2024! What can we say. It was a year of rapid innovation, following through on the valuable feedback we’ve collected from the Arti Community – you – and with input from our cross-industry Greenhouse committee, too. We also set the stage for some exciting changes to come at Artifcts in 2025. What’s the expression about it taking years to become an “overnight success?” Bit by bit, we’ll show the world together what it means to adopt the #ArtiLife.
While we could bore you with every little change and improvement of 2024, we’re opting to hit just the highest of the highlights. Here we go!
1. Can you hear me now?
When we launched Artifcts, we offered you the ability to combine photos, videos, and audio in every Artifct you created. Now you can also record video and audio directly in the Artifcts app.
A lot of thought went into this process because the last thing we wanted was a scenario in which you recorded something nearly perfectly or that was a bit too long, and you were left stranded without an option to trim, compress, or save that file and try again. So, we built that all in, too!
Just think, how much do you love hearing your loved one’s voice? Now remember that feeling and consider it the next time you create an Artifct. Voice is magical: the inflections, the word choice, the bloopers.
2. Get sticker happy
Covid really brought QR codes front and center in our daily lives. From the get-go, we built them into Artifcts so you could easily print a QR code for any Artifct you created and attach the QR code to the object, linking the digital story with the physical object.
Fast forward three years and you all were using Artifcts QR codes in such volume that you insisted there had to be a better option than printing, cutting, and sticking them.
And that is how Artifcts QR code stickers were born!
Scan a QR code sticker and Artifcts will ask you, “Do you want to attach this to an existing Artifct or create a new one?” And off you go, linking the digital stories and memories with the 'stuff' in the room! Now you'll easily keep track of the stuff and the memories.
3. But I Need a Book
The reality is, we are tactile creatures. We like the comfort of things in our hands. We were therefore unsurprised that people often asked us about printing their Artifcts to a book.
But we’ve also learned along the way that more than 80% of photo books people start to create are abandoned. And products that price a book into their memberships or annual fees often never get completed. They are time consuming labors of love! So, we took a novel approach.
You focus your energy on creating your Artifcts. Our partner at Akin will design and deliver your book. Simply purchase your book from Akin, privately share the Artifcts you want published, and they’ll design and deliver your book.
And remember those QR codes? Akin will include those in your book so your friends and family can enjoy all the additional photos, video, and audio featured in your Artifcts, too!
4. Get a Little Help from a Pro
Our best intentions aside, sometimes it takes having someone beside us to get stuff done. We’re busy and our attention is divided. No wonder so many baby books go unfinished and so many closets and drawers go unorganized. Who has the time? Who has the skill?
With tremendous input across six industries, we delivered Artifcts for Professionals (ARTIPro) this summer. Now professionals can offer Artifcting services to help you organize the stuff and the memories and get prepared for the future.
Your motivation and needs will vary. Some of you are decluttering and/or downsizing and want to hold onto the memories even as you let go of some of the stuff. Others of you are trying to document and organize collections, both for the joy of the collection and maybe for insurance and estate planning purposes, too. Still others are taking the next step after organizing their vast photos collections to now Artifct the stories behind key photos - photos can’t talk after all!
Whatever your goal, ARTIPros can Artifct for and with you and securely transfer your Artifcts to you for ongoing private access when your time together is complete. Ask proefssionals you hire if they are an ARTIPro. None (yet) in your area? You can also purchase a virtual or in-person Artifcts concierge service. Learn more!
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Thank you all for coming along with us on this wild journey that is a startup. We look forward to more of it together in 2025. We have so much in store!
P.S. If you’ve made it this far, here’s a little reward: Message us at Support@Artifcts.com, and we’ll send the first 10 readers a packet of Artifcts QR code stickers. Happy Artifcting! 🎁
P.S.S. You can always look back on these and other features we released and shared over on ARTIcles by Artifcts. Read on!
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