The proposal management module provides quick and easy quotes, but does not commit your company to any bookings until a firm contract has been set up. This is an excellent tool for communicating with prospective clients.

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bManage has a very powerful, intuitive and user friendly contract management module.

You can create either a simple contract for renting one billboard face, or detailed contracts managing multiple faces with various date requirements. Either way the contract manager will perform accurate price look-ups, warn of scheduling conflicts, allow overtakes, and even schedules work instructions for your installers.

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As a billboard owner you are in the business of managing pseudo real estate properties.

bManage offers tools to let you manage your leases in full detail and to track the different kinds of permits which pertain to your billboards.

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bManage easily allows you to maintain all your site locations.

Each site location can be set-up with multiple billboard faces, conditions, exceptions, lease information, and other important data. Sites on the system can have street addresses, location descriptions, and GPS coordinates, which allow for pinpoint accurate mapping. Although bManage provides an easy to use site numbering scheme, you may continue using your existing site numbers as well.

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Complete leases management with accurate landlord data.

Ability to associate multiple sites to a lease. Easily manage leases for all site locations. Quickly search across all leases with convenient lookups based on landlord, location, site, etc. Lease information includes Lease number, Landlord, Start date, End date, Renewal date, Payment terms, etc. You can select multiple sites to be associated with a site.

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Billboard face details are easily managed with bManage.

For every site location you can create and manage multiple faces. The various items you can maintain about a face are: Face ID, Description, Direction of traffic, Lighting schedule, Sign type and dimensions, Construction/Retirement date, Pricing data, DEC statistics, etc. Although bManage provides an easy to use face numbering scheme, you may continue using your existing face numbers as well.

Each face has access to its conditions, exceptions, line of sight conflicts, contracts, and schedule. For each face you can also view and manage Proof of Performance photo, Approach shot photo, Beauty shot photo, Map view, and Video drive by.

You can easily send out fact sheets to your potential clients by sending them the ready to go fact sheets available in bManage. This fact sheet can be emailed directly to your clients or printed and sent out.

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The Advanced Face Selector is a powerful tool which allows you to create a selection of faces based on a variety of criteria in order to meet a certain GRP.

For example with just a few clicks you can create a selection of faces to achieve a GRP of 75 in Orange County, CA and total price less than $60,000. Once a selection is created it can be used in a proposal or contract.

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Pre-defined and custom conditions available for entire billboard inventory.

Conditions are special properties of a "Site" or a "Face". These conditions can help categorize billboard inventories. For example: a condition may be called "Alcohol advertising permitted". By associating this condition to the appropriate faces, future requests can use that condition as a filter.

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Ability to block out specific inventory for pre-set time intervals.

bManage allows you to easily block out specific inventory from availability, by using "Exceptions". Exceptions are date driven and keep your scheduling accurate. You can easily search through all exceptions with convenient lookups based on Site ID, description, exception dates, etc.

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Manage Line-of-Sight conflict with ease.

For every billboard face, bManage allows you to keep track of all Line Of Sight conflicts with other billboard faces in the vicinity. Quickly view all faces up to a 2-mile range of a specific face, and simply indicate which ones have a Line Of Sight conflict with the specific face. Use this data to ensure clients with competing products are not placed in locations of conflict with each other.

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Web-based Proposal Development Tool.

When a prospective client expresses interest in one of your signs, you can respond quickly by sending them a professional looking multi-page presentation of the sign. This professional looking proposal or ePitch™ will include fact sheets, approach and beauty shots with an interactive map allowing your prospective client to view the proposed sign in relation to their business. Once created your ePitch™ can be e-mailed to multiple recipients with a click of the mouse. Best of all, you avoid costly mailings and copying charges when sending out paper proposals. If you need to print out the ePitch™ the printing feature will provide you with a professional looking multi-page presentation.

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Manage multimedia content (Video, photos, maps, etc.)

With bManage you can quickly update all multimedia content. The simple to use upload feature allows you to update the POP photos, Approach shot, Beauty shot, Video footage, and the map.

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Manage the activities of multiple virtual faces belonging to one billboard face.

Virtual Faces are a way to divide a billboard face into several sections and lease each one of those sections as a separate face. bManage will keep track of all virtual face activity in terms of contract, schedules, etc. Scheduling conflicts are identified as contracts are created. An easy to follow numbering scheme is used to manage all virtual faces belonging to the same billboard face.

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State-of-the-art mapping software accurately locates a billboard.

With bManage's state of the art mapping software you can quickly locate a specific face on an easy to view map. All billboard faces in the inventory have GPS coordinates associated with them for accurate look-ups. You can zoom in and out for the most desirable view, and have access to a printable version of the map.

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Manage all activities of outside vendors/suppliers.

bManage recognizes the need to work with vendors and suppliers to run your business successfully. A sophisticated Tracking System manages the activities of your outside organizations with regards to Design(s) and/or Print(s). Tracking numbers allow your suppliers/vendors to update their respective portions of the work process. At your discretion bManage allows your outside organizations to interact with the system, or you may chose to update their activities directly. (You are in control!)

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Schedule tracking for all billboards.

The scheduling system in bManage is directly linked to your contracts. Once a contract has been created, it can be viewed in the scheduling module. Multiple views of the schedule are available for analysis, with various time horizons and warning indicators. The scheduling system will drive the availability of your billboards for potential BillboardPlanet clients.

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Manage all Design functions.

bManage allows you to manage multiple designs. Design information includes Design ID, Description, Advertiser, Ad agency, Printer, Delivery date, etc. The interaction between the supplier of the design (ad agency) and the printer can be managed via emails and appropriate notices, with you in complete control. The activities of the ad agency and printer are managed with convenient tracking numbers for thorough system security. You can easily search through all designs with convenient lookups based on Design ID, Advertiser, Ad agency, etc.

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Manage all tasks for creating and tracking billboard prints.

bManage handles the process of creating prints to satisfy your contracts. Print information includes Print ID, Description, associated Design, Printer, Installer, Print medium and type, Print quantities, etc. The interaction between the printer and the installer can be managed via emails and appropriate notices, with you in complete control. The activities of the printer are managed with convenient tracking numbers for thorough system security. Multiple print orders can be generated for the printer with your accompanying purchase order. You can easily search through all prints with convenient lookups based on PrintID, Description, Design ID, Printer, Installer, etc.

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Manage all tasks for installers.

bManage allows your installers to be an integral part of your network. You can provide them access to the Installer module and from there they can receive and update all their relevant tasks. Your installers will be able to manage all activities relating to POP photos, Postings, Takedowns, Print destroying, and Returning of prints.

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Manage POP images for every face.

Avoid the costly process of sending POP photos to your clients, by using the POP module in bManage. Use a digital camera to take your POP photos and simply upload the photos to bManage. The POP links can be emailed to multiple locations and you can eliminate costly photo development and shipping charges. POP's are available for your clients to view, in a password-protected area of the BillboardPlanet web site. If you need to print out the POP proof the printing feature will provide you with a professional looking POP proof sheet.

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Manage all pricing and rate-card data for your entire inventory.

bManage allows you to conveniently set up very flexible rate cards for the entire inventory. Each face is then associated with a rate card and pricing information is automatically calculated into your contracts. You can always over-ride the calculated price of the contracts. Rates for Installation and Printing services can be captured and maintained separately in bManage.

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Complete system security for all activities and transactions.

You can have peace of mind knowing bManage provides you with the top of the line system security with additional layers of security that includes an off-site data center with Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), Backup/Generator Power capabilities, Fire Suppression capabilities and a state-of-the-art Cooling & Climate Control system. All systems are monitored 24/7.

Create multiple security profiles for your company; you can be as stringent or relaxed with our data security layers. (You are in control!) Password protected access to the system ensures only appropriate persons in your company can modify and/or view the various areas of the system.

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bManage is a web-based application and all you need to use the system is an Internet browser.

This means that unlike many other business systems, you don't need to purchase exotic hardware and software to run bManage. In addition, bManage is network ready and multi-user, so that all your satellite offices can start using the system from day one without the need to setup communication network lines between your offices. All you need is an Internet browser.

The web-based nature of bManage also means that enhancements and system upgrades will happen seamlessly without your intervention. So when a new version of bManage is released you will be using it instantly.

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Keep track of all Contacts and Organizations.

Keep track of all the organizations you deal with (Advertisers, Ad agencies, Printers, Installers, etc.). Convenient search screens allow you to look up organizations based on Name, Type, and Location. For every organization you can manage their shipping addresses, contacts, etc. Each contact can be provided access to your system based on security privileges you set up. Commissions for each contact are also tracked in the Contact Manager plus their pertinent information.

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