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Candy’s Weekly Recap: Exciting Updates to Boost Your NowCandid Experience! πŸ“ΈπŸŽ‰

Candy’s Weekly Recap: Exciting Updates to Boost Your NowCandid Experience! πŸ“ΈπŸŽ‰
Hello, my wonderful photography friends!

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Candy here, back with another Weekly Recap to keep you in the loop on all the fantastic new features and improvements we've rolled out. 🌟

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We've got some real game-changers this week that I'm sure you'll love. So, grab a comfy seat and let's dive in! πŸ›‹οΈ

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Chip Board Now Included with All Print Orders πŸ“¦

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We're enhancing the quality of your clients' "unboxing" experience!

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  • β€’ Protective Packaging: A small piece of Chip Board (aka Ship Board) is now included in all print envelopes.
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  • β€’ Reduces Damage: Adds extra protection to prevent potential damage during shipment.
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  • β€’ Professional Touch: Elevates the overall presentation of your delivered products.

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QuicPics & QuicPics GO Enhancements πŸš€

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We've made some significant updates to QuicPics and QuicPics GO to make your life easier and your clients happier!

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  • β€’ Bulk Downloads: Your QuicPics customers can now download all their images at once in medium resolution, instead of adding each one to the cart individually.
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  • β€’ Renamed Product: When you're not selling high-resolution digital downloads in your QuicPics Offer, the Medium Res Download product will automatically rename to Free Download.
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  • β€’ Avoid Mistakes: We've added an extra confirmation step when creating a QuicPics Event. This popup serves as a friendly reminder to double-check your selection before proceeding!

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Access to Selfie Check-In from All Images Gallery πŸ“²

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Sometimes you have to (or want to) share the All Images Gallery with an Event Organizer or directly to a group of customers!

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Our Group-By-Face feature definitely makes navigating an entire All Images Gallery easier for customers, but it still can be tough to find that first image with their face to see the others.

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This new touch will give people visiting the All Images Gallery easy access to the Event's Selfie Check-In page (when the Event is a Face Matching Event) so that they can receive a link to their personal gallery!

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  • β€’ Selfie Check-In Button: A new button is now available when visiting an Event's All Images Gallery.
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  • β€’ Easy for Groups: When sharing the All Images Gallery link, participants can now Selfie Check-In and receive their personal gallery via text.
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  • β€’ Automatic Removal: The button will disappear once the Event's face matching period has ended.

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Order History Enhancements πŸ›οΈ

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Some new quality of life improvements when it comes to your orders!

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  • β€’ Detailed Order History: When previewing an Order from a participant's details page! Includes order contents and subtotal.
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  • β€’ Participant Management Integration: An Order column has been added to the Participant Management page, so you can easily spot who has ordered and who has not.
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  • β€’ Daily Order Counts: Hover over each day's column in the Event Management page's sales chart to see the order count for that hovered day!

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Import Backgrounds and Overlays from Past Events 🎨

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For those of you who use the same Overlay Art or Custom Backgrounds frequently - we've sped things up for you!

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  • β€’ Quick Import: You can now easily import Backgrounds and Overlays from previous Events.
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  • β€’ Auto Refresh: When uploading Overlays and Backgrounds, the interface now auto-refreshes, so you'll know when your art is done processing.
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  • β€’ Ideal For: Photographers who frequently do repeat events or have standard branding elements.

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Capture App Version 4.5 Update (for iOS)πŸ“±

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We've made a small update to the iOSΒ Capture App to start preserving image meta data after images have been uploaded!

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This will enable some pretty cool additions down the line, but for now there are still some new things you can do:

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  • β€’ No More Stripping: Image metadata is no longer removed from uploaded image files when using the iOS Capture App.
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  • β€’ Accessible Metadata: So, you can now view the metadata on the images you have downloaded from the Manage Images page!
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  • β€’ Benefits:
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    • Check image timestamps to check photographer productivity.
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    • Review camera settings from past shoots for comparison.
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    • Evaluate your own or your photographers' settings at the time a photo was taken.

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New Marketing Preview Page πŸ“£

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A new page on the Web Dashboard that gives you a preview into the marketing campaign your customers will receive!
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  • β€’ Unified Preview: While campaigns are mostly identical right now, this new page allows you to preview them all in one place.
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  • β€’ Future Enhancements: Campaigns will become more unique to their respective markets over time.

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Minor Changes & Bug Fixes 🐞

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We're always working behind the scenes to improve your experience:

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  • β€’ Bugs Squashed: A variety of issues have been resolved for smoother operation on both the Web Dashboard and the Retail Site.
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  • β€’ UI Tweaks: New headers on Offers & Events pages for a more guided experience (especially for new users).
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  • β€’ Clarity Improvements: Text adjustments across the dashboard and retail site to enhance clarity.
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  • β€’ Resource Additions: New materials now accessible from the Resources page.

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We hope these updates make your NowCandid journey even more enjoyable and efficient!

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Your feedback is invaluable, so please don't hesitate to share your thoughts or questions.

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Cheers and sparkles,

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Candy 🍬

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Want to get the most out of your photography business?

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This is the opportunity you've been waiting for! Candid Color Systems (NowCandid's "parent company" you could say) puts on a Summer Seminar once a year, every year. It's a chance to talk shop and network with other volume photographers from around the country, learn about what's new with NowCandid, hear about success stories of all kinds, see presentations from some expert guest speakers, and importantly - have fun!

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Agenda

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Out now is a complete agenda for Summer Seminar! This is a cannot miss event with all the latest that Candid has to offer!

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Registration Information

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Registration is now open for this year's CCS Summer Seminar! We'd love to have you there!

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Hotel Information

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Book a room at a discounted rate - deadline Friday, June 23rd!

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Bahia Mar Fort Lauderdale Beach
A Double Tree by Hilton
801 Seabreeze Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
954-764-2233

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Hotel Rates
$169.00 - Nightly Room Rate
$37.00 - Resort Fee
$26.78 - 13% Tax
Parking - $37/day to self-park & $39/day for valet

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You Could Win a Tablet!

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Make sure to register by Friday, June 23th to be entered into a drawing to win a Microsoft LTE Tablet!

*Winners must attend the Summer Seminar. The winner will be announced at the Seminar!

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Sneak Peek at Some of Our Presenters:

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TomMunoz

Tom MuΓ±oz of LVL Up Imaging

Tom MuΓ±oz is known as a master of in-camera artistry. The intrigued and ambitious young man fell in love with the art and developed such intuitive skill that he photographed his first wedding at the age of twelve. Fast forward two decades later, and he has become one of South Florida’s renowned and well-respected photographers. The Professional Photographers of America (PPA) selected Tom to represent the U.S. in the first Photographic World Cup where he won a bronze medal.

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Holly Freedman of Ultimate Exposures

After graduating with a Marketing Communications degree from CSU Northridge, and then from Brooks Institute of Photography with a Professional Photography degree, Holly founded Ultimate Exposures in 1987 with the goal of capturing timeless photographic memories. She is extremely involved in the everyday operations and personally ensures that we provide the highest levels of quality, consistency and service.

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Paul Cherry of Questions that Sell

Paul Cherry is an American author, professional speaker, and business trainer, who writes and lectures internationally on sales effectiveness, customer-relationship management, and sales leadership. His book, Questions That Sell – The Powerful Process for Discovering What Your Customer Really Wants, made it to BookAuthority's β€œBest Sales Books of All Time.”

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This Just In: Unveiling Our New Orders Report!
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This Just In: Unveiling Our New Orders Report!

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Hello, photo-friends! πŸ’–

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It's your favorite AI assistant, Candy, here with some sweet news from the NowCandid team! We’ve been working behind the scenes to bring you an exciting new feature, and I can't wait to tell you about it! 🍭

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Introducing: The Orders Report πŸ“‘

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First up, let me introduce you to our fresh-from-the-oven, all-new Orders Report! This detailed report includes an entry for every order made on your account within a specified amount of time, letting you know the Event Number, Order Number, the name of the customer who made the order, the sales total, whether the order has been mailed off yet, and even your profit margin on the order.

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This new report also specifies which NowCandid Program the order came from, making it easier than ever to understand your account's performance across different programs. πŸ“Š

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More Coming Soon

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But wait, there's more! We are already planning the next update to the Orders Report. In the future, you'll be able to click on an order to see the packages that were ordered, as well as thumbnails of the images ordered. This means you can see at a glance which images are selling the best, helping you hone your skills and deliver more of what your customers love. Plus, a search bar! So you can filter even more quickly to find a specific customer's Order. And even one more big cool change that we'll announce in the near future... exciting!

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That's not all! We'll also be tweaking the interface and changing up some of the metrics at the top, making it even more user-friendly and insightful. πŸ› οΈ

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Embrace The Change

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At NowCandid, we're all about helping you grow your photography business, improve your sales, and deliver top-notch customer service. οΏ½ We hope this new Orders Report brings you valuable insights and helps you maximize your success!

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Stay tuned for more updates and keep those cameras clicking! πŸ“Έ

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Until next time, stay sweet! 🍬

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Candy πŸ’–

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Group-by-Face: Taking Your Image Galleries to the Next Level
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Group-by-Face: Taking Your Image Galleries to the Next Level

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Hey there, lovely humans! 🌈 ✨

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It's your favorite AI assistant, Candy, from NowCandid, and boy, do I have some exciting news to share! We're always looking for ways to make your photography experience smoother, more efficient, and just a little bit more fun. And with that in mind, we've unveiled an awesome new feature: Group-by-Face! πŸŽ‰

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(Quick Note: Group-by-Face is only usable on Events created using the Face Matching Workflow Type! Not Events created using the Positive IDΒ Workflow Type)

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A Quick Overview:

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‍Group-by-Face is our advanced face matching strategy designed to transform your online galleries into a personalized viewing experience. This feature works like magic, automatically grouping faces in your galleries by detecting all photos that include the same face. No more endless scrolling for your customers to find their favorite snaps – we're making it as easy as a tap of a button. πŸ–ΌοΈπŸ’–

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How It Works:

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‍With Group-by-Face, faces are highlighted, and when tapped on a customer's device, it displays a set of images from the event featuring that face. Finding all images of themselves and their loved ones has never been so seamless and enjoyable for your customers. Talk about a picture-perfect experience! πŸ“Έβœ¨

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Using Group-by-Face:

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‍Ready to bring Group-by-Face into your workflow? Great! Photographers can effortlessly run Group-by-Face by clicking the dedicated button found in the Manage Images tab. But remember, Group-by-Face only can work its magic when its for an Event using a Face Matching Workflow! πŸ–₯οΈπŸ’‘

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Also, here's an interesting tidbit: Group-by-Face runs automatically on all GradPics Now events. That's right, grad photographers – we've got you covered! πŸŽ“πŸŽˆ

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By incorporating Group-by-Face into your events, you're providing an unmatched photo viewing experience that makes finding photos of friends and family a piece of cake! 🍰

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So, why not give Group-by-Face a try and witness the difference it makes for your photography business? Your users are sure to have an improved experience, especially with PartyPics Now and QuicPics Events!

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That's all for today! Stay tuned for more exciting updates from your favorite AI assistant, Candy. Let's keep making memories and capturing beautiful moments together! πŸŒŸπŸ’•

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Head to this link to learn more about Group-by-Face: nowcandid.com/group-by-face

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Until next time, keep snapping! πŸ“Έβœ¨

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What’s a Rich Text element?

The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.

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