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The Workflow feature is your virtual assistant. It outlines your routine and keeps track of each step as you process an order or service. When you complete each milestone in Workflow it auto-generates an email, letting the client know the order status.

This is a useful feature if you like to build routine around the various offerings in your studio or business. With this feature, you can define workflow and standardize it in P1Wired. You can then fine-tune the process to minimize the effort and time needed to accomplish the task. All of this is managed with a set of milestones which measure your progress as each task is completed in the workflow.

Creating a method to your workflow and refining it will eliminate wasted time and energy and allow you to focus on photography and marketing. Check out Workflow in P1Wired by clicking on the “W” icon in the upper left hand corner of the software application.

When you first sign into P1Wired photography studio management software you will notice that there is sample data. This sample data is resident in P1Wired to provide you the opportunity to test out the functionality and features with real data. The sample data will allow you to simulate the experience you will have with the data from your own business or studio. Once you are done with this experience let us know and we will clear out the data so that you can start putting in your information.

1. Click here
2. Enter your information
3. Select “Tech Support” from the drop down menu
4. Enter “Sample Data” in the subject line and “Please delete the sample data” in the message box

Our Tech Support will address your request in a timely fashion. After the data has been removed you are ready to begin setting up your photography business in P1Wired.

P1Wired is a Photography Studio Management software application that’s designed to run in your browser using a Mac or PC. It will be the core software to manage your business and ultimately integrate and connect with other software tools and remote capabilities. Although P1Wired is a new application, it shares many of the best features of PhotoOne, our desktop studio management application that has been an industry leader for over 15 years.

We coded P1Wired in Adobe Flex to provide you a state-of-the-art experience.

As you enter P1Wired you’ll notice that we’ve set up the application with four main areas:

1. We’ve got five icons along the top: Contacts, Calendar, Accounting, Dashboard and Reports. Let’s take a quick look at these features.

First we’ll click on Contacts. The Contacts section allows you to keep a record of your Vendors, Relationships, Payees and Family.

Next, let’s look at the Calendar feature. The Calendar is set up to give you any number of different views, whether daily, weekly or monthly. It also allows you to color code the calendar to make quick visual distinctions. The calendar syncs with Google calendar so an appointment in P1Wired will appear in Google calendar, allowing you access with your iPhone and other handheld devices.

Now let’s click on Accounting. The Accounting feature allows you to tie into order entry. It also allows you to keep track of deposits and expenses through multiple bank accounts. All of this is managed from a central hub called Chart of Accounts which allows you to bucket receipts, expenses, liabilities, assets, and cost of goods sold which will offer you valuable reporting and metrics when analyzing your business.

The Dashboard is a quick snapshot of your business. You can quickly look at today’s weather, review appointments entered on your calendar screen, review sales figures for the month and the previous 3 months along with the cash receipts that have been deposited in the bank. And you can review all open orders and associated balances to allow you to better manage the receivable aging process.

Finally, the Reports feature will provide you with a screen or printed summary of what’s going on in your photography business. Do you want to cross check your P1Wired checking entries against your bank entries? Do you want to run a quick Profit/Lost statement? Or do you want a transaction history by accounts? This will be all part of P1Wired.

2. Right underneath the Icons is a complete Client/Prospect list which is always active. Here you can quickly and easily access a client or prospect and add, delete or edit their profile.

3. Underneath the Client/Prospect listing is the Calendar. As we mentioned earlier, this is another easy and intuitive access point to your appointments letting you see when and where resources are allocated.

4. In the large blank area of the page is the Workspace or the “Make It Happen” area. When you click on any of the features in P1Wired they will open in the “Make it Happen” area which will provide a large work area for you to get your daily activities accomplished. When it’s not being used, you have the option of displaying your studio’s logo or image.

We have also included a Setup function that is accessed through the little wrench icon in the top right-hand portion of the page. As you enter into the Setup function you are able to customize your Customers, Products, Calendar, Orders, Accounting and Security. Each one of these features can be tailored to capture the information unique to your business. For example, if you go into the Customer section of Setup you will find that the Customer can be tagged within a Category and Sub Category. This will help you when you are looking to filter the data before running a report.

The client, through their order, can also be tagged with a Chart of Account and Relationship type allowing for additional client profiling when analyzing your business.

Another great feature in Setup is the Security feature. Here you can quickly and easily set up each employee or user’s clearance profile. Admin will have full clearance, but you may want only limited clearance for an employee based on experience or their role in the studio.

These are just some of the outstanding features of P1Wired! There are many more like credit card processing, multiple color schemes for the application, invoicing, sales tax, promotion capability, email and many others.

Go ahead — try out P1Wired for 30 days. Click the Free Trial button in the top right-hand corner of our website – p1Wired.com. We don’t need your credit card so go ahead and get started! Thanks and we look forward to having you as a member of P1Wired