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Time To Roll Out Some Big Updates

Monday, October 31st, 2016 by Drew McManus

You’ll never get anywhere by standing still so to that end, I’m happy to announce some big improvements at both the main blog and Adaptistration Jobs. Let’s take a look at what’s new: an integrated payment gateway and Facebook powered comments. Integrated Payment Gateway We recently upgraded our payment gateway to include an integrated system that allows users to make credit card payments without needing to leave the site. At Adaptistration Jobs, …

Rolling Out Updated Links On The Orchestra Financial Reports Page

Monday, October 10th, 2016 by Drew McManus

One of Adaptistration’s most popular resources is the Orchestra Financial Reports page where you can find direct links to an orchestra’s IRS 990 filings at GuideStar.org. Recently GuideStar began rolling out a series of updates to how their database works and the frontend user experience. Those updates are a welcome enhancement but one negative byproduct is all of the original links have been changed and there are no redirects from the …

All About Orchestra Negotiations

Monday, September 26th, 2016 by Drew McManus

Last May, we examined some new capacity at Adaptistration which provides the ability to package several articles on related content into an easy to find resource. Fortunately, metrics made it easy to determine what readers are looking for and for the past year, the most searches focus on how orchestra negotiations work. As a result, it was clear the inaugural series should address this need so I’m pleased to introduce a …

Why Yes, Genuine User Endorsements Do Exist

Friday, September 23rd, 2016 by Drew McManus

Every now and then, a fun project falls in your lap and last fall, I had the pleasure of shooting a promo video for the email client I use, Postbox. They ended up shooting the entire thing on-site in my office and talking shop with the Postbox Founder and VP of Product Management, Sherman Dickman, was as much fun as shooting the footage. The filmmaker was Brian Artka from Size43 Creative; we …

Less Than A Week From Launch

Thursday, August 11th, 2016 by Drew McManus

It’s always exciting to approach the finish line for a new product launch. To that end, we’re less than a week from the official Schedule Fusion launch and I wanted to take a moment to soap-box on a few items that we’re particularly pleased to have accomplished. Transparent Pricing and Payment Policies One of my pet peeves with software as a service (SaaS) providers is when they passive aggressively upsell by …