Feature Updates

Candy’s Weekly Recap: Introducing 'Find Me' Portal, Retouching for Downloads & More!

Candy

November 15, 2024

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Hello, my fabulous photographer friends!

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Candy here, ready to sprinkle some sparkle on your day with our latest Weekly Recap! 🌟

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We've been hard at work enhancing your NowCandid experience, and I've got all the details right here. Let's dive in! 🏊‍♀️

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1. Introducing the New NowCandid "Find Me" Portal! 🔍

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We're thrilled to unveil our brand-new "Find Me" portal!

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Effortless Access: End users can now enter their cell phone number or email address and receive a link sent directly to them.

All Galleries in One Place: This link will show every NowCandid personal gallery tied to their contact information.

‍Secure and Private: Rest assured, galleries aren't searchable by others. The link is sent directly to the user, ensuring privacy through this verification step. 😄

A direct link to the new "Find Me" Portal can be found here: https://www.quic.pics/find-me

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*Make it easier than ever for your clients to find their photos!*

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2. Retouching Now Available for Personal Gallery Downloads! 💄

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Great news! Retouching can now be applied to Personal Gallery Download products.

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Enhanced Offerings: Provide your clients with beautifully retouched images, even in their full gallery downloads.

Updated Retail Site: We've removed previous disclaimers, so customers know they can expect top-notch quality in every download.

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*Add that extra touch of magic to your clients' memories!*

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3. New Image Timeline Chart in Manage Images 🕰️

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Visualize your event like never before with our Image Timeline Chart!

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Accessible via Manage Images: Find it within any of your event's folders.

Insights at a Glance: See when images were taken, identify peak activity times, and spot any lulls.

Candy's Quick Summary: I'll even provide a brief overview to help you interpret the data.

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*Optimize your shooting schedule and make the most of every event!*

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4. Metadata Preservation in Web Dashboard 🗂️

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We've made an important update regarding image metadata:

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No More Stripping: The web dashboard no longer removes metadata from images.

Full Information: When you download images from the dashboard, all metadata is retained.

Future Features: This change sets the stage for more exciting features down the line.

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Keep all your valuable image information intact!

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5. Enhanced Selfie Check-In for SportsPics and GradPics 🤳

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We've improved the Selfie Check-In experience for your participants:

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Additional Contact Always Visible: The "Additional Contact" field now appears at all times.‍
- Why It Matters: It's helpful for gathering parent or additional contact information.

Camera Roll Uploads for SportsPics: Participants can now upload an image from their camera roll as an alternative to taking a selfie.
- Perfect For: Parents can easily check in using a photo of their child.

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Simplify the check-in process and collect essential info effortlessly!

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6. Introducing Web Traffic Metrics 📈

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Gain deeper insights with our new Web Traffic metrics!

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Event-Level Views: Access this data from the Marketing page within any of your events.

Participant Details: See whether a participant's gallery has been opened and how many times.

Conversion Rate Analysis: Compare web traffic to orders placed to gauge your conversion rate.

Informed Decisions: Use this information to decide if you need to adjust pricing.

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*Note: Web traffic tracking started on* ***November 14****. Visits before this date were not recorded.*

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7. All Reference Images Now Visible for Merged Participants 🖼️

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We've made a helpful tweak for managing participant data:

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Merged Participants: If participants merge by having the same phone number, you'll now see all their reference images on their details page.

Comprehensive View: This provides a complete picture of the participant's images, not just the first one.

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Manage your participant data with greater clarity!

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8. New Champion Plaque Product Added 🏆

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We're excited to introduce the Champion Plaque to our product lineup!

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Perfect for Sports Tournaments: Designed for medal winners to mount their medals onto the plaque.

Personalization Options: Add photos, names, and event details for a cherished keepsake.

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*Offer your clients a unique way to celebrate their victories!*

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9. Quick Download for Participant Images ⬇️

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We've added a handy new feature to the participant details screen:

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Download Icon: Allows you to simultaneously download all of a participant's matched images.

Time Saver: No more downloading images one by one.

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Efficiently access participant images when you need them!

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We're always here to support you!

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So please, feel free to share your feedback or questions.

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Thank you for being an essential part of the NowCandid community. Keep capturing those unforgettable moments and creating smiles! 📸😊

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Cheers and sparkles,

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Candy 🍬

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Feature Updates

March 7, 2023

New Reporting Feature

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Recently, we rolled out a much-needed reporting tool for our NowCandid™ users!

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Two new reporting tools that will be able to give you a macro view into your business’s performance, as well as a lot of helpful data and analytics on your events!

Tool #1, the Sales Report:

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This report focuses on reporting all your sales within a date range! It’s filterable by which NowCandid™ program you’re using as well and can report your sales by day or your sales by month. Once you have your date range, filters, and date format set, you’ll get a reactive bar graph as well as a series of totals and averages for your sales performance within that date range! This report is great for quickly getting an idea of your overall income and margin.

Tool #2, the Events Report:

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This second report is where you can really dig into your various metrics. Instead of reporting on all sales during a date range, when you choose a date range, you’re selecting all the events that have a Start Date within that date range. Those events and their totals will be what’s included in this report! So residual sales on older events would not be included like they would be in the Sales Report. After you choose a date range, this report can also be filtered by NowCandid™ program!

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You can also choose whether to include $0 sale test events you may have made, so that you don’t drag down your averages on this report. If there are any non-$0 sale events you don’t want included, you can click the checkbox by the event to remove it from your total and averages as well! And lastly, once the information you are interested in is being displayed to you, you can export the data to preserve as a spreadsheet on your own device.

With several ways to look at your business’s performance, we believe these tools will be a great benefit to our users and help them make the most of their account with NowCandid™.

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Our users will no longer have to guess or run a separate spreadsheet to understand their business’ performance or their overall margins.

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Let us know if you have any questions or feedback!

Branding

March 3, 2023

Backprinting: The newest feature to promote your brand

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With NowCandid, we stress how we try to make everything as white-label as possible.

This week, we've officially implemented a new feature that promotes your brand and drives sales in yet another way: Backprinting! Going forward, your business name, your contact info and the retail support email address will be on the back of all standard print products ordered (with the ability to include your business logo coming soon). Plus, the back of the print includes a unique QR code that when scanned, directs back to that person's individual gallery from that event (even if scanned 10 years from now) so they can buy more prints and increase your residual sales long term! With this change, all NowCandid users will now be delivering an even higher quality product, promoting their brands more effectively than ever, booking more business, and bringing in more residual sales as the years go on.

We hope you are as excited as we are!

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Note: your business name will replace NowCandid in the example image.

How One Night Led to $15,000 in Social Photography Sales

Success Stories

December 12, 2022

How One Night Led to $15,000 in Social Photography Sales

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Amy Lombardo, and her photography group recently sent several photographers to a military ball and at the time of writing this article, had over $15,000 in sales! To accomplish this, Amy used Now Candid’s Party Pics Now program & Tap A Face workflow with 4 photographers at the event. Several of these photographers worked photo stations with backdrops Amy provided (gray backgrounds with flags bordering the background) while other photographers roamed the party taking posed photos of the guests.

$15,000 is a lot of sales for one social event already, but it is especially impressive when you consider the fact that this was Amy’s first Now Candid event.

Amy Lombardo had this advice for those considering using Now Candid for their next event: “Keep it simple and trust the process. … When planning my first Now Candid event, I was advised to not overcomplicate things and to not get hung up on some of the more minor details. Following through with how the system is intended to work turned out very well for us!”

Thanks for trusting the process Amy! We wish you many successful events to come. To see Amy’s entire video testimonial, click the play button below.

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Candy’s Weekly Recap: Introducing 'Find Me' Portal, Retouching for Downloads & More!

1. Introducing the New NowCandid "Find Me" Portal! 🔍

2. Retouching Now Available for Personal Gallery Downloads! 💄

3. New Image Timeline Chart in Manage Images 🕰️

4. Metadata Preservation in Web Dashboard 🗂️

5. Enhanced Selfie Check-In for SportsPics and GradPics 🤳

6. Introducing Web Traffic Metrics 📈

7. All Reference Images Now Visible for Merged Participants 🖼️

8. New Champion Plaque Product Added 🏆

9. Quick Download for Participant Images ⬇️

Related articles

New Reporting Feature

Recently, we rolled out a much-needed reporting tool for our NowCandid™ users!

Tool #1, the Sales Report:

Tool #2, the Events Report:

With several ways to look at your business’s performance, we believe these tools will be a great benefit to our users and help them make the most of their account with NowCandid™.

Backprinting: The newest feature to promote your brand

How One Night Led to $15,000 in Social Photography Sales

Let’s get in touch

How to customize formatting for each rich text

How to customize formatting for each rich text

How to customize formatting for each rich text

How to customize formatting for each rich text

How to customize formatting for each rich text

How to customize formatting for each rich text