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Smartpublisher V6.3 Release Notes T M T M Version 6.3 Pre1 Software supports greater functionality and more powerful tools with the release of SmartPublisher 6.3. SmartPublisher users will experience new features, system improvements and more control over ad sales SmartPublisher 6.3 makes it easier notification to a sales rep or manager. and production. than ever for print and digital • The really cool part—the publications to connect with function that saves you time and advertisers. Advanced features and resources—is as soon as advertisers Pre1 incorporates the utilities improve functionality and click send on the submission latest technology to create a user environment that is form, their contact information develop this leading-edge intuitive and easy to manage. is immediately entered into your publishing software. SmartPublisher database. Add a Web Submission Form • A follow-up note is created on SmartPublisher 6.3 features an online the account to ensure the prospective submission form you can embed on advertiser is contacted. your website so potential clients can • Automated data transfer means easily enter contact information. nothing gets lost during manual • Pre1 Software provides a link entry and puts contact information that you simply cut and paste into at your fingertips so you can make a your website’s advertising page to timely reply. create an interactive submission form. • The submission form captures Summarize Financial Activity inbound advertising leads and An accounting widget (see image immediately sends an email above) lets you instantly create a An improved utility in SmartPublisher 6.3 lets you merge duplicate accounts in one easy step. financial summary for any date range. one batch without having to relocate origin rather than the publication in Just enter a start and end date in a information. which an ad runs. For example, if Pub pop-up calendar and SmartPublisher 1 sells an ad that runs in Pub 4, the reports total sales, discounts, finance Take Control over Ad Booking sale can be attributed to Pub 1. In charges, payments, adjustments Are you tired of canceling and previous versions of SmartPublisher, and miscellaneous changes for that rebooking every time the size of your the sale could be attributed to period. display ad changes? No problem. only Pub 4. This gives publishers — Now you can easily assign a different especially large ones with many Eliminate Duplicate Accounts rate ID or column width and height publications— more options for An improved SmartPublisher utility to each scheduled insertion. Each billing and tracking ad sales. quickly identifies, merges and purges insertion also can have its own duplicate accounts. You see all the graphic if the ad copy changes issue Target Accounting by Entity data for each account on one screen, to issue. This feature not only saves SmartPublisher now lets you push so you can decide which accounts to time spent canceling and rebooking summary accounting information to keep or delete. ads, it also keeps the history of the QuickBooks based on classes. Classes • Find duplicate accounts with ad schedule in one place for easy provide a system for categorizing sortable filters that include company account management. transactions by business entity, or name and contact name, email and separate publications. SmartPublisher phone number. Bill Ad Sales by Pub of Origin can push summary general ledger • Merge several accounts at You always want to give credit where information by class, ensuring that once in one easy step. credit is due, and a new feature lets journal entries get attributed to a • Delete groups of accounts in you bill ad sales by the publication of specific business entity. This is a perfect feature to upsell and are paid quickly for their services so generate new revenue. they can focus on additional sales. CALL FOR VENDORS & ENTERTAINERS Invoice before Closing an Issue Separate Invoices by Ad The American Civic Association You want to be paid fast, so why Click the “Invoice by Ad” box and a needs vendors & ethnic entertainers wait for a long publishing deadline separate invoice is sent for each ad, for the upcoming Garlic Festival. The festival is held August 23-24 at 131 before sending out an invoice? rather than lumping the ads onto Front St, Binghamton, NY. For more SmartPublisher lets you collect sales one invoice. This feature is great for information, call (607) 723-9419 or and do invoicing before an issue venue promoters, agencies or legal visit www.americancivic.com. closes. ads. • Immediate invoicing benefits monthly, semi-monthly and annual Update Rate Wizard Choose Fancy Border Styles publications, where ads are sold well Another new utility lets you update Let your creative side show through in advance of a publish date. multiple ad rates simultaneously. and make ads stand out with • Send invoices in batches as ads Adjust the rate by a fixed dollar borders that attract attention. In are sold, but leave the issue open amount or percentage in a couple addition to thickness and frame color, so you can continue selling ads and of easy steps. Filters sort rate SmartPublisher now supports fancy increasing your revenue. information by publication, account border styles (see mock ad above). • Third-party advertising agencies activity and more. Features Enhance Pre1 SmartPublisher News User Experience BUFFALO, N.Y. ­­— New York state’s largest publisher of free weekly Just because SmartPublisher 6.3 is community newspapers selected SmartPublisher to be its contact out with new and improved tools, management software. With more than 30 publications, Community doesn’t mean you should forget Papers of Western New York is the region’s leader in news and advertis- about its other user-friendly features: ing. SmartPublisher provides tools to consolidate and streamline ad sales and production, so community publications can focus on ProofRocket is a digital proofing gathering local news and giving high-profile distribution to their system that streamlines workflow. advertising clients. It reduces errors by giving you and your advertisers a common platform CLEVELAND — The ink was barely dry on the formation and procure- to share content. ProofRocket takes ment process of Euclid Media Group before the national publishing the guesswork out of ad production company chose SmartPublisher to be its contact management software. and keeps advertisers in the loop. Euclid Media Group formed in 2013 and purchased four alternative weekly publications: Orlando Weekly, Cleveland Scene, Detroit Metro Advertiser Portal is an interactive Times and San Antonio Current. SmartPublisher is the perfect single- portal that lets advertisers manage source database because it pulls together these far-flung publications their accounts and pay invoices and puts them all on the same page. online by credit card. It reduces the amount of effort required to manage PORTLAND, Ore. — SmartPublisher is the contact management solution payments and accounting. of choice for a growing number of student media organizations across the country. Pre1 recently welcomed Auburn University, Alabama The Support Center is an online user University and Wyoming University to its family of supported users. portal where you can find answers SmartPublisher now supports the college media market at 19 top-flight to your SmartPublisher questions. universities in 12 states. Search the Knowledge Base or create a ticket for Pre1 support staff. Pre1 Software | www.pre1.com |T M503.288.7500.
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