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Clients & Profits, Inc. publishes Clients &
Profits, business software for advertising agencies, graphic design firms,
and in-house design departments. Since 1986, over 2,200 shops have managed
their clients, jobs, and finances with Clients & Profits. They've
made it the best-selling agency management software for Windows and Macintosh.
The 26-person company is based in Oceanside, California (near San Diego).
Above:
The Clients & Profits office in Oceanside,
California.
Milestones
Mar., 1986: Clients & Profits 1 is developed for a
small agency in Los Angeles as an in-house job management
system.
Jan., 1987: Clients & Profits 2 ships at the MacWorld
Expo in San Francisco. Features basic job tickets, job
costing, and client billing, but no general ledger.
Apr., 1988: Clients & Profits 3 ships. Includes a
general ledger, financial reports, and purchase
orders.
May, 1988: Multi-user Clients & Profits 3 ships.
Nov., 1988: The 100th Clients & Profits program
ships.
Jan., 1989: Clients & Profits 4 ships.
Oct., 1990: Clients & Profits ez ships. Offers
entry-level job tracking, costing, and billing for small
agencies and design studios.
Dec., 1990: Clients & Profits PLUS ships. Includes a
fiscal-year general ledger, profit centers, and enhanced
trafficking.
Aug., 1991: The 500th Clients & Profits program
ships
April, 1993: Pre-release version of Clients & Profits
Pro ships for on-site testing
Jan., 1994: Clients & Profits Pro 1.0 ships. A complete re-write;
faster, more powerful, customizable; for both Windows and Mac
May 1995: Job Tracker 1.0 ships. Offers the same job
tracking as , but without billing and accounting
Sept., 1995: Clients & Profits Classic 1.0 ships.
Based on C&P Pro, this version replaces Clients &
Profits 4.4 and Clients & Profits PLUS.
Dec., 1995: Clients & Profits Pro 2.0 ships. A major
upgrade to our flagship software, with over 500
enhancements.
Sept., 1996: Clients & Profits Classic 2.0 ships.
Jan., 1997: Clients & Profits Pro 2.3 ships.
Feb, 1998: 1,500th client buys Clients & Profits.
March, 1998: Clients & Profits Pro 3.0 released.
July, 1998: Clients & Profits Classic 3.0
released.
Sept, 1998: Clients & Profits Media Link interfaces
media buys with Strata, SmartPlus, and TAPSCAN.
March, 1999: San Diego Business Journal lists Clients
& Profits, Inc. in its Top Software Companies
business list.
June, 1999: The Clients & Profits Helpdesk takes its
250,000th support call.
Sept., 1999: Clients & Profits SQL 1.0 for Oracle 8
is released.
Nov., 1999: Clients & Profits Pro 4.0, Clients &
Profits Classic 4.0, and Job Tracker 1.0 ships.
Sept. 2000: My Clients & Profits!, an add-on web
server for Clients & Profits, is released.
Oct. 2000: Clients & Profits SQL 1.0 for SQL Server 7
is released.
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