Traffic has 15 servers to give away … but once they’re gone they’re gone. This offer is our best ever and has a total value of over £2,000!

Your Traffic system will be hosted on a shiny new rack server with dual disk drives and we will even include delivery and remote database backup in with the deal.

All you have to do is plug it in and connect it to your network and you will be away. No hassle, no fuss.

Our specialists are waiting to hear from you on 0800 880 3008 or email us on enquiries@sohnar.com and we will gladly give you a demonstration and get your server on its way to you!

What you get:

•    Hardware – A shiny new server with 2 x 250GB hard drives and 2GB RAM.
•    Software – All software including operating system and Traffic installed.
•    Configuration – System configured to your requirements.
•    Back-ups – Automated back-ups or our internet-based back up service.
•    Delivery – Free delivery to any address UK-wide.

The small print …

Offer for the first 15 sales and may be withdrawn anytime at Sohnar’s discretion. The server is offered to clients with minimum 10 users and maximum 30. At our discretion we may provide hardware for systems greater than 30 users. Client may purchase the system, or subscribe by monthly rental. Rental deals subject to a 24-month minimum term. The server remains the property of Sohnar and must be returned at contract expiry. Servers are dedicated to the running of Traffic. UK clients only.

At Sohnar we’re not just satisfied with being the industry leader – we are constantly investing in product development so you get the best possible system.

Here are the latest innovations from Sohnar:

Free integration with Proof HQ

Traffic is the only creative management system to integrate with ProofHQ – and Traffic users receive a free ProofHQ team account worth $49 per month!

ProofHQ is an online proofing system that streamlines the process of managing design reviews and approvals. It’s the easiest way to manage changes, get feedback and approval on design work.

You simply upload your file, pick your reviewers and include an optional message. Your file is converted to a web-based proof and your reviewers are sent a personal link to the proof.

Creating a proof with ProofHQ as easy as sending an email, but with all the benefits of smarter mark-up, commenting, collaboration and tracking.

Key features

•    Easy upload of multiple media types
•    Simple commenting and markup
•    Powerful approval workflow
•    Version management and comparison
•    Mac and PC compatible

MultiCalendar

Want to see all your creative tasks in one view? Track who is assigned to what role? Move tasks around and re-estimate with a single click?

MultiCalendar from Traffic is the slick new way to see what’s happening across your business, and puts the control back in your hands.

You can see who’s doing what and when, and move tasks around within calendars or across users. You can de-schedule less urgent tasks and leave them in the priority queue. You can even see what work needs to be done that hasn’t been allocated to anyone; so nothing slips through the gaps.

Key features:

•    Shows all user calendars on one screen at one time.
•    Ability to select specific users to view simultaneously if required.
•    Allows work to be moved to either a different time, different user or both.
•    Shows scheduled appointments around tasks.
•    Shows and move work requests.

Sohnar Traffic is holding an exclusive event at The Groucho Club in Soho London:

Wednesday, March 24th, 6.30pm

Come and join us for a demonstration of the award-winning Traffic project management system!

We will be demonstrating some of the latest Traffic features, such as Drag and Drop Scheduling and Traffic Airtime with single-click time recording; the slickest time recorder you’ve ever seen.

And of course we’ll show you the fantastic range of features that have kept Traffic the industry leader for over eight years:

-Documents and Contacts in one place
-Contact & Document Management
-Fast, Flexible Quoting
-Record time – your way
-Easy Scheduling

All this and a cold beer or two!

We hope to see you there. Please email enquiries@sohnar.com to secure your place today!

A recent article in Creative Review talked to influential studio managers and creative agency MDs about tips and tricks they have for running their studios as effectively as possible. Georgina Lee, Managing Director at This is Real Art said the following:

 ”We invested in something called Traffic about nine months ago which allows us to do all the planning and the scheduling, and even allows the designers to do timesheets, very simply! One thing that we all have to do on our side is work out if we’re budgeting properly, if we’re making money out of these jobs. Traffic allows us to work out whether we’re budgeting for things correctly. It was a big thing to change to and it links in with our accountancy stuff now, too. I love my reports! I get very excited.”

Read the full article below:

http://www.sohnar.com/marketing/case-studies/vision.pdf

The Traffic demonstration at the Apple Store on Wednesday 27 January was a great success.

The workshop space was completely booked out with standing room only for late arrivals.

Feedback about the presentation and the hospitality has been fantastic. If anyone has comments to share please feel free to do so.

2009 has brought some unavoidable changes. Businesses have had to work smarter and be nimble just to survive.

But this change can be a good thing. It gives you a chance to re-evaluate every aspect of your business and start to work smarter.

Many companies have found they need to go back to the drawing board and work out what it is they actually offer to clients. For others it may be a process of analysing revenue streams and what aspects of the business are most profitable, then developing those streams or looking for additional opportunities in similar areas.

It’s a matter of cutting your cloth to fit; you may find, as many of our clients are, that print advertising work is down but digital is a growth area, and look to develop business further in this area.

Value-adds are one way to increase revenue from your existing clients without raising prices for existing services; something your clients may not appreciate when facing difficult times.

A tactic which has worked for many design businesses is offering retainer services, whereby they receive a monthly fee to pick up a range of projects along with smaller ad hoc pieces of work from a client. They offer a reduced rate in return, creating a guaranteed income stream while keeping the client happy.

Cutting costs can help the bottom line in the short-term, but inevitably will not help your company’s growth. Looking for ways to improve your business and innovate to meet changing business needs will bring you far better pay-back in the long term.

There are many ways in which change can be beneficial to your business once you embrace the opportunities it brings. Here are just some of the ways which you can use change in your favour:

• Return to the drawing board and rediscover the essence of your business
• Develop existing revenue streams with value adds
• Clean your house and get rid of dead weight
• Guarantee an income by offering retainer work
• Work smarter rather than harder using your existing resources
• Remove redundancies such as client over-servicing
• Cut your cloth to fit your most profitable business areas

So as the saying goes, fortune favours the brave. Be bold and embrace change as a way to build a better business.