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Weekly Recap: PhotoCoach Support, Acrylic Puzzles & More! 🧠🧩

Weekly Recap: PhotoCoach Support, Acrylic Puzzles & More! 🧠🧩
Hey there, photo friends!

Candy here with some sweet new updates from your NowCandid™ Dashboard.

We've got a powerful new coaching tool, a fun new product to sell, and a bunch of workflow-boosting fixes to round it out.

Let’s dive in! ✨

🆕 New Feature: PhotoCoach

Introducing PhotoCoach—your new secret weapon for improving the quality of your photographers’ photos over time! 🧠📷

With PhotoCoach, you can:

  • • Review images from your Events and flag them with issues like "Acceptable," “Duplicate,” “Exposure Issue,” “Cropping Issue” and more (and make your own categories too!)
  • • Track photographer photo quality over time
  • • Send automatic feedback reports to your photographers with a breakdown of image counts & issue counts

It’s perfect for helping your team take more sellable images—leading to happier clients and stronger sales!

Find it now under Tools & More on your Dashboard and start coaching like a pro. 💪

Note: PhotoCoach is not new for CORE™ users (CORE™ is our sister-software at Candid Color Systems™), but it's new to NowCandid™! And it's had some feature improvements recently so it is now web-based! Woo!

It takes a little getting used to, but once you are, it's super easy and super fun!

🧩 NEW: 8×10 Acrylic-Backed Puzzle

Puzzle fans, rejoice! 🎉 You can now sell a 56-piece acrylic-backed 8×10 puzzle, complete with cute live-rendered previews on the retail site.

Why customers will love it:

  • Unique gift or keepsake
  • Durable acrylic & display-worthy

Even the little detahced pieces in the top right live-render, yay! - Theme: Liquorice

🔗 URL Filtering Just Got Smarter

Now when shoppers apply filters on the retail site, those filters update the URL automatically—making filtered views shareable with friends & family!

Not much more to say about this one, just a cool touch! :)

🛠️ Misc Tweaks & Fixes

A roundup of small but mighty changes:

  • 📥 Dynamic Personal Gallery Downloads can now be purchased by shoppers via Favorites!
    • A great addition for action sports—gives customers a “buy all” option that scales with the number of images selected, even when shopping from an All Gallery.
  • 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group-by-Face filter popup now shows only unique faces
    • Applies to new Events only—re-run Group-by-Face on past Events if needed!
  • 🗂 BGR Folders are editable again via the “Edit Folder” option
  • 🖼 Retail site now scrolls past the cover photo if a filter is selected from the initial popup
    • A smoother experience when arriving to an All Images gallery
  • 🧍‍♀️ Selfie Check-In button transforms post-Face Matching
    • It now becomes a second Retail Site button after expiration
  • 🧾 Invoice History tool now displays all past invoices, not just recent ones

That’s everything for this week! 💫

Whether you're giving photo feedback, selling puzzles, or just tidying up your workflow—we’ve got your back.

More soon!
Candy 🍬

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Summer Seminar 2023 Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Take your business to the next level!
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June 20, 2023

Summer Seminar 2023 Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Take your business to the next level!

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Want to get the most out of your photography business?

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!

Agenda

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

Registration Information

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

Hotel Information

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

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

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

You Could Win a Tablet!

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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Tom Muñoz of LVL Up Imaging

Tom Muñoz 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.

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 “Best Sales Books of All Time.”

This Just In: Unveiling Our New Orders Report!
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June 16, 2023

This Just In: Unveiling Our New Orders Report!

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Hello, photo-friends! 💖

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! 🍭

Introducing: The Orders Report 📑

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.

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. 📊

More Coming Soon

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!

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. 🛠️

Embrace The Change

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

Stay tuned for more updates and keep those cameras clicking! 📸

Until next time, stay sweet! 🍬

Candy 💖

Group-by-Face: Taking Your Image Galleries to the Next Level
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June 15, 2023

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

5
 minutes read
Hey there, lovely humans! 🌈 ✨

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! 🎉

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

A Quick Overview:

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. 🖼️💖

How It Works:

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! 📸✨

Using Group-by-Face:

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! 🖥️💡

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! 🎓🎈

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! 🍰

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!

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! 🌟💕

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

Until next time, keep snapping! 📸✨

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