data and deadlines without joining any memberships, without paying a monthly fee and without spending a nickel. The nation’s most intuitive and efficient web-based lien management system is yours absolutely free.
When you’re ready to file a lien with us, you can painlessly make the order using our new Lien Wizard. Express Lien is a revolutionary service that makes filing liens easy and intuitive. You give us the project details, and we’ll have the lien form filled-in, filed, sent to interested parties and uploaded to your account. It’s easy and reliable, and all done for one low flat fee.
Speak with someone today if you have any questions. We’re glad to help your company Lien Smarter.
Construction Lien Blog added to ABAJournal Website
Since 2007, Express Lien has been in a leader in construction legal document preparation, and has published the Construction Lien Blog, commenting on our services and construction lien information and news.
We’re pleased to learn that the Construction Lien Blog has been recently added to ABA Journal’s BLAWG directory, and can be found here: http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/construction_lien_blog/.
ABAJournal.com is the Web site of the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association, and provides the public with an extensive listing of legal blogs from law firms, attorneys, legal journals and consultants.
The term “BLAWG” is used in the legal industry to describe “law blogs,” and is specifically derived from combining those two words.
ExpressLien’s Construction Lien Blog becomes one of just 30 blawgs nationwide delivering information in the “construction law” category. To see summaries from all 30 blogs, click here.
Express Lien a Featured Company at Construction Exchange
Construction Exchange, a social networking site for contractors and construction professionals, has selected Express Lien this morning as today’s featured company. Express Lien is one of 100 companies listed as a Featured Company at Construction Exchange, out of over 1000 registered companies on the site.
Take a look at Express Lien’s profile at Construction Exchange here, or click here to join and become a member there.
Express Lien Is Getting Smarter All The Time
With 2009 now underway, Express Lien is excited about the launch of new features and services that will help contractors Lien Smarter in these tough economic times.
The web and service improvements include:
The Lien Wizard: Our new lien wizard helps contractors choose which documents to file on a project, and to provide us with the information we need to prepare your instruments. The wizard helps you Lien Smarter today…and its getting smarter everyday.
The Construction Lien Blog: Our new blog address where we’ll blog about lien laws across the country, and any changes in the country’s lien laws.
Talk to us on Twitter: Keep up with Express Lien’s services on Twitter, where we tweet about lien laws, construction news, Express Lien services and more. http://www.twitter.com/expresslien
We File Notices, Lien Cancellations, Liens, Public Liens and More. If it’s a legal document that applies to your construction project – we prepare it, file it, send it and save it.
Client Login & Lien Management: Our clients can now login to the Express Lien website and manage all of their projects and lien documents, and since we save all of their information online: place new orders quicker than ever.
Help! Our new “How Express Lien Works” page guides visitors through our website, our wizard, our lien management software and more with instructional manuals, videos, and other help documentation. Don’t forget, you can always contact us via email or live chat, too.
Free Lien Laws, Resources & Forms Now Available
Over the past few weeks, Express Lien has been improving the design and function of its website. As reported through a separate release, we’ve added the new LienWizard to guide visitors through the lien process and the ordering of notices, liens and more. We’ve also added a “How Express Lien Works” page as a comprehensive support site, where users can watch videos and screencast tutorials on how Express Lien can help companies Lien Smarter.
We’re now happy to announce to our visitors that the “Our Services” section of the website has been launched.
This section of the site not only explains to visitors the services provided by Express Lien, but it also provides free state-by-state lien law resources.
The site summarizes the notice requirements and lien deadlines for each state, provides you valuable links to other other resources on the web related to that state’s lien laws, has a collection of free lien and notice forms for easy download, and even provides you with a directory of some of that state’s construction attorneys.
The new services portion of ExpressLien.com is just another way for our company to help you Lien Smarter.
Express Lien Just Got Smarter – Introducing the Lien Wizard
SEATTLE, WA (December 23, 2008) — Express Lien, Inc. is excited to introduce its proprietary Lien Wizard, proclaiming that its innovative lien filing and management service has just gotten smarter.
The new Lien Wizard makes it easier than ever for contractors, suppliers and others to build and order construction notices, mechanics liens, lien releases, cancellations and more.
The Lien Wizard collects information about the contractor and the particular project, and determines what types of documents may be filed.
“It’s really a spectacular new feature,” says founder Scott Wolfe, Jr. “Lien law can be quite complex. We’re trying to harness web technology to make it easier than ever for contractors to protect and assert their deserved lien rights. The Lien Wizard takes the project information, applies it to the legal standards, and figures out what should be filed. And it’s getting smarter every day.”
Within the next thirty days, Express Lien is adding a web-based lien management service to its suite of lien solutions. The management software will calcualte lien deadlines, offer contractors deadline alerts, and notify users of the lien law that applies specifically to its project.
How much is the new lien management software going to cost? “Nothing,” says Wolfe. “We’re giving it away. People shouldn’t have to pay for public information. We’re giving away the lien law, the lien alerts, the deadline alerts, and the online lien management software. If the contractor wants to use our lien filing service for a fee – great.”
Express Lien, Inc. is a Washington corporation that files construction notices, liens, cancellations and other lien documents for contractors across the United States.
What We’ve Been Up To – New @ ExpressLien.Com
Major improvements were completed this weekend to the ExpressLien.Com page & service. If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to at Express Lien, take a look at what has been announced in June so far:
New Web Feature: Client Login
Express Lien clients can now keep track of past and present orders through the new Client Login feature, available now at http://login.expresslien.com. Logging in requires your order email address and a password.
“Many contractors are liening jobs week after week,” says Scott Wolfe, founder of Express Lien. “The client login feature allows them to get easy updates on their lien orders, plus have access to all lien files.”
Once logged in, clients can view orders currently pending and those already completed. Scanned copies of the liens, the return receipt delivery confirmations and more are all keep within client accounts and are accessible to clients at anytime.
Visit http://login.expresslien.com to learn more.
