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New Dashboard widgets and 2 more updates

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Shared by Justin • November 27, 2024

We’re always working hard to make Sprout better for you. Every week, our team is fully focused on enhancing the experience for you and your business.

We’ve dedicated ourselves to building the best all-in-one business tool for photographers, and we’re not slowing down. We’re always improving because we care about your success.

This week, we’ve made three updates we think you’ll appreciate:

  • You’ll now find helpful buttons throughout the software to guide you exactly where you need it.
  • New users can easily get started with our streamlined account setup widget.
  • You can now customize your dashboard widgets to create a workspace tailored to your needs.

As always, thank you for being part of the Sprout community. We’re here to support you every step of the way!

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Google Calendar syncing shows the right account and 2 more updates

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Shared by Justin • November 27, 2024

We’re always working hard to make Sprout better for you. Every week, our team is fully focused on enhancing the experience for you and your business.

We’ve dedicated ourselves to building the best all-in-one business tool for photographers, and we’re not slowing down. We’re always improving because we care about your success.

This week, we’ve made three updates we think you’ll appreciate:

  • Calendar syncing is now smoother and clearer, no longer showing incorrect impersonation messages.
  • Syncing another user's calendar on your account now correctly links to their Google account, keeping everything accurate.
  • The brand selector in the contract modal now appears intuitively, making the process more straightforward.

As always, thank you for being part of the Sprout community. We’re here to support you every step of the way!

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Contact form fields integrating with Zapier and 3 more updates

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Shared by Justin • November 27, 2024

We’re always working hard to make Sprout better for you. Every week, our team is fully focused on enhancing the experience for you and your business.

We’ve dedicated ourselves to building the best all-in-one business tool for photographers, and we’re not slowing down. We’re always improving because we care about your success.

This week, we’ve made four updates we think you’ll appreciate:

  • You can see the checkbox when signing a contract, even with darker brand colours, for a seamless experience.
  • Printing in Safari and Firefox now looks sharper and more professional with improved font rendering.
  • Your contact form fields now integrate perfectly with Zapier, ensuring no details are missed.
  • The timer on booking pages now appears exactly where and when you need it, making scheduling easier than ever.

As always, thank you for being part of the Sprout community. We’re here to support you every step of the way!

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Updates for the week of October 1st

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Shared by Justin • October 01, 2024

We’re always working hard to make Sprout better for you. Every week, our team is fully focused on enhancing the experience for you and your business.

We’ve dedicated ourselves to building the best all-in-one business tool for photographers, and we’re not slowing down. We’re always improving because we care about your success.

This week, we’ve made two updates we think you’ll appreciate:

  • Sprout Studio now has clearer terms for key features, like renaming "Lead/Shoot Roles" to "Team Member Roles."
  • Emails sent via DKIM will appear cleaner in inboxes like Outlook, without the "via" tag next to your email address, making them look more professional.

As always, thank you for being part of the Sprout community. We’re here to support you every step of the way!

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Updates for the week of September 24th

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Shared by Justin • September 25, 2024

We’re always working hard to make Sprout better for you. Every week, our team is fully focused on enhancing the experience for you and your business.

We’ve dedicated ourselves to building the best all-in-one business tool for photographers, and we’re not slowing down. We’re always improving because we care about your success.

This week, we’ve made two updates we think you’ll appreciate:

  • You can now seamlessly move Shoots in and out of the Trash without any issues.
  • The number spinner is back in the Shop, making it easier to adjust quantities as needed.

As always, thank you for being part of the Sprout community. We’re here to support you every step of the way!

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Updates for the week of September 5th

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Shared by Justin • September 05, 2024

We’re always striving to make Sprout Studio better for you because we care deeply about your experience and success. Every week, we make sure Sprout works smarter, faster, and easier, so you can focus more on what you love - your photography.

This week, our team has worked hard to make a few exciting updates and improvements:

  • Now, you can delete photos directly from inside a folder in your gallery, making cleanup and photo management faster and easier.
  • You can now seamlessly merge contacts right from within an email campaign, making your workflows smoother than ever.
  • Your packages now show only the specified add-ons in a Booking Proposal and Booking Page, so you can provide your clients with clarity and precision.
  • When you replace an image in an Order, the thumbnail will update immediately, giving you a real-time view of your changes.

Our team is here, always thinking of ways to make Sprout better for you. We’re not just a platform; we’re your partners in business success.

Here’s to making things easier and more efficient for you, one update at a time.

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Zapier improvements and other updates

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Shared by Justin • September 05, 2024

We are constantly working to make Sprout even better for you. Continuous dedication to your success.

For over 10 years, we’ve been fully committed to supporting the photography industry with the best all-in-one business tool tailored just for you. Every week, Sprout continues to improve.

This week, we’re excited to share 5 updates that will make your experience even smoother and more integrated:

  • Now you can add a “Shoot Location” when creating new leads or shoots with Zapier, making it easier and more integrated to use Sprout with 1,000s of other apps.
  • Workflows that change a status will now fire off Zaps that use the “status change” trigger.
  • Added the order details in the “Create Shoot” zap.
  • You can now reattach the same scheduler to a date after rejecting a proposed date, giving you more flexibility in scheduling.
  • Submitting contact forms works more consistently when a Lead has a default Workflow that sends a Booking Proposal automatically.

Our team is here to make sure Sprout is everything you need it to be—and more. Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for being a part of our journey.

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10 improvements you’ll appreciate in Sprout Studio this week

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Shared by Justin • August 20, 2024

We’re always striving to make Sprout Studio better for you. Our team is dedicated to enhancing your experience and ensuring that you have the most reliable and intuitive tools to run your photography business.

For 548 weeks (and counting), we’ve been focused on the details that matter most to you. Every update we release is a reflection of our ongoing commitment to delivering the best all-in-one business tool for photographers.

This week, we’re excited to share 10 new updates that make Sprout Studio even better:

  • Now, the permissions that additional users have for Booking Pages will be consistent with the permissions that additional users have for a Booking Proposal.
  • Updated the workflow and procedure for verifying outgoing email settings and now you can fully reset a previously verified domain whenever needed.
  • You can review and re-add DNS entries used for email verification, even after they’ve been verified.
  • Improved the speed and when loading images while viewing an Order.
  • In the Shop preview, packages with a total price of $0 now display correctly.
  • Designer Emails now clone properly for automatically applied workflows from Contact Forms.
  • The Client Portal now correctly shows the contract signing date instead of the booking proposal creation date.
  • Fonts for Embedded Email Marketing Sign-up Forms now behave more consistently cross-browser.
  • Google Calendar sync and the “notes” section now keeps embedded links consistent and in-sync between Google and Sprout.
  • Contact Forms now submit properly when certain workflows are applied automatically.

Thank you for being part of our journey to make Sprout Studio the ultimate tool for your photography business. We’re here for you, constantly working behind the scenes to ensure Sprout gets better every single day.

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6 updates to Sprout Studio this week

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Shared by Justin • August 13, 2024

We’re always focused on making Sprout better for you. Every update is a reflection of our dedication to enhancing your experience and supporting your business growth.

For over 500 weeks, we’ve been working alongside photographers, ensuring that Sprout remains the best all-in-one tool for your creative and business needs. Our commitment to continuous improvement means that Sprout gets better every day.

This week, we’re excited to bring you several new updates:

  • You can now provide your phone number during registration for personalized onboarding calls.
  • Enjoy seamless email delivery with larger attachments.
  • Logged-in clients on certain vanity domains can now easily submit contact forms.
  • Designer Emails in workflows are now copied, preserving your original templates.
  • Experience smoother cursor movement in the Date Name field within the Scheduler.
  • Download documents from a lead or shoot with read-only permissions without needing to edit.
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17 updates and improvements to Sprout Studio

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Shared by Justin • August 07, 2024

At Sprout Studio, we are dedicated to enhancing your experience. We’re always striving to improve.

For 546 weeks (and counting), we’ve been tirelessly committed to the photography community, ensuring Sprout remains the top all-in-one business solution for photographers. Each week, we bring you new improvements.

Here are the 17 updates we’ve made this week:

  • When you click “back” in your browser, if you came from a list page, it’ll remember which page you were on so you don’t have to go through the list again.
  • The subscription modal is now more engaging and we improved the trial bar, credit card form validation, and removed the need to refresh the page.
  • In-app notifications for new Leads show the Lead’s name, making it easier to identify them.
  • We added a “Retry Payment” button to the Billing Settings page for users with past due invoices, so you don’t need to contact support.
  • Payment Methods now have a default icon for easier recognition.
  • Workflows Emails sent to a “Dynamic Specific User” will no longer appear as if the Contact was deleted.
  • Email Marketing Merge Wizard now has better duplicate recipient checking when comparing manually added Contacts with auto-added/imported ones.
  • We fixed an issue where importing Contacts into an Email Campaign or Email List and then running the Merge Wizard would remove the Contact entirely.
  • Uploading images to a new Designer Email that uses an existing Designer Email Template now works correctly.
  • Outgoing emails will no longer break due to excess whitespace characters in the subject line.
  • Sending a test version of an Email Campaign Email will clearly indicate that it is a test and the ‘View in Browser’ link will be replaced with static text.
  • Dates created on the days when DST changes occur will now only apply the one-hour shift to times in the AM, not PM.
  • Unsubscribing or removing Gallery guests’ emails in an Email Campaign will now accurately remove only the selected recipients.
  • Saving a draft email will no longer display a “contact deleted” tag on the email list page.
  • You can no longer send an email without an address, making recipient validation more logical.
  • Packages set to $0 will now correctly appear as $0 in the shop preview.
  • We clarified the popup that you get when you run out of storage and try to upload images into a Gallery.