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Clients & Profits
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"Everything I saw about this package, from
the feature set to the examples and the literature, seemed to be
a cut above the other products reviewed ... of all the packages
reviewed, this had the most complete billing section but still
managed to keep the user of it very simple. I was really impressed
by the overall design of the trafficking system and felt it was
definitely superior to the other packages I reviewed ... this is
probably the my top choice to consider for the running of any ad
agency due to its incredible thoroughness and wealth of features."
"For the past 10 years, Clients & Profits has been the premier management
tool in our industry for the simple reason that is does everything well. In addition
to providing complete accounting capabilities, Clients & Profits has excellent
job estimating and traffic functions. Clients & Profits also excels at generating
dozens of different reports. It's easy to get an instant overview of the profitability
or a job or to print a list that spells out the status of every job currently
in-house. You can also figure out what jobs are over budget on expenses or time.
With a couple of mouse clicks, you can create accounting reports that will give
you a complete picture of your business. While there's plenty in Clients & Profits
your accountant will like, you'll like how the program already speaks the language
of the trade."
"The friendliest software of this kind is undoubtedly Clients & Profits.
The real value of software like Clients & Profits is the recognition that
in small agencies people do lots of different jobs. Like it or not, creatives
today have to function as business people to be successful -- and easy, accessible
management software truly is a breakthrough for them"
"On the higher end of the price and performance spectrum is Clients & Profits
from Working Computer, a Macintosh and Windows program that offers a version
appropriate for single users as well as Clients & Profits Pro, which starts
at $7,500 and accommodates as many as 100 employees at ad agencies and communications
firms. David Korobkin is a huge fan of Clients & Profits Pro, which his firm
has been using since 1993. One benefit has been that it's easier to bill clients
for changes they request on a project. 'Before we started using Clients & Profits,
when a client would change the direction of a project, it was so cumbersome to
issue a change order form that we oftentimes just didn't do it. Now it's so easy
to do now that we can issue even small change orders. We've paid for the software
about ten times over with change orders alone.' Another feature that Korobkin
really likes is the Clients & Profits template function. 'You customize your
own system by setting up a task for everything that your company does: copywriting,
logo design, photo shoots, art direction, production, and so on. The template
function loads only the tasks that are used in a particular type of project,
such as a brochure. So if you pull up the brochure template, you can easily estimate
the number of hours the brochure is going to take. It's brilliant.'"
Communications Arts wrote: "Designed especially for advertising agencies,
graphic design firms, and other organizations that bill out on a project-by-project
basis, Clients & Profits manages an agency's jobs, costs, billings
and more in addition to speaking the language of professionals in the design
and advertising community. This means you don't have to be an accountant
to use it...and it's familiar Mac-like interface means you don't have to
be a programmer to use it...Clients & Profits is a robust, powerful
piece of 'sledgehammer' software."
"Its strengths are its widespread use, extensive support, and good documentation,
interface, and training." |
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