Posts Tagged ‘Photography Management Software’
With the most recent release, P1Wired developers focused on some major new features and a bunch of Nice-to-Haves to improve a photographer’s workflow. In our the last blog post we listed four new N-to-Hs — we will list the balance below:
1. P1Wired added auto capitalize to the software. The photographer will notice this feature in the Setup area and also in all aspects of customer/contact sections.
2. P1Wired has further refined the ability to add a customer “on the fly” as a result of adding a new appointment. Jump into the add/edit appointment form and select the Add Customer button. Key in the new customer information and select save — the customer is added to your customer file and also to the new appointment.
3. P1Wired has reworked the look and feel of the software application. We have continued to simplify the look and increase the size of the buttons. The goal is to make the software application as intuitive as possible and let the photographer get started immediately without a lot of setup.
The next release will be out in July. Check us out on July 20th at 2:00 pm EST at the PPA Studio Management Software Webinar for photographers. P1Wired will be providing the PPA community a first hand look at the software and the Simple and Easy approach to managing your photography business.
We like MailChimp a lot at P1wired, Photography Studio Management Software, because they have a great product and are very creative.
A recent blog post titled “Using Facebook To Keep The Conversation Going” had some interesting ideas about using Facebook for marketing.
MailChimp sent out an email to a certain set of their customer base to let them know they were going to receive the same service for a better price.
They were going to attach SWYN icons but didn’t think it would get much traction. They thought about using Twitter but didn’t think asking their customer base to tweet about the cost savings matched their culture. They thought the twitter email template was overkill for the task at hand.
They ultimately decided to use Facebook. They added a simple line of text linked to their Facebook fan (like) page and asked their customer base to leave a note about what they would do with the cost savings. “It’s basically just an old-fashioned invitation to reply (but on Facebook instead of via email), and continue the conversation with us.” There were many tangible benefits which Ben outlines in his post. Take a quick look at his approach and the results.
Simple and Easy. What an effective way to keep the dialogue going.
P1Wired Photography Studio Management had a new release today for our photographers. Here is a list of the new features:
1. Activity and Interest tabs have been added to the Customer file.
2. A Payment button has been added to the Order screen so that you can click directly through from Oder to Payment.
3. Emails now include the ability to attach files.
4. Export data to a CSV file.
5. A button was added so that deleting sample data can be triggered by the user when appropriate.
6. P1Wired now handles credit card swiping.
7. Embedded “How-to” Videos in the application.
8. Moved the Event locations and vendors to the Event form.
9. Created a Contact Us form – http://studiomanagement.com/”YourDomain“/ContactUs.html.
This will enter a Prospect’s data directly to your Customer/Prospect list.
10. Trial version of Client Access. This can be accessed using the Client Access link on the Customer Add/Edit Aditional Page. This generates a link that can be provided to your clients so that they can review proposals, accept them, sign a contract and make a payment. The “How-To” video is on its way.
11. New Follow Up window off of Additional Features. This will display any emails or communications that need to be addressed.
The developers are a day early with their new release of P1Wired Photography Studio Management. A Client Access feature has been added along with refinements to Workflow and other features. We have also embedded video tutorials in the software so that you don’t need to “go anywhere” when looking for more info on a feature. Thank you for all the feedback, especially since WPPI 2010, and we are scheduled for our next New Release in June.
In the April 1st release (a week from today), P1Wired Photography Studio Management will include over 25 videos demonstrating various features. What is really great about the videos (away from the helpful content) is that they are right in the studio management application.
No need to go to another page, website or forum — click on the “V” icon in the top right hand portion of the application and up pops a menu of videos (in the screen shot below, a partial menu of videos is listed on the left hand side of the screen shot). Select the video that matches off with the feature you are looking to review and take a 2 minute tour with a P1Wired expert.
