Updates
We’re working hard every day to make PPM the best it can possibly be.
System Update: SMS/text Messaging, …., and more
Here’s a list of some of the more important changes that have been recently made…
System Update: Staffing on-the-go from Mobile device, Custom Form Questions, and more
Here’s a list of the more important changes that were recently made…
System Update: New event statuses and automated booking flow
To help you better track the status of your events, we’re giving the Event Statuses in PPM a refresh.
System Update: More tools on the go, Better at-a-glance views, and more
Here’s a list of the more important changes that were recently made…
Read moreSystem Update: More info at your fingertips, More presonalization, Faster speeds
Here’s a list of the more important changes that were recently made…
Read moreSystem Update: Customizable Occasions List, Searchable Choice Lists, Speed Improvements and more
Here’s a list of the more important changes that were recently made…
Read moreSystem Update: Finalization Link Automation, Bulk-Update Package Options, Invoicing Improvements and more
Here’s a list of the more important changes that were recently made…
Read moreSystem Update: Email Automation, Free Account Upgrades, and more
Here’s a list of the more important changes that were recently made…
Read moreSystem Update: Filter Events by Service, Track Staff Avail Changes, and more
Here’s a list of the more important changes that were recently made…
Read moreSystem Update: Outrageous Guarantee, Control Staff Info and more…
We’ve recently launched a bunch of new updates to the system. Here’s a list of the more important changes that were recently made…
Read moreSystem Update: Calendar View with many events
This update makes it easier to see ALL events for a given day, even when they don’t all fit into one small box in the calendar view.
Read moreSystem Update: New Settings – Default Invoice Notes + Default Event Status
With this update, we’ve added a couple of handy new settings: (1) Default Invoice Notes, and (2) Default Event Status – for events added via admin.
Read moreSystem Update: Event Editor – Pricing & Date/Time Section
We’ve made some changes to the Pricing Grid section and the Date/Time section of your Event Editor to make it way more intuitive for you!
Read moreNew Feature: Expiring Finalisation Link
With this new feature added, when you set an event to “Dropped / Cancelled” the Finalisation Link will expire for any contact that has previously been sent the link.
Read moreSystem Update: NEW Email Style
Emails sent to your clients and staff via Party Pro Manager (PPM) have gotten a facelift!
Read moreNew Feature: HR Record
The NEW HR Record features makes it easy for you to manage important Staff info!
Read moreSystem Update: NEW Event Editor (list of updates)
The NEW Event Editor is now LIVE! It’s cleaner, more intuitive, and easier to work with. Here’s a list of what’s changed:
Read moreSystem Update: NEW Event Editor
A NEW Event Editor is coming your way soon. It’s cleaner, more intuitive, and easier to work with. Check out the changes!
Read moreNew Feature: Automated Staff Gig Invitation Email
Let Party Pro Manager automatically email your staff to notify them of their new gigs added to their schedules!
Read moreNew Feature: Default Gig Status For Staff
With this new feature, you can choose what your default Staff Status is when adding your staff to your events. Do you prefer “Awaiting Confirmation”, maybe you like “Penciled in”, or maybe you’re ready to go ahead and consider them “Confirmed”. Well, now the choice is all yours!
Read moreNew Feature: Control What Your Staff See
Now you have even more control over what information your staff see when they log into their Staff Portal account (available on certain plans) and review their gig details.
Read moreSystem Improvement: Save Without Closing
A new menu has been added to most of your ‘edit’ screens within the Party Pro Manager admin area.
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New Features: Public Facing Domain Options
As you already know, to make your life easier, we host your booking forms, finalisation forms, etc. for you. (of course you can embed the booking form as a popup right on your website, but that’s a discussion for another day 😉) By default your forms are hosted at our “partypromanager.com” domain. BUT… you can now choose between two different public facing domains.
Read moreNew Features: Big Billing & Payments Update
This is a HUGE update to how Party Pro Manager helps you collect payments from clients. Collect Final Balance through PPM, override payment options for individual events, and new options to force clients to pay the Final Balance at the event are all included in this update!
Read moreNew Feature: Staff Status
Activate and Deactivate staff as needed! Plus, “inactive” staff will NOT count toward your plan staff limitations, 🙌
Read moreNew Feature: Custom Thank You Page
Upon successful submission of the form, you can choose to redirect that client to any page on your website that you’d like!!
Read moreNew Feature: Display “Assets” in Calendar and Week Planner Views
In your calendar views, you can now choose if the primary information displayed is the Client Info or the Asset they’ve selected. Here’s an example…
Read moreSystem Improvement: New Placeholders for Standard Texts
You now have even more personalisation options available for your Standard Text templates for emails and PDFs.
Read moreNew Feature: Share the ‘remaining balance’ when providing booking information to staff
If you have your staff collect the Remaining Balance from the client on the day of the event, it may be helpful for you to share the ‘remaining balance’ information right there in the Staff Portal for your staff to see!
Read moreNew Feature: How Did You Hear About Us – On Finalisation Form
Learning where your clients found you is incredibly important.
Party Pro Manager has always helped you gather this important information on your Booking Request Forms. But sometimes people don’t supply it 🙁
Well, now we give you another opportunity to collect this key info during the Finalisation process 🙂
Read moreNew Feature: Add Staff Before Event Date is Set
Imagine you’re planning an event that you KNOW you want some very specific staff to run… One problem, you don’t know the date of the event!
Before this update, you couldn’t add your staff until the date was set. Well, now you can!
Read moreNew Feature: Add Multiple Staff, At Once
Say goodbye to… ADD ONE STAFF, Click OK > ADD ANOTHER STAFF, Click OK > ADD ANOTHER STAFF, Click OK > etc etc
Now, you can add multiple staff to an event AT ONCE!
Read moreSystem Improvement: Custom Subject Line for Auto-Response Enquiry Notifications
You’ve always been able to customize the content of the Auto-Response email that is sent to your clients after they submit an enquiry.
Now, you can also create custom SUBJECT lines for these automated emails 
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New Feature: Email Format Options
Different emails you send your clients require a different look & feel. With that in mind, PPM now allows you to send emails within PPM with three distinct format options!
Read moreNew Feature: Service Configuration Options
With our new Service Configuration Options -and a little bit of creativity- you can add all kinds of new products and services to your Party Pro Manager Catalogue.
In a nutshell, this new feature will allow you to choose to hide/show certain parts of your PPM booking form based on what makes sense for each individual service.
Read moreNew Feature: Customize “Deposit” Terminology
In Party Pro Manager it is possible for you to customize the terminology used to describe your “deposit”.
Perhaps the term “non-refundable deposit” or “booking fee” feels better for you…
Now, you can make that change as you please 🙂
Read moreSystem Improvement: Handling Cancellations, Rescheduled Events and Recording Refunds
There are some features we wish our users never needed to use. These would certainly fall in that category.
But, the reality is that sometimes cancellations, rescheduling and even refunds happen. So to make sure an already frustrating situation isn’t more annoying, PPM is here to make it as simple as possible for you!
Read moreNew Feature: Popup PPM Forms
Your Party Pro Manager booking request form already has your logo, your brand colours, and your ‘catalogue’. Now, your booking form can also be displayed right there within your own website 😊
If you weren’t already the envy of your competitors, you sure will be now 🤪
Read moreNew Feature: Automated Contacts List
There’s nothing worse than manual data-entry. Ugh, boooorrriiinnnggg! That’s why Party Pro Manager wants to do the data entry for you.
With our Automated Contacts List, you’ll get an auto-generated list of contacts in real time!
Read moreSystem Improvement: Full Name Required
“Hi Jane! I’d love to help you out, but I have no idea which Jane you are, yikes!!” – said you, never ever again!
How can we be so sure that you won’t face this problem again? Simple, we now require your clients to submit a FULL NAME on your booking forms 🙂
Read moreNew Feature: Booking Request Form Custom Intros
With Custom Intros now added to your booking forms, you can add a quick welcoming message that your clients will see as soon as they load up your booking form!
Read moreNew Feature: Event Cloning
Imagine, you have a client coming back to book another event with you, yay! OR, you have a client booking multiple events at one time, super yay! But entering all that info can be tedious, right?
Well, not if you use the nifty CLONE shortcut available to you in Party Pro Manager!
Read moreNew Feature: Drag and Drop Ordering
Say goodbye to manually reordering your Package Options and Choices with complicated number sequences you have to keep track of! Now, ordering your options and choices is as simple as dragging and dropping them into place!
Read moreNew: All New Mobile Experience!
You’re on the go… a lot! And, now PPM wants to tag along for the ride with our all new Mobile experience 🥳 New look and feel, more comfortable navigation, single login access and more!
Read moreSystem Improvement: Localized Addresses
Attention North American users!!! Addresses within your admin (e.g. within your Event Editor) are now localized 🙂 Where you previously saw the British equivalents (Town / County / Postcode).
Read moreNew Feature: Staff Availability Tools
The Staff Availability Tools make scheduling your staff a breeze! By entering when staff are or aren’t available, planning which staff should be assigned to which gigs has never been easier!
Read moreNew Feature: Weekly Planner Mode
With the all new Week Planner view of the calendar, you can see a full week view with ALL the critical information you need to see at a glance.
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