Welcome to the spring edition!

Welcome to the second issue of Showcare Update, showcare's quarterly newsletter.  I am very pleased to continue this newsletter following the same great format designed to communicate new product launches, enhancements and other current events at showcare.  Additionally, this e-newsletter will continue to provide you with articles, tips and best practices relative to managing your event.  Thank you for all of your positive comments relating to the launch issue in late February, we hope you enjoyed reading it.  Please continue to let us know your thoughts and ideas for future topics, your feedback is very important to us.

Sincerely,
Craig Giles
Director of Customer Service

In the News

The Changing Face of Web and Search Engine Marketing
A few years ago, search engine placement was arranged by your average Web designer and/or Webmaster. The Webmaster would simply submit a site to search engines manually or use rudimentary software that was widely available.
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What's New at Showcare

Web Services the Key to Data Integration? One of the most significant changes in the software industry in recent years has been the arrival of Web services, which are now taking aim at the event registration industry.  In a nutshell, web services are a truly distributed computing model in which applications "talk" to one another.  All of which favours very well with one of the exhibition industries latest “buzz” words: database integration.  In short, it is quickly becoming the next evolution in online registration. Read Article

We're On The Move... We're very excited to announce that showcare will be moving our Toronto headquarters to a new office location this summer.  The move has come as a result of years of continued growth within our organization.  We're very happy to say that our new location will provide us with nearly double our current space and offer  greatly enhanced facilities, which will allow us to better serve you.  The new office will be located at 2770 14th Avenue in Markham, Ontario.  Please stay tuned for more updates throughout the summer. View Map of New Showcare Location

Following-up with Tradeshow Leads has Never been so Easy Event organizers can rest easy with the new Showlead.com web portal created specifically to meet the needs of tradeshow and event exhibitors.  This new portal will simplify the management and follow-up of tradeshow leads by providing exhibitors the tools they need to quickly and professionally respond to potential customers in just a few mouse clicks.  Read Article

Showreg Enhancements at a Glance

• NEW enhancements to membership list management to allow for searching over multiple member lists and provide the ability to manually add/edit a member to a list.
• NEW enhancements to allow multi-select demographic fields to be reported on the product capacity by demographic report.
• NEW enhancement to allow for multiple badge printer support when utilizing the linebuster technology onsite.
• A NEW function has been added to Showreg Lite under the Tools section called NextReg Verification to allow users to select the NextReg days and then type in or scan the badge number.

Did You Know?

• You can easily market to previous years attendees and offer them exclusive advance registration and special rates.
• That Showreg™ offers comprehensive CEU tracking capabilities and provides your attendees with the ability to print their own accreditation certificates online.
• That Showreg™ can be configured to handle your ticket requirements for individual ticketed events or consumer shows.
• By using ShowAccess, our wireless handheld access control devices, you can remove the need for paper tickets and police events by simply scanning the delegates badge.

Stay Tuned

Stay tuned for more great showcare developments in the summer issue coming to you in late August.