New StudioCloud Features!

The development team has been hard at work to bring you many new and exciting features. The features that have been added to the software allow for more user customization and an overall intuitive experience!

Some of these new features include:

An entirely new customizable PDF invoice! You can change the color of the tables, add file names, insert a personalized message to each invoice, choose which columns to display and more!

Create and email documents and Contracts! With our document generator, you can quickly and easily create document and contract templates that are auto filled when attached to a client, event, or invoice. This new feature will save you extensive time and energy by taking out the tedious step of filling out the information yourself.

New tax reports! These reports are Cash Based and Accrual Based. Some states require tax reports based off cash or accrual, and these two tables will help you depending on your individual state tax requirements.

More import options! You can now import a client list in CSV format with either comma separated or tab delimited, making the switch from a third-party software easier and much more simple.

A new extensive Bookkeeping report! In the Bookkeeping section of StudioCloud, you can easily track your income and expenses. In the new Chart of Categories report, it breaks down and totals each income and expense section to help you stay on target with your business financial goals.

Project and Task alerts! Have you ever missed a deadline for a project? With this new feature, you can rest assured that your projects will be finished on time with new project and tasks alerts that remind you when the project is due.

Request Online ePayments from customers! This feature works hand in hand with your Merchant WareHouse account. If a customer cannot make it to your office to make a payment, simply send them an ePayment request! With this new feature, you can always make sure that your customers pay you on time.

Credit Card Swiping! This new feature allows you to swipe a customer’s credit card directly from your office, eliminating the need for you to manually enter in their credit card information. Working with your Merchant WareHouse account, you can then process the payment and record it in your StudioCloud account.

View your billing history! If you’ve ever wanted to know your billing history with StudioCloud, you can now find that information quickly and easily with this new feature.

Store credit card information! With this exciting new feature, you can store and save a customer credit card information safely with your Merchant WareHouse account. This way, if you need to charge the customer at a later date, you can.

Clock in and out from StudioCloud mobile! This feature allows you or your employees to clock in and out from any location while it automatically tracks your hours back to your StudioCloud account. If you are not using studiocloud.com/m from your phone or other mobile devices, check it out!

Of course, we are constantly updating StudioCloud to make sure you have the best experience with our software! For more information regarding updates, please visit our online community forum here: http://www.mystudiocloud.com
Please visit our website, www.studiocloud.com for more information!

Thanks,

StudioCloud Team

StudioCloud, it’s just that easy!

Accept E-Payments Online!

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There are many new point-of-sale features in StudioCloud that are made possible by the integration with Merchant Warehouse. By switching over to Merchant Warehouse you will be able to swipe or click to process your credit cards in StudioCloud and it will automatically be entered into your bookkeeping. You will also be able to store credit cards for future processing, send an email to have your clients pay online without ever having to call them to collect payment, and set up payment plans (coming soon).

Just a reminder for any StudioCloud users that you have until tomorrow, March 31st, to take advantage of Merchant Warehouse's incredible deal. They guarantee they will meet or beat your current credit card processing rates if you are a StudioCloud client and if you sign up with them by March 31st you will also receive 3 free months of CloudBoost or 2 free months of EmployeeBoost.

You can go HERE to contact Merchant Warehouse

Free Live Webinars!

For all of you who have just signed up or have not taken the time to get started using StudioCloud, we would like to invite you to attend a FREE Getting Started Live Webinar. These Live Webinars will help you to import and set up all your essential data to start using StudioCloud today. It will also give you tips and tricks on how to effectively use the software. The last 15 minutes will be open for questions and answers.

Just go HERE to sign up today!

There will also be more webinars coming soon. Some of these will include:

Utilizing Project Management
How To Effectively Market with StudioCloud
Bookkeeping

Let us know what else you would be interested in learning more about!

WPPI in Las Vegas!

We are excited to be heading to Las Vegas for the annual WPPI show at the MGM Grand. Come stop by booth 1606 to say hi and get a demo of version 3.0. For those of you who have not purchased the CloudBoost or EmployeeBoost yet, trade shows are where you can get the best pricing available!

For our current clients who have specific questions, concerns, or ideas they would like to pass along, please schedule a time to talk with us by emailing wppi@studiocloud.com. Please include your studiocloud business ID and a contact phone number that you will have on you at WPPI. The nature of busy trade shows does not allow us to give our undivided attention for extended periods of time, so we are happy to set aside individual slots to discuss any of your needs one on one.

Only wanting to attend the tradeshow?

Click here to get your free WPPI pass!

We hope to see you soon!

WELCOME!

Welcome to over a thousand new members of the StudioCloud community! It was great getting to meet so many of you at Imaging USA in Nashville. Let us know how we can help you get up and going on StudioCloud in order to help you to have a wonderful and successful 2010!

For those of you who have not set things up, here are a few links to help you get started:

Getting Started Video

Getting Started Article

Also, make sure to stop by and see us at WPPI in Vegas!

Differences Between StudioCloud 2.0 and 3.0

With the release of StudioCloud 3.0 there have been some changes to the website as well as to the product. Here are a list of the major differences between 2.0 and 3.0.

• The Basic Suite has been renamed CloudBoost.
• The Professional Suite has been renamed EmployeeBoost. Please note that the EmployeeBoost requires CloudBoost.
• Current Professional Suite users have both CloudBoost and EmployeeBoost add-ons.
• StudioCloud released a free desktop product. To view the difference between the free and add-ons click here.
• Old invoice payments must be transferred into bookkeeping. To learn how click here.
• New invoice payments do not automatically transfer to bookkeeping yet. This will be added in an upcoming update
• StudioCloud 3.0 uses a different login process which does all of the syncing in the background. As such the first time you login to StudioCloud 3.0 you will not see information until it is downloaded. You can watch the download process in the progress bar in the bottom left corner.

The focus of StudioCloud 3.0 was on stability and speed. As such not all of the features of StudioCloud 2.0 are in StudioCloud 3.0 yet. We will be adding in these features in upcoming updates. With each new update we are posting a message on the forum describing the new updates.

Thanks,

StudioCloud Team

StudioCloud 3.0 and New Desktop Version

StudioCloud 3.0 is officially out of beta. With the release of StudioCloud 3.0 there have been some changes to the naming of StudioCloud's products which will not affect any of our current customers accounts. The Basic Suite is now named the CloudBoost and the Professional Suite is now named the EmployeeBoost.

At Imaging USA StudioCloud also released a free DESKTOP only version which is now available to everyone. The free Desktop version does not have internet access or syncing abilities which reduces the features of what current customers enjoy.

Customers now purchase Boosts and add those to the free version instead of purchasing a Basic or Professional Suite. For $30 a month the CloudBoost can be added and for $60 a month the CloudBoost and the EmployeeBoost can be added. CloudBoost adds the internet and syncing abilities while the EmployeeBoost adds all employee features. Please note that the EmployeeBoost can not be purchased without purchasing the CloudBoost as well. Current professional suite users have both boosts.

Here are the features that those with the free Desktop version do NOT have:

• Customer support
  
• Data backups online (if you lose your data on your computer we will not be able to retrieve it)
  
• Access to your data on multiple computers (data does not sync between computers)
  
• Use of StudioCloud Mobile (schedule, add clients, etc. from browsers, iphones, etc.)
  
• Automatic client email appointment reminders
  
• Syncing Calendar To Outlook, iCal, etc.
  
• Emailing invoices and estimates
  
• and any other features that involve syncing to a server or the need for internet access.
  
• In addition, they will not have multiple employee features including scheduling, time card tracking, multiple logins, role based access control, commission/sales reports, etc.
  

For more details please see the feature comparison chart here

Also, now that StudioCloud 3.0 is out of beta please update if you have not done so by going here. StudioCloud 3.0 will resolve any syncing or internet issues. It also greatly increases the speed of the login process and the rest of the product as well.

Please also note that if you joined StudioCloud with a discount or special show pricing you will remain at that special pricing as long as you remain a paying customer.

Please visit our updated website at www.studiocloud.com for more information and let us know if you have any questions!