tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2010:/djepblog//1 2010-02-05T18:10:26Z Official blog of the premiere web based event management software for mobile DJs Movable Type Pro 4.25 tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2010:/djepblog//1.61 2010-02-05T18:00:56Z 2010-02-05T18:10:26Z

DJEP Training at MBLV This year we will be offering several mini-seminars in the DJEP demo room. The location will be Capri 105, right across from the exhibit hall. Here is the schedule... Tuesday, Feburary 9th, 2010 * 1:00 pm...

Troy Ackerman DJEP Training at MBLV This year we will be offering several mini-seminars in the DJEP demo room. The location will be Capri 105, right across from the exhibit hall. Here is the schedule... Tuesday, Feburary 9th, 2010 * 1:00 pm - DJEP 101 - This session is targeted at those that are considering DJEP or are just getting started with the program and want an overview of the functions. * 2:00 pm - Enhance Your Website! In this session you will learn about the various website tools that DJEP offers and how you can integrate into your own site. * 3:00 pm - Contracts Ahoy! We will go over how the the DJEP Document template system works and how to properly use merge tags. * 4:00 pm - Idiots Guide to Reports. The report system in DJEP is very powerful. If you'd like to figure out how to configure custom reports you'll want to attend. * 5:00 pm - Pimp Your DJEP Account - Danny Brewer, a DJEP user that knows the ins and outs of the software will share advanced level tips that will maximize the effectiveness of you marketing efforts and office workflow. tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2010:/djepblog//1.60 2010-01-25T23:43:11Z 2010-01-25T23:58:09Z

Our Monday Morning Newsletter has now been published for the week. The topics that we cover this week include: * Mobile Beat Las Vegas Schedule * DJEP Training Sessions in Las Vegas * DJEP Exhibitor Booth Information For all the...

Troy Ackerman here.]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2009:/djepblog//1.59 2009-12-14T17:05:24Z 2009-12-14T17:31:47Z

Our Monday Morning Newsletter has now been published for the week. The topics that we cover this week include: Mobile Beat TV Steps Taken To Protect DJEP Intellectual Property DJEP Introduces Google Analytics Troy's Software Review: FontCapture For all the...

Troy Ackerman

Mobile Beat TV

Steps Taken To Protect DJEP Intellectual Property

DJEP Introduces Google Analytics

Troy's Software Review: FontCapture

For all the news that's fit to print see, this week's newsletter here.]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2009:/djepblog//1.58 2009-11-02T18:15:37Z 2009-11-02T18:18:23Z

Our Monday Morning Newsletter has now been published for the week. The topics that we cover this week include: Midwest Mobile Entertainer's Seminar Disc Jockey News Changes Coming Soon: Version 5.0 Of DJEP Troy's Hardware Review: Audio 2 DJ Audio...

Troy Ackerman

Midwest Mobile Entertainer's Seminar

Disc Jockey News Changes

Coming Soon: Version 5.0 Of DJEP

Troy's Hardware Review: Audio 2 DJ Audio Interface

For all the news that's fit to print see, this week's newsletter here.]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2009:/djepblog//1.57 2009-08-08T13:46:23Z 2009-08-08T13:50:40Z

The International DJ Expo is "The World's Largest Gathering of Professional DJs" and will be held August 10th through the 13th, 2009 at the Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. Thousands of DJs attend this convention and...

Troy Ackerman The International DJ Expo is "The World's Largest Gathering of Professional DJs" and will be held August 10th through the 13th, 2009 at the Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. Thousands of DJs attend this convention and come to see the seminars, massive exhibit hall, and attend the night-time parties. DJ Event Planner is proud to be a part of the show for the second consecutive year. We will have a booth in the quiet section of the exhibit hall. To find our booth, go in to the exhibit hall and turn left. Keep going until you see our booth at the end of the aisle. Our booth number is Q20. Troy Ackerman, the developer of the software will be in on hand, ready to answer your sales questions. Joining him at the booth will be two knowledgeable users, Eric Wenning and Dawson Deyo. Eric is from Pittsburgh, PA where he runs a successful company that provides Disc Jockeys, Photography, Rentals, and Installs. He is also an instructor the nationally-accredited FAME DJ School. Dawson Deyo is a long-time user of DJEP and helps manage a busy multi-op DJ company in East Hanover, NJ. Dawson helped with sales at last year's Expo and the Mobile Beat convention in Las Vegas. If you are attending the DJ Expo this year, please stop by our booth and say hi! tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2009:/djepblog//1.54 2009-04-21T16:58:22Z 2009-04-21T17:06:05Z

The Monday Morning Newsletter has been published. This week's topics about DJ Event Planner include: Are Your Clients Using DJEP To Plan Their Events? FAME DJ School Conference New Wishlist Rating System for DJEP To read the newsletter go here....

Troy Ackerman DJ Event Planner include:

• Are Your Clients Using DJEP To Plan Their Events?
• FAME DJ School Conference
• New Wishlist Rating System for DJEP

To read the newsletter go here.]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2009:/djepblog//1.56 2009-03-02T18:28:30Z 2009-04-21T17:31:23Z

Our Monday Morning Newsletter has now been published for the week. The topics that we cover this week include: Mobile Beat Convention Booth features DJEP Users DJEP Secures Special Discount For 2009 Disc Jockey News Conference Using A Competing Produce?...

Troy Ackerman

Mobile Beat Convention Booth features DJEP Users

DJEP Secures Special Discount For 2009 Disc Jockey News Conference

Using A Competing Produce? Switch To DJEP!

For all the news that's fit to print see, this week's newsletter here.]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2009:/djepblog//1.55 2009-02-09T18:24:56Z 2009-04-21T17:28:02Z

In this week's Monday Morning Newsletter you'll find out more about DJ Event Planner as we cover the following topics: DJ Event Planner To Be An Exhibitor at Mobile Bet Las Vegas Convention Music Database: Significant Upgrade New Book Released:...

Troy Ackerman DJ Event Planner as we cover the following topics:

• DJ Event Planner To Be An Exhibitor at Mobile Bet Las Vegas Convention
• Music Database: Significant Upgrade
• New Book Released: Guerilla Marketing Companion for DJs

To read this week's newsletter go here.]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2008:/djepblog//1.53 2008-12-22T17:57:35Z 2008-12-22T18:47:42Z

The Monday Morning Newsletter was published. Here are the topics this week: * Version 4.3 Released * Vanity DJEP Domains Available * The Search Box Read the newsletter here....

Troy Ackerman here.]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2008:/djepblog//1.52 2008-12-21T15:15:50Z 2008-12-21T15:25:49Z

DJ Event Planner has now officially released Version 4.3 of the web's premiere special event management software. Significant upgrades were make to the Venue, Employee, and Equipment sections, inlcuding the addition of many new information fields. There are also...

Troy Ackerman DJ Event Planner has now officially released Version 4.3 of the web's premiere special event management software. Significant upgrades were make to the Venue, Employee, and Equipment sections, inlcuding the addition of many new information fields. There are also several new user-interface improvements that will make the application behave more like a desktop application. To help keep your PDA/Desktop calendar synchronized with your DJEP account, there is a new iCalendar feature. Leading the list of new functionality for multi-op companies is the addition of employee activity tracking reports. You can now see exactly what your employees have been doing on the DJEP system. Other employee enhancements include an employee confirmation system and the ability to control how far in advance employees can see events assigned to them. ]]> New Features * iCalendar Synchronization for Outlook, Google Calendars, iContact, Sunbird and other PIMs * Music Requests: can now export to M3U playlist or and Excel file * Expired Sessions: Form Data Recovery for Compose Email form, Appointment form, Event Form. Due to inactivty, expired sessions were causing some users with intermittent internet connections to be redirected to the logon screen after hitting submit on these pages. Now, instead of redirecting to the logon page, a page is displayed that contains all of the submitted data. This allows users to copy and paste data into notepad for re-import into the application once they log on. * Employee Confirmation System - allows you to keep track of employee confirmation / acknowledgement of events * Employee Event View: Can now limit how far out employees can see events assigned to them Enhancements * New Data Replacement Field: * New Data Replacement Field: * New Data Replacement Field: * New Data Replacement Field: * New Data Replacement Field: * Employee Availability Checker: now displays appointments assigned to them in addition to events * Can now add equipment on the Add/Edit Event Form * Addon and Rental Pricing now appears in the Add Equipment popup * Date value now added to Request For Information subject * Data Exporter: can now export song requests * Data Exporter: can now export special songs * Data Exporter: new fields included in Expense table - client name, organization, event date * New filter added for data exporter: Is Equal To (date) * Option for second tax to be calculated on total fee or total fee plus first tax * Addon Report: Event Status now included * Check System Availability Popup: "Info" button was added to allow quick access to the contents of the systems while adding an event * New Fields for Packages: Notes, Rate Structure, Hourly Rate, Default Length * Meeting Confirmations now prominently display on Appointment Details popup window * When a client confirms a meeting by clicking on the meeting confirmation link, an email is now sent to the company administrator indicating that they confirmed * DJ Website Tools: Evaluation Forms - there is now a list of direct links to the evaluation forms * DJ Website Tools: Contact Us Form - can now redirect to a page of your choice after the form is submitted * Systems: Can now assign up to 10 systems per event * Check System Availability now includes start and end times * Expenses: can now delete multiple expenses at once from View by Payee report * Employee Activity reports now include links to events and appointments * Enhanced Mark As Paid on Event Page allows setting of the date and payment type * Add New Event: Assign a default venue * Add New Event: Assign a default package * Expenses: Button for adding Payee, Payment Method, and Payment Category Changes * Salesperson dashboard now goes to company calendar instead of their employee calendar * In the client event planner the wording of the link was changed from Vendor Info to Company Info * Tab order of compose email message was optimized * Fee Filler button functionality was improved * Request For Information subject line changed to "Request For Information: FirstName LastName" * Notification of Client Event Planner account now includes the status of the event in the subject * Addon Quantities: can now enter values other than whole numbers (example: 1.5, 1.25 etc)]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2008:/djepblog//1.51 2008-10-06T21:56:22Z 2008-10-06T21:57:51Z

The Monday Morning Newsletter was published. Here are the topics this week: * Disc Jockey News To Host Conference in MInnesota * DJ Event Planner Endorsed by N.A.M.E. * Support Policies Read the newsletter here....

Troy Ackerman here.]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2008:/djepblog//1.50 2008-10-05T19:55:55Z 2008-10-05T20:00:01Z

DJ Event Planner, the premier web-based software solution for mobile disc jockeys, announces its exclusive partnership with the National Association of Mobile Entertainers for 2009....

Troy Ackerman DJ Event Planner, the premier web-based software solution for mobile disc jockeys, announces its exclusive partnership with the National Association of Mobile Entertainers for 2009. The National Association of Mobile Entertainers, or N.A.M.E., is the leading DJ industry organization founded to help disc jockeys grow their mobile entertainment businesses. With this corporate sponsorship, DJ Event Planner will be the exclusive "DJ Business Management Web Service Provider" to be referred and endorsed by N.A.M.E. to its members. Along with this endorsement, DJ Event Planner will also receive a host of other benefits from this sponsorship, including: • Special email and print promotions to N.A.M.E. members • Articles in the bi-monthly National Entertainer News magazine • Promotions at N.A.M.E. chapter meetings and seminars • A DJ Event Planner Booth at the N.A.M.E. Conference in Orlando, Fla. in spring 2009 "It's an honor to enter into this sponsorship with N.A.M.E.," Troy Ackerman, developer and founder of DJ Event Planner said. "I developed DJ Event Planner to help disc jockeys create successful mobile entertainment businesses. I'm extremely excited to spread the word about DJ Event Planner with the help of N.A.M.E.," Ackerman said. To learn more about DJ Event Planner, visit the official website at djeventplanner.com. To learn more about N.A.M.E., visit the organization website at nameentertainers.com. About DJ Event Planner DJ Event Planner is web-based software designed to help disc jockeys manage their mobile entertainment business by organizing everything from appointments, employees and equipment. DJ Event Planner was developed and founded by Troy Ackerman, a veteran disc jockey and founding member of the Midwest Association of Professional Disc Jockeys. Ackerman earned a Computer Science degree from the University of Minnesota-Morris and is an expert in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, SQL and graphical user interfaces. For more information, visit djeventplanner.com. tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2008:/djepblog//1.49 2008-08-30T02:23:07Z 2008-08-30T02:26:12Z

The Monday Morning Newsletter was published. Here are the topics this week: * DJEP Joins Industry Leaders at DJ Times Convention in Atlantic City * iCalendar Beta * DJEP Poll: Newsletter Opinions Wanted * DJ Idea Sharing Read the...

Troy Ackerman here. ]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2008:/djepblog//1.48 2008-08-30T02:12:52Z 2008-08-30T02:20:14Z

Do you read the Monday morning newsletter? We want to hear your opinions!...

Troy Ackerman Do you read the Monday morning newsletter? We want to hear your opinions! ]]> tag:www.djeventplanner.com,2008:/djepblog//1.47 2008-06-23T15:34:52Z 2008-12-06T03:18:12Z

DJ Event Planner has now officially released Version 4.2 of the web's premiere special event management software. Significant upgrades were made to the Venue, Employee, and Equipment sections, inlcuding the addition of many new information fields. There are also...

Troy Ackerman DJ Event Planner has now officially released Version 4.2 of the web's premiere special event management software. Significant upgrades were made to the Venue, Employee, and Equipment sections, inlcuding the addition of many new information fields. There are also several new user-interface improvements that will make the application behave more like a desktop application. Leading the list of new functionality for multi-op companies is the addition of employee activity tracking reports. You can now see exactly what your employees have been doing on the DJEP system.]]> Upgrades * Event List page: ability to display either client logon, assigned employees or salesperson * Add/Edit Event Form: when you add a new venue using this form you can now enter the address of the venue in addition to the city, state, and room * New Filter/Sort for Inbox messages * Event Email Templates: AutoFill feature allows the send to field to be autofilled with any of the following email addresses related to the event: Client, Assigned Employee, Vendors, Venues * Enhanced the look and functionality of the Event Music Manager page. In the process a few links were removed and the workflow was changed slightly. * Email Attachments: can upload zip formatted files * Check Availability: Can now pass submitted form variables to a Custom URL * Increased Song Location field from 50 to 250 characters * Duplicate Events: can now select the status of the duplicated events * Ability to change client usernames * Setting to make client email address the client username on the creation of a client (as long as the email address is not in use by anyone else in the system) * Meeting Reminder Emails are now tracked via the contact manager * Ability to edit planning form backend field names (useful for Excel exporting) New Features * Employee Activity Report: Tracks Logons, Creation of Planner Items, and the Addition of Events * Unbranded Premium Membership is now available * Can now download an Excel file containing Requests and Special Songs * Employee Wage Tracking: Can now mark employee wages as paid from the event page or employee page * Second Tax Field: designed primarily for Canadian Provincial Sales Tax, this is a tax that is calculated based on the total fee plus the first tax value * Download event planning documents in Excel format Changes * Removed the usage of the term "Generated By" and replaced it with the more applicable "Salesperson" * When logging on to DJEP, anyone using the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser will be warned if their popup blocker is not disabled for the site. This is because of the extremely poor way in which the default popup blocker settings work in IE. Venue Upgrades * Venue List search filter * Reworked Venue Information page layout * On the Venue information page, if entered, Email address and Website address are now links instead of static text * Add/Edit Venue Form reworked to group similar types of data together * New Field: Time (in minutes from office) * New Field: Travel Fee * New Field: Setup Fee * New Field: Venue Category (possible values: High School, Hotel, Park, etc..) * New Fields: 5 Additional Contacts with room to enter: Name, Position, Phone, Email, Notes Employee Upgrades * Slightly reorganized Add/Edit Employee Form * New Field: Wedding Anniversary * New Field: Website (with link) * New Field: AIM IM (with link) * New Field: Yahoo IM (with link) * New Field: MSN IM (with link) * New Field: Skype (with link) Equipment Upgrades * Stand-Alone equipment list filter * Redesigned Add/Edit form * New Field: Manufacturer (now separate from model number field) * New Field: Rental Fee * New Field: Addon Fee * New Field: Insured * Ability to import list of equipment from an Excel file * New Function: Ability to assign pieces of equipment to a given system using a check list (Setup -> Equipment -> (Select System) -> Edit Equipment List) ]]>