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Pocket Pics: The Photo Finale iPhone App is Here!

Rachel — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:48:24 +0000

Get the word out to customers that the Pocket Pics app is now available! With this app, your customers can now sync the collections they have on your Photo Finale site to their iPhone or iPod Touch in a snap. Customers can subscribe to their own photo feeds or keep up to date with friends and subscribe to theirs. Any time new pictures are added to the collections, they’ll automatically show up on the phone.

Demo video:

Pocket Pics lets your customers:

Subscribe to online Pocket Pics-compatible photo feeds generated on your PF site
View shared photos directly on the iPhone (or iPod Touch)
Keep track of which photos have been viewed and which are new
Share photo collections via email
Save photos to the phone’s library

This app is now available on the iTunes store or from the Feeds page of any Photo Finale account.

We know you are going to ask, so I’ll tell you now–this is version 1…we do have plans for additional functionality (such as sending iPhone pics from phone to PF account and also for ordering from the phone).

Marketing Idea: Create an account with an album of specials, ads, info, etc. and make a feed for it…distribute the ID number for it to customers as a way for you to communicate to them, and a way for them to stay connected to you!

(posted by Rachel)

Ants Marching…to your Photo Finale Picnik Wall?

Rachel — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:27:56 +0000

Advertise Picnik! It brings users to your Photo Finale site. Picnik is where you are brought when you click Edit Photo on your Photo Finale site…you can add text and stickers, change colors, apply filters, crop, rotate, remove red eye, add frames…really endless combinations of creative tools. Here’s a cheap and effective display idea sure to draw attention, and boost your online orders and memberships.

1. Print out original and Picnik’d photos and a few Picnik logos on 12×18 on the EQ printer…tape them up on the wall.
2. Print out 20 cartoon ants on your EQ printer…if you’re feeling fancy, sure go ahead and cut them out. Tape them in a path to your Picnik!
3. Be sure to put up a sign with your website, pricing, directions, etc.

12×18 prints on the EQ printer are cheap for you to make, and very impressive. Picnik’d photos look great as 12×18 EQ prints…consider a special promotion for this product! A staff contest to generate more Picnik’d art is also a great way to fill a wall!

You can create the same Picnik wall in your store that I made in the office…I have posted all the photos (before and after), logos, and even the ants! on the marketing page of lucidiom.com: http://www.lucidiom.com/support/tools_kits.aspx

(posted by Rachel)