We are offering another free GigBooks Online Training session via WebEx and a conference call to all members on February 4th @ 5:30PM EST / 2:30PM PST. Registration information can be found below:
Wednesday, February 4th @ 5:30PM EST / 2:30PM PST
Register Now (Limited Space) – https://gigbooks.webex.com/gigbooks/j.php?J=795986300
Meeting Password: Training1
We have tried to schedule this training session to accomodate as many member’s schedules as possible based on your feedback. As always, if you find you cannot attend and another time of day would be convenient — please let us know.
Have a great weekend!
This post is a little late, but we are offering a free GigBooks Online Training session via WebEx and a conference call to all members today at 1PM EST / 10AM PST. There is still space left so register now!
Wednesday, January 14th @ 1PM EST / 10AM PST
Register Now (Limited Space) – https://gigbooks.webex.com/gigbooks/j.php?J=793809941
Meeting Password: Training1
Fire up your internet connection and phone! If you haven’t attended a GigBooks Training Session yet — you’ll learn a lot.
It has been a lot of work (notably because of one particular merchant processor and a very complicated integration), but we are excited to introduce the new GigBooks Integrated Payment Processing features! Many of you have been waiting for this to rollout and as of today it is here. You may now configure GigBooks to process live credit card payments via your own merchant account. We currently support QuickBooks Merchant Service, Authorize.net and PayPal Website Payments Pro accounts.
Setting GigBooks up to process your credit card payments is simple. First, navigate to the Setup tab and locate the Payment section under Administration Setup. Next, choose the type of merchant account you would like to link to GigBooks and follow the instructions for completing the integration. In the case of QuickBooks Merchant Service you will need to click a link and login to your QuickBooks Merchant Service account and provide authorization for GigBooks to process transactions on your behalf. Both Authorize.net and PayPal Website Payments Pro will require you to enter some details related to your account with them into GigBooks so we can process transactions on your behalf. We have provided a few screenshots below:
Once you have successfully configured your merchant account to process transactions within GigBooks — all that is left is to begin processing them! Simply go to the Receive Payments page and complete the form along with providing your Client’s credit card details and you’re finished.
You may also notice we have enhanced the Payments form and made it even eaiser to apply payments to your Invoices. You will now find an Enter Payment button below any list of Invoices in GigBooks. Simply check the box next to the Invoice(s) you would like to enter a payment for and click the Enter Payment button to begin creating the payment. It’s that easy.
Don’t forget to check out these other exciting features too!
Search as you Type (instead of 
)
You can now Search as you Type in many fields throughout GigBooks. Instead of having to use the Magnifying Glass icon you can begin typing the name of the Lead, Contact, Client, Event or other supported record type into the field and a list will begin to populate directly below the field. Choose the name you are looking for and it will be added to the form. This decreases the number of steps required to locate and associate records with a form in GigBooks and will save you lots of time! When searching for a person in GigBooks you can search for either the first or last name. Please let us know how you like this new feature and we may extend it to other areas of the application.
The Plus Icon 
We have also launched the Plus Icon throughout GigBooks. Wherever you see the Plus Icon you can click it and immediately enter a new record for that field in a popup window. We have activated the Plus Icon for drop down menus such as Event Type, Lead Source, etc and also for Clients & Contacts where applicable. For most of you, this means that as you’re entering a new Lead or Event into GigBooks and come to the Lead Source field and find that the option you need isn’t setup in the system yet — you can immediately add it by clicking the Plus Icon. This saves you from having to leave the form you already entered information on in order to navigate Setup to add the Lead Source (or any other record type supported by the Plus Icon). We think you’ll find the Plus Icon to be very useful and would love your feedback!
A very Happy New Year from everyone at GigBooks! Thanks to all of our members for making 2008 a phenomenal year for all of us.
A quick recap of 2008:
- Beta testing began in January
- GigBooks v1 launched in early June
- We visited more than 30 cities from June 2nd through the end of October and shared GigBooks with our Pictage PUG friends
- Our first tradeshow was Pictage Partner Conference and we enjoyed seeing our friends and meeting so many new people
- Our second tradeshow was Photo Plus Expo in NYC with more photographers than we’ve ever seen in one place! Lots of fun.
- Thanks to all of you we now count hundreds of photographers, disc jockeys, graphic designers, videographers (and others) as members!
Those are just a few highlights from 2008. In a year where we put in so much effort and found so much success, we are grateful to each member and are looking forward to an even better 2009.
We have some exciting features set to launch in the next week or so and throughout 2009 you can look forward to many more updates and upgrades to GigBooks. Our development team is working hard and we’re sure you’ll be pleased with the results!
So, from everyone at GigBooks — we wish you a happy and prosperous New Year!
Training | Justin Kifer | 
January 31, 2009 1:26 PM | 
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