Nathan Holritz
February 8 2007, 07:04 AM
Hi Lauren! I'm sure you want to hear feedback from others, but I wanted to go ahead and throw a little info into the mix!
Photographer's Office is a product that we developed out of a need that we had personally. We needed a way to keep up with all of the products that we owed our clients, and whether that was from 20 to 30 wedding packages, that's a lot of products! We didn't want to go the more traditional route of a paper checklist (or a whiteboard), so now we have Photographer's Office!
Photographer's Office is very specific in its functionality, and at this point isn't meant to be a one-stop shop. One of the things that people seem to appreciate about the product is that it's not as involved a learning curve as say ACT or Successware, and the great thing is that you can plug PO into your current workflow! I think you can accomplish everyday workflow with as little as four basic products:
(PC) Outlook, Quickbooks, Photoshop, and Photographer's Office
(Mac) Entourage (or Mail, iCal, and Address Book), Quickbooks, Photoshop, and Photographer's Office.
We are currently on Version 2.0 of PO, and are getting ready to move into Version 3.0 with a new design team. Though we are going to add in some more features and are considering going a more all-inclusive route, we want to the product to be simple and easy to learn!
As a side note, we have a new blog at
www.photographersoffice.net that is centered around office workflow - you might check it out! We'll be posting general tips and ideas, as well as workflow videos for Photographer's Office!