gil – Keeping Count

TallyFi Custom Public Dashboards: Beyond Just Numbers

At its core, TallyFi offers venues a straightforward way to monitor attendance. Our system tracks those entering and exiting, providing a real-time count. This data, by default, is private. We understand that for many, keeping this information to themselves is essential.

However, there are venues that wish to share their current count with their patrons. Maybe it’s a cafe sharing its occupancy during the brunch rush, or perhaps it’s a raffle showcasing the number of tickets sold in real-time. For these scenarios and many more, we’ve developed our custom public dashboards. If you’re looking to share this data, opting in is a breeze.

But let’s push the boundaries a bit: our system can be more than a digital counter. With some creativity, you can use it in ways you might not have first considered. For instance, while its standard use might be displaying the number of patrons, why not also use it to indicate an estimated wait time? By adjusting the pink and blue channels, it’s possible to both display the number of people waiting and estimate their wait time. It’s a testament to the versatility that TallyFi offers when approached with a fresh perspective.

Got a specific design in mind using HTML/CSS? We can integrate that directly into your dashboard without added fees above a standard level subscription. And if your ideas delve deeper or are more intricate, we’re on hand to discuss them and provide a quote to match.

To explore customizations or for any other queries, don’t hesitate to contact us at customdashboard@tallyfi.com. Whether you’re aiming for straightforward displays or innovative twists, TallyFi adapts to meet your vision.

Feature Spotlight: Notes

The events that occur during a particular day obviously have a big effect on your numbers. This week, we’ve decided to highlight “Notes” – a feature that will help you keep track of what happened and why.

A note is simply a centralized place for you and your team to share information tied to a particular day – for example, special event details (“VIP Visit” or “Beatles Concert”), or for daily operational logs (“ticket machine broke”, or “extreme weather”). There are two places you can get started with notes:

From your main dashboard you can add a note to the current day by clicking the note button in the upper right hand corner.
From the calendar view you can add a note to any day by first selecting the desired date and activating the “Add Note/Sales” button.

Once you’ve done that, you’ll be provided with a free-form text area that you can fill with whatever information you’d like. The text will be visible from the calendar view alongside your daily numbers.

Adding a Note from the dashboard (left) and from the calendar view (right)

Great! The next thing you’ll want to tryout is ‘Note Search’. Visiting the calendar page, you can use the search button to find all the days that contain matching text. For instance, say you are looking to review the last three times a particular event called the “Campfire Ball” was held.

Note search button (top right hand corner of calendar page)

Performing the search will list each of the times the phrase appeared in the note text, so that you can easily find important events and compare their impact on daily totals. For multiple venue owners, the search results include matching days across all of your venues, which makes it easy to track events that move between locations.

Search Results – each of the days referencing the “Campfire Ball” appear in this list

New Feature: TallyFi Email Reports

Today we are launching a new feature that many of our customers have been asking for, and we think you’re going to love it – Email Reports!

Boring, right?

Start each week with a quick review of last week’s performance and stay on top trends that affect your bottom line. Track the performance of your promotions and always keep on top of guest counts.

Focus on doing the things that grow your business, making more money is never boring!

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4 Powerful Ways to Boost Upselling at Your Bar

Though turning a profit at your business includes many details, increasing your cash flow can really only be done in two ways: bringing more customers in, and/or selling more to the customers you already have.

On the TallyFi blog, we’ve already discussed ideas for attracting more customers to your nightclub and we’ve examined how hospitality training can help you keep happy customers. The next step is to nudge those happy, paying customers to spend more money at your bar. How can you do that? Upselling.

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Come and See TallyFi at the Nightclub and Bar Show in Las Vegas

We look forward to seeing all our Tallyfans at the Nightclub and Bar show, March 7-9th at the Las Vegas convention center! Stop by booth #1506 in the new product pavilion to see everything TallyFi has to offer.

If you’re planning on attending and would like to schedule a 1:1 meeting, drop me an email at gil@tallyfi.com and we’ll book some time to go over your individual requirements.

We’re offering a special conference-exclusive 25% discount for all new customers! Stop by our booth for more details, and to see how TallyFi can help you build a stronger more profitable business.

TallyFi is counting the days until the we see you in Las Vegas!

TallyFi on your Wrist

Bar and nightclub owners have been telling us how much they love being aware of what is happening in their club no matter where they are or what they are doing. We wanted make it easier for you to get important information you need without the need to constantly be consulting your phone.

As you might have already guessed, we are announcing a custom app for the Pebble smartwatch that brings the core of the TallyFi’s real-time experience to your wrist.

If you are interested in having TallyFi on your wrist, visit our smartwatch signup page. Even if you don’t have a Pebble, head over there to let us know which device you want us to work on next.

Using TallyFi on Android

This post covers the process on Android, if you have an iOS device click here.

Although our website is optimized so that it works nicely on all modern phones and tablets, we still miss the convenience of tapping an app icon.

You can save tons of time by putting TallyFi one tap away via a link on your home screen. We love this tip, as it basically eliminates the barrier to taking a quick peek at your venue’s real-time numbers.

Using TallyFi from your iPhone or iPad

This post covers the process on iOS, if you have an Android phone click here.

Checking on the current status of your club becomes addicting fast. We want to make sure that you can pop into your dashboard in a minimal amount of time. The easiest way to do that is to add TallyFi to your phone’s application grid.

The good news is that this process is fast and painless. In only four steps you can have TallyFi at your fingertips: