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July 9, 2009

Great Twitter tip for Salons and Hair Stylists (video)

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Every now and then you may want to offer a special promotion on Twitter for a particular service within your business.  A great way to do this is by going to your online scheduling page and preselecting the service and stylist.  You can then copy your URL and paste it in to the shorten URL portion of a Twitter tool like Tweetdeck.

 

You can then create a tweet announcing your promotion for that service and attaching the newly created link.  Now when people see your tweet, they can click on the link which takes them directly to your online scheduling page.  Since the service and stylist have been preselected, they are only left to choose date and time in order to book the appt.

 

Doesn’t get much easier than that!


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July 8, 2009

5 Twitter tips for Massage Therapists

In my work, I come into contact with lots of Massage Therapists who are interested in growing their businesses.  Most have heard about Twitter but don't know exactly how to best use it as a business tool. 

Here are 5 tips I've put together that will make that process much more natural and useful:

  1. Get on Twitter - obvious I know but someone would have pointed that out had I forgotten it.
  2. Get Tweetdeck - It will allow your to follow feeds about your city or neighborhood which will, in turn, help you find people in your area who are active on Twitter.
  3. Create Google Alerts for the things that interest you (i.e. Massge, Health, Fitness, etc..) AND things that may be interesting to your current and potential clients.  Tweet about your finds and attach the shortened link (via the 'Shorten' link in Twitter) and try not to use more than 120 characters so that others can easily retweet your contributions.
  4. Follow influential people and organizations in your industry and engage them in real conversation.
  5. Promote yourself and your business but in only 1 out of 15 or 20 tweets!  When you decide on a self promotion, always include a shortened link to your online scheduling page so that clients book with you when you are 'top of mind'.
Be patient and persistent and don't expect results overnight.  Your creating a community around you of people who enjoy helping other people..  As one tweet I saw explained so wonderfully - By rowing the boat of followers across the river, you get to other side as well (or something like that ;-)

Cheers

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July 6, 2009

Attention Massage Therapy Students! Are You Ready to Start Your Business?

Once you are committed to attending an accredited massage therapy school, your life as a massage therapist has already begun.  You should be collecting names and e-mail addresses of potential clients from day one.  Keep them in an excel spreadsheet or enter them directly in to your Schedulicity client database.
 
Why?  Because the day you graduate is the day you want your business to start.  Don't wait until then to begin looking for clients.  If you have done your homework by creating a 'starter' database, in minutes, you can use our integrated email marketing to immediately send out 'invitations to schedule online' to your entire list.  The e-mail that your potential clients receive will alert them that you have graduated and it will include a hyperlink your online scheduling page.
 
In seconds, future clients can schedule an appointment with you - helping to get your business off and running.  Best of all, when they tell their friends how business savvy you are and how easy it is to schedule with you, you'll need to start looking for a bigger place. ;-)
 
Follow us on Twitter or Facebook and let us know you're a student.  We have special promotions just for you.
 
 

   
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Attention_Massage_Therapy_Stud.zip (303 KB)

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June 29, 2009

Why is the combination of Online Scheduling and Email Marketing so powerful?

Imagine being able to create a mailing list of your clients who have scheduled a specific service during a specified period of time.  How powerful would it be to email a coupon for $15 off a 90 minute Hot Stone Massage to all your clients who had scheduled a 90 minunte Hot Stone Massage over the previous 4 months? 
 
Schedulicity's Online Scheduling and Email Marketing allow you to accept appointments online and use that information to create data driven, email marketing campaigns that ensure you get the right message to the right people every time.
 

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June 25, 2009

What's the secret to getting your clients to schedule appointments online with you - again and again?

CONVENIENCE!
 
We know that convenience is the key to keeping your clients scheduling again and again.  That's why Schedulicity has taken the guess work out of scheduling appointments online for your clients. 
 
Once they book an appointment with you, online or in-store, they have their own home page that allows them to see and manage upcoming reservations. They can select your business from their favorites section, book again from the link attached to a past service or add all their appointments to Outlook, Google Calendar or iCal.
 
They can even cancel appointments and rebook (as long as they are outside of your cancellation policy parameters) from their iPhone or Blackberry..
 
Schedulicity knows that the secret to online scheduling is convenience for both you AND your clients.
 
 
 
 

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June 17, 2009

Schedulicity Online Scheduling introduces Advanced Services or 'Split Reservations'

In our never ending quest to satisfy the needs of service professionals, Schedulicity Online Scheduling announces the addition of our Advanced Services functionality.

What are advanced services? They are services that have a start time in which you will be working with your clients, a processing time in which you could schedule other clients and a finish time in which you will return to that client in order to finish the service.

Now, both you and your clients can schedule a service that fits in to the processing time of your advanced services!

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June 4, 2009

Schedulicity Online Appointment Scheduling for iPhone and Blackberry is live!

You asked, we listened!  On Thursday June 4th, Schedulicity launched their mobile web applications platform!

What does that mean?  It means that service professionals can now control their schedules from their iPhone or Blackberry.  They can check their monthly, weekly and daily schedules as well as create and cancel reservations directly from their phones.

Their clients can also schedule appointments with them from their iPhone or Blackberry.

Greater Control, Greater Flexibility!

To learn more about Schedulicity, go to http://www.schedulicity.com/info

 

         
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Schedulicity_Online_Appointmen.zip (687 KB)

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April 25, 2009

Schedulicity Online Scheduling is MSNBCs 'Your Business' web site of the week!

MSNBCs 'Your Business' with JJ Ramberg has chosen Schedulicity Online Scheduling to be there web site of the week for April 20th, 2009. 
 
Schedulicity provides easy online reservation software so you never lose track of appointments.  Registered users can create a listing for their business and link to it from their home page, a banner ad or blog.  Clients can then access your calendar and browse your schedule to find a time that works for them.
 
Check out the website at www.schedulicity.com/info

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April 17, 2009

Schedulicity Spotlight on - Kerri Henderson at Inner Sattvas Healing Therapies

Inner Sattvas Healing Therapies, in Chandler, Arizona is owned by Kerri Henderson who is an LMT, RPP and RYT.  Kerri spent many years working in the fashion industry before finding herself with "a strong desire to really make a difference by doing something meaningful".  That desire lead her to a career in the healing arts practicing bodywork and teaching yoga.
 
She approaches her work with "a holistic viewpoint encompassing physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being".
 
Kerri graduated from the Southwest Institute of healing Arts with over 2,000 hours of education as a Master Massage Practitioner with a specialty in the energetic bodywork, Polarity Therapy.  She is a member of the AMTA as well as a registered Yoga Teacher.
 
Kerri uses Schedulicity Online Scheduling and you can book her services online by visiting her website www.innersattvas.com or clicking here.
 

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April 14, 2009

More Brides will say "I do" if you offer online scheduling

As I took part in the "Bridal Walk" in my home town, it occured to me that a Bride-to-be has so many decisions to make.  From photographers and caterers to salon appointments and dress fittings, a lot of time is spent on the phone making calls and waiting for people to return those calls and then hoping that the timing of everthing works out perfectly. 
 
For these overstressed ladies, convenience is becoming a deciding factor in the decisions they make. 
 
Don't miss the phone call.  Don't return the phone call too late.  Offer online scheduling to turn interest into appointment in seconds..  Even if the appointment is only for a consultation, make the first step convenient and everything else will follow.
 
That happy, stress-free bride will then tell everyone about how easy it is to book your services online. 
 
You should already be thinking about hiring assistants!

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