Several customers have recently inquired about ‘appointment scheduling’ and ‘sitting fee collection’. How often have you told a client ‘let me check my schedule and I will get back with you’ which then starts the ‘phone/e-mail tag’ ? This results in countless hours of
Non-Value Added Activity (muda) in your week of scheduling appointments, collecting sitting fees, confirmations, appointment reminders and appointment conflicts. Therefore, in 2010 gain more control of your schedule with web appointments.
Features include (click here to view a demo) :
* No software installation; all functionality from your web browser
* Set up appointments and schedules – display and hide dates/times from your customers
* Create recurring appointments and ‘block off times’
* Create services for specific dates and date ranges (example – portrait session weekend)
* Ability to display services/events for businesses with multiple employees
* Customized customer appointment forms to collect specific customer information
* Confirm appointments before it the appointment is added to your calendar
* Automated e-mail notifications and reminders for both you and your clients
* Client database in which you can download for future use
* Paypal payment integration – collect your sitting fees, etc up-front – automated. Ability to charge different sitting fees for different services.
* Show your own business policies (cancelations, no-shows, what to wear or bring to the appointment, etc…)
* Calendar ‘removes’ time slots confirmed to avoid double-booking
* Ability to enter ‘phone in appoinments’
* Ability to send out specific links to specific services/events
* Web site integration – easily integrate within your smugmug or wordpress site
* Create links for web site, e-news, facebook, etc…
* Visual calendars (see below)
* Calendar sync and downloading – supports Excel/Outlook/Sunbird/GoogleC/iCal (your entire schedule or a specific service/event)
* Access your schedule via your iphone / Mobile access
* Ability to set-up access to the calendar for multiple employees (employees can view their own schedule)
* Affordable : Only $10 a month with one-month free trail (for specific customization, contact me)
*** Coming soon – more customization capabilities ***
PROCESS MODEL
CLIENT VIEW
YOUR VIEW ONLY
Entire schedule or 14 day blocks. You also have the ability to calendar sync/download – supports Excel/Outlook/Sunbird/GoogleC/iCal (your entire schedule or a specific service/event)
For more information, please feel free to contact me.
