Scheduling Software

In challenging economic times, people worldwide tend to cut back or discontinue many of the non-essential services in their lives. This does not appear to be the case for private tutoring, which a recently-released report says is growing despite the current economic climate that has forced many individuals to cut back. Scholastic achievement remains an important component in societies worldwide.

For tutoring enterprises, franchises and learning centers, it’s also the perfect time to implement an online business scheduling software system to make the scheduling process easier both for the facility and the parents/students who schedule their tutoring times.

The projected growth of the private tutoring industry is revealed in a recently released survey by Global Industry Analysts titled “Private Tutoring: A Global Strategic Business Report.” The report goes on to state that the expansion of private tutoring in the United States is driven not only by the importance placed on it by many individuals and families, but also the increasing adoption of new technologies in assorted educational organizations and the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which added to spending for such services as tutoring, test preparation, education assessment and technology integration.

As the need for private tutoring grows, so too does the need for an online business scheduling software solution, such as the one offered by Appointment-Plus. Scheduling appointments over the phone or by e-mail is time-consuming and tedious, especially for larger organizations such as tutoring franchises and learning centers. With an enterprise scheduler, these sites can completely automate the booking and management of appointments and student information by allowing individuals to book their own appointments conveniently online, 24 hours a day. It’s quick, easy and frees up a tremendous amount of time for tutors and administrators, as they’ll no longer spend their valuable time on the phone or playing “phone tag” with parents or students who leave voice messages.

In addition to online scheduling, an enterprise scheduling system also enables tutoring and learning centers to automatically send e-mail or text message reminders prior to a scheduled tutoring time. These not only are a convenience for parents and students, they also dramatically reduce the “no-show” rate.

Other standard functionality common in these scheduling systems are reporting and record-keeping capabilities, which eliminate the need to create and manage separate spreadsheets, files and folders for collecting data; and e-marketing solutions, which allow tutoring facilities to communicate messages and information to parents and students instantly, right through the scheduler.

In addition to the features and functionality that simplify and streamline the actual booking process, an enterprise scheduler can also integrate into existing software and processes already in place at tutoring enterprise, franchise or learning center. For example, Appointment-Plus’ leading Scheduling Cloud™ Enterprise Solution offers the premier application programming interface (API) functionality and Web services for a seamless integration into existing systems. Services such as this are extremely valuable to tutoring operations looking to accommodate increases in workload, staff, users, customers and growth across multiple locations.

Based on current trends, the private tutoring industry will continue to grow. An online business scheduling software solution can help the scheduling process grow along with it.

A recent announcement by the International Franchise Association reveals that the franchise sector of our economy has strengthened over the past year. Its Franchise Business Index increased 0.3 percent in February 2012 to 107.7. This is a 1.4 percent increase from the February 2011 mark of 106.3…and a figure that correlates with the increased interest in the Appointment-Plus Scheduling Cloud Enterprise Solution, which helps franchises create the perfect online enterprise scheduling system for their booking needs.

Scheduling appointments and reservations is a common task among many franchise operations, especially for those that require it for utilizing  and purchasing their services. Examples of industries that rely on accurate appointment-scheduling include tutoring, automotive, retail, business services and maintenance.

While appointment-scheduling may be common at franchised operations, a standardized or universal scheduling process may not be. Instead, each franchise location may be utilizing their own method of scheduling appointments, such as over the phone or by e-mail.

A better approach in managing this tedious and time-consuming process is to implement the Appointment-Plus enterprise scheduler to automate, simplify and improve the booking process across all franchise locations. With the Appointment-Plus online enterprise scheduling system, customers can schedule their appointment and reservations online and at any hour of the day. It’s convenient for them and beneficial to the franchise operator, who can now keep his or her business open 24 hours a day (thereby increasing profits) and spend less time and staff resources manually managing this process.

Additionally, the enterprise scheduling software will send out e-mail or text message reminders to customers prior to their scheduled times. It also comes standard with reporting and record-keeping capabilities for managing appointment-related data.

Not only does it provide standard functionality to manage appointments and reservations more effectively, the enterprise scheduling system also offers its Scheduling Cloud™ Enterprise Solution, which includes services and benefits to completely transform this important task for franchises of all sizes and scopes of business. These include:

• A highly scalable system that allows organizations to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth.
• Web services, including integrations with existing software systems.
• The most configurable scheduling software system available.
• 24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Dedicated business and support contacts.
• “Turnkey”, existing solutions that are instantly ready to go live.
• Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.
• Robust reporting capabilities.

For most franchises, the Appointment-Plus enterprise scheduling system is a natural fit that they can seamlessly implement into their existing operations. And as business continues to improve, the need for a proven scheduling solution across all locations will become more and more apparent.

If you utilize Appointment-Plus online appointment book software to manage your appointments or reservations, you’re already giving your customers the convenience and flexibility of scheduling their service times easily and quickly, 24 hours a day. Now, you can enhance their online scheduling experience even more with the new Location Lookup, a new feature that allows multi-location small and medium-sized businesses to instantly show the address, distance and map location of all of its sites when a customer schedules an appointment or reservation with them online.

For those customers looking to find a location that’s closest or most convenient for them, the Location Lookup is a true time-saver!

Here’s how it works. Customers access the Appointment-Plus online appointment book software to schedule their appointment or reservation. They then have two options for searching locations: they can either select a location from a drop-down list or enter a ZIP/postal code or address. The online appointment book software will then show up to five of the closest locations (including address and distance in miles from the customer’s location) and pinpoint them on a map.

Once the customer decides on the location he or she would like to book his or her appointment or reservation at, he or she clicks on the “select” button to access the scheduler for that location. It’s as simple as that.

Appointment-Plus is committed to improving the operating processes of businesses and organizations of all sizes, and the Location Lookup is another example of the ever-growing array of features and functionality to help them accomplish this.

Since 2001, Appointment-Plus has been the premier online appointment book software solution for automating, streamlining and improving the booking process through functionality such as: online customer scheduling, whereby individuals book their own appointments conveniently 24 hours a day; automated e-mail and text message reminders sent prior to a scheduled appointment time; and robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities.

Additionally, the Appointment-Plus Marketplace houses the scheduling industry’s most extensive and growing collection of syncs, plug-ins, modules and integrations to improve business processes. Currently featured in the Marketplace are a new WordPress schedule widget and syncs with QuickBooks and e-marketing service providers Constant Contact, iContact, MailChimp and Vertical Response. Future releases include a Microsoft Outlook Calendar sync and mobile web apps.

For more information about the new Location Lookup and to learn more about all the benefits businesses can receive from Appointment-Plus online appointment book software, click here.

WordPress is the most-relied upon customer management system (CMS) in the world today, with over 72.5 million Web sites, platforms and applications worldwide relying on it to power their processes. From Fortune 500 companies, enterprise-level organizations, corporations and large businesses, to educational institutions and government agencies, WordPress is utilized by the Internet’s top one million Web sites (as reported by Alexa Internet) and manages over 22 percent of all new Web sites.

It’s become a vital component of businesses and organizations throughout the globe. And for those groups that also rely on Appointment-Plus online scheduling software for their appointment- and reservation-booking, there’s now a new schedule widget to allow their customers to book right through their WordPress CMS!

Called the Online Scheduling Software by Appointment-Plus widget, the just-released schedule widget embeds a scheduling capability into a business’s or organization’s WordPress CMS. Not only does this provide a convenient and engaging experience for customers, it also creates an even more efficient method of managing the scheduling process. This increased automation can result in more sales, increased conversion and better resource management.

Available to all current Appointment-Plus clients, the new schedule widget is the latest in a series of planned widgets geared toward CMS platforms and the developers and architects that work on them. Upcoming releases include a schedule widget for the Drupal and Joomla! platforms.

The new schedule widget joins an ever-growing library of widgets, plug-ins and modules that help businesses and organizations operate more efficiently and profitably. From syncs with Google Calendar and QuickBooks to enhanced e-marketing through such services as Constant Contact, iContact and Vertical Response, Appointment-Plus offers the industry’s best selection of integrations in its expanding MarketPlace.

Additionally, its Scheduling Cloud™ Enterprise Solution provides the premier suite of services to perfect the scheduling processes of enterprise-level organizations, corporations, and large and medium-sized businesses.

To learn more about the new Appointment-Plus schedule widget, click here.

As the population of the United States continues to grow, so too does the number of foreign-born citizens. This in, turn, creates an increasing need for interpreters and translators, whose services are essential for a variety of tasks, such as medical and legal interpretation at hospitals and translation aid at federal, state and local government agencies and offices.

Data analysis from Economic Modeling Specialists reveals that the number of jobs in the interpreter and translation services industry increased by 49 percent between 2007 and 2011, despite the economic downturn. This has resulted in a net gain of over 7,000 new positions in this industry, according to the data.

Managing this increase in demand typically requires a dependable appointment-booking process, but given the surge in appointment requests and the burdensome task of managing them over multiple locations, offices and facilities, more and more facilities and interpretation services are opting for interpreter scheduling software to handle this tedious and time-consuming task.

Interpreter scheduling software can instantly transform the appointment-booking process by giving individuals the ability to book their own appointments online instead of having to call them in. Not only is this more convenient for them—as they can now schedule 24 hours a day and not just during normal business hours—but it’s also more efficient for the facility, office or service scheduling them. Staff members spend less time on the phone and more time focused on other pressing tasks. Additionally, interpreter scheduling software also reduces the likelihood of errors and scheduling mistakes, as all information entered is securely managed and maintained within the scheduling system, not in paper appointment books, files or spreadsheets.

Here’s how it works. An individual looking to schedule an interpreting appointment accesses the interpreter scheduling software just like he or she would any Web site, usually through a “Book Now” button or scheduler link. Once on the scheduling page, the person can view and select services, individual interpreter, and the time and day he or she wants to schedule the appointment. If that time slot is available, he or she selects it and instantly confirms it, without having to pick up the phone or send an e-mail. The system does the rest, without any further action from either the individual or the facility or translator service.

An interpreter scheduling software system such as Appointment-Plus Scheduling Cloud™ Enterprise Solution is the best solution when it comes to implementing a scheduling process across multiple locations, offices and departments, as well as large numbers of appointments, staff members and customers. Being highly scalable and configurable, it’s easily integrated into existing software programs and processes through application programming interface (API) functionality and Web services. Other common benefits include 24-hour dedicated support and custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.

An increase in demand for interpreting services is good news for professionals in the translation field, but it also creates a challenge in scheduling all these new service appointments. Fortunately, an online interpreter scheduling software system can be the perfect solution in automating and streamlining this important task.

The ability to simplify the scheduling process is a necessity for many businesses and organizations, regardless of the scope of their operations. Giving individuals the ability to schedule their own appointments and reservations online—instead of having to call them in—is a true benefit for both the business and the booking individual alike. And an online enterprise scheduler provides these entities with the power to instantly transform this oftentimes burdensome and time-consuming task.

However, the manner in which business or organization incorporates an enterprise scheduling system into its operations is an important factor in its eventual effectiveness.

For most Fortune 500 companies, corporations, enterprise-level organizations, and large and medium-sized businesses, a simple online scheduling application is not enough. These groups have unique and intricate scheduling needs, including the ability for its online scheduling solution to seamlessly and effectively integrate with existing software applications and processes in use at its facilities.

While other scheduling providers fall short, the Appointment-Plus enterprise scheduler continues to be the number-one choice among large operations looking to automate, streamline and improve their scheduling processes. And with new enhanced application programming interface (API) functionality and Web services found in its Scheduling Cloud™ Enterprise Solution, Appointment-Plus online enterprise scheduling software can be integrated into almost any software application or program.

This enhanced integration functionality is one of many services and benefits included in the Scheduling Cloud™ Enterprise Solution. Others are:

• A highly scalable system that allows organizations to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth.
• The most configurable scheduling software system available.
• 24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Dedicated business and support contacts.
• “Turnkey”, existing solutions that are instantly ready to go live.
• Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.
• Robust reporting capabilities.

Businesses and organizations that take advantage of these industry-leading benefits and services can completely transform the way they manage their appointments and reservations. Most importantly, they can seamlessly integrate the premier online enterprise scheduling system without the need to change their current processes and procedures.

A proven enterprise scheduling software solution is more than just basic features. For many companies, it must effortlessly integrate with existing software already in place. That’s exactly what the Appointment-Plus enterprise scheduler and its Scheduling Cloud™ Enterprise Solution do!

Appointment-Plus enterprise scheduler continues to grow in popularity and importance at businesses and organizations worldwide, which is more evident than ever based on the latest stat recently reported by the leading provider of enterprise scheduling software solutions.

In January, Appointment-Plus scheduled 3.1 million appointments through its enterprise scheduler. This is a 50-percent increase compared to the number booked in January 2011. And it’s another fantastic milestone reached by the company during the past year. Last summer, Appointment-Plus reached the 15-million user mark, a true testament to the value organizations and their customers, clients, patients and students place on the premier enterprise scheduling software. Another stat the following fall reaffirmed its growing presence in the scheduling arena, as it recorded its 75-millioneth appointment.

These stats demonstrate what Fortune 500 companies, enterprise-level organizations, corporations, and large, medium-sized and small businesses have been quick to realize: implementing a proven and dependable online scheduling solution can instantly transform the way appointments an d reservations are booked by completely automating and simplifying the process. From online self-scheduling that allows individuals to quickly book their appointments and reservations without having to pick up the phone, to automated e-mail and text message reminders and robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities, enterprise scheduling software from Appointment-Plus provides the functionality and features that make traditional booking processes obsolete.

Additionally, Appointment-Plus is the most flexible and configurable enterprise scheduler on the market, which makes it the number-one choice among enterprises, corporations and large businesses that have unique scheduling needs. Among the benefits included in its enterprise suite of services are:

• High scalability, which allows for large numbers of customers and staff members, as well as a high volume of appointments and reservations.
• Web services that integrate with existing software and scheduling processes.
• 24-hour customer support.
• Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.
• Dedicated business and support contacts.

Facts and figures paint a true picture of a successful service. Scheduling 3.1 million appointments in one month’s time shows just how effective the Appointment-Plus enterprise scheduler is to more 5,000 organizations and businesses throughout the globe.

Scheduling appointments and reserving rooms and facilities can be burdensome for college faculty, administrators and professors—as well as students—if the booking processes in place are out-of-date and ineffective. And by this, we’re talking about appointments taken over the phone, by e-mail or in-person.

Not only do these scheduling methods require a considerable amount of staff time and resources (which could be directed at more pressing tasks), it’s also inconvenient for today’s college students, most of who are always connected to the Internet and are accustomed to doing everything online and at any hour of the day.

What’s the best option for institutes of higher learning to automate, streamline and improve the important, albeit time-consuming and tedious, task of scheduling appointments and managing student information? The answer is an online scheduling program.

A proven appointment scheduling program, such as the one offered by Appointment-Plus, can have an immediate and positive impact in the way university systems, colleges, community colleges and technical schools schedule their student’s academic advising and counseling appointments, book their testing centers, study rooms and athletic fields and facilities, manage tutoring appointments and other services that require an appointment or reservation.

So, why specifically should an institute of higher education select an online scheduling program for their scheduling needs? Here are the top 11 reasons:

1. Your students want to book their appointments online.
2. Online scheduling software is automated. Booking over the phone is not.
3. Automated e-mail and text reminders help reduce the “no-show” rate…and are appreciated by today’s busy students.
4. Your office is not open 24 hours a day for students looking to book an appointment when it’s most convenient for them. It is with an online scheduling program.
5. Your professors, faculty and staff can access their appointment schedules from any Internet-connected device.
6. Your professors, faculty and staff will be instantly notified of any new, cancelled or rescheduled appointments.
7. Your staff can focus on more pressing tasks and responsibilities.
8. A paper appointment book or spreadsheet is not an efficient way to record and manage appointments. Neither are walk-ins.
9. You can let students book directly from an e-mail message or newsletter.
10. You don’t have to worry about overbooking appointments.
11. It’s easier to manage appointment schedules and future appointments than with a paper appointment book or e-calendar.

An online scheduling program such as Appointment-Plus provides the functionality and features to accomplish the aforementioned items. Among the features common in an appointment scheduling program are: online self-scheduling, whereby students can conveniently book their own appointments or reservations 24 hours a day, not just during normal office hours; automated e-mail and text message reminders sent prior to a student’s scheduled appointment or reservation time; and record-keeping and reporting capabilities that make it easy to quickly access appointment and student information, instead of having to maintain separate spreadsheets, files or folders.

And being Web-based, an online appointment scheduling program is accessibility from any Internet connection and is not limited to an individual desktop computer or network.

When it comes to booking student appointments, the choice is simple: an online scheduling program is the best option for transforming the scheduling process!

As the economy continues on its slow-but-steady road to improvement, a few studies indicate improvements in the job market this year. Among them is one prepared by employment service provider ManPower Group, which reveals that 14 percent of 18,000 surveyed employers expect an increase in hiring in first quarter 2012.

As hiring increases, so do the number of pre-screened applicant interviews. And depending on the number of interviews routinely scheduled, so does the stress level of human resource (HR) departments, recruiters and coordinators who book and manage these appointments and candidate information. This is especially true for businesses and organizations that still rely on more traditional methods of scheduling job candidate appointments, such as over the phone or by e-mail, with the information tracked in  a spreadsheet, file or similar program or document.

Fortunately, there’s a solution to their scheduling dilemma: interview scheduling software.

Interview scheduling software, such as the one offered by scheduling leader Appointment-Plus, can completely transform the appointment-scheduling process for any business or organization by giving their pre-screened candidates the ability to book their own interview times online, without having to call them in or e-mail the HR department, recruiter or interview coordinator. It’s convenient, quick and allows them to schedule their appointment from any hour of the day, not just during normal business hours.

The HR rep, recruiter or coordinator simply provides the candidate with a link or a “Book Now” button, which the individual clicks to access the online interview scheduling software. Once accessed, the candidate can view available times and select his or her interview date and time.

This feature, in turn, benefits the employer, as it frees up valuable time and staff resources for more pressing tasks and projects. On average, an HR department, recruiter or interview coordinator can eliminate up to 80 percent of the time previously needed to schedule candidate interviews by utilizing an interview scheduling software application. It can also increase the number of applicant screenings by 25 to 40 percent. 

Additionally, such software eliminates the need to maintain multiple and redundant Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).

Interview scheduling software practically eliminates errors and mistakes that commonly occur when manually booking interviews. Once a candidate books his or her interview time, the interview scheduling software system automatically records it and blocks out that specific time slot, erasing any chance for a double-booking.

An interview scheduling software application can also significantly reduce the number of missed interview appointments, as the system will automatically send the scheduled individual an e-mail or text message reminder prior to their interview day and time. This feature can be highly effective, as many organizations and businesses report a 50-percent or greater reduction in “no-shows” when an automated reminder is sent to candidates.

On the surface, scheduling candidate interview appointments and managing their information seems simple enough. But as most HR professionals, recruiters and interview coordinators can attest to, it can be a burdensome and time-consuming task.

It doesn’t have to be. Implement an interview scheduling software application and automate this important component of the hiring process.

Appointment-Plus enterprise scheduler just made the appointment-scheduling and reservation-booking process even more efficient for its 5,000-plus clients with the release of its new Google Calendar Sync, which enables them to instantly update their Google Calendars with appointments and reservations scheduled in their Appointment-Plus account.

Unlike a more traditional data upload that requires a user to manually download data and then upload it into their electronic calendar, the new sync automatically transfers the information, saving the user valuable time that can now be used more productively. Additionally, it also reduces the likelihood of errors, especially if the previous manner of updating an electronic calendar was manually adding each appointment.

The sync is available to all Appointment-Plus clients.

As the worldwide experts in online enterprise scheduling software and creators of the scheduling industry’s most flexible and feature-rich application, Appointment-Plus can completely transform the way an organization schedules and manages its appointments, from online self-scheduling and automated e-mail and text message reminders, to robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities. And its continuing array of new syncs and other tools lets users integrate their enterprise scheduler with software applications they already use, allowing them to operate more effectively.

The Appointment-Plus Google Calendar Sync is the latest plug-in and newest edition to its Marketplace, the scheduling industry’s most complete collection of integrations, modules and syncs. These include a QuickBooks sync, syncs with e-marketing service providers Contact Contact, iContact, MailChimp and Vertical Response; and online payment-processing through MerchantWarehouse.

Appointment-Plus has been the premier online scheduling solution since 2001 for organizations of all sizes. It’s especially suited for Fortune 500 companies, corporations, enterprise-level organizations, and large and medium-sized businesses, as its enterprise scheduling software provides unmatched functionality, features and services to help automate, streamline and simplify the booking process, such as:

• A highly scalable system that allows organizations to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth.
• Web services, including integrations with existing software systems.
• The most configurable scheduling software system available.
• 24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Dedicated business and support contacts.
• “Turnkey”, existing solutions that are instantly ready to go live.
• Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.
• Robust reporting capabilities.

To learn more about the new Appointment-Plus Google Calendar Sync and the benefits of implementing its online enterprise scheduling software, click here.

Cloud technologies are quickly finding an important role in all sectors of societies worldwide. This includes colleges and university systems, as many institutions of higher learning look for ways to do more with less and operate with greater efficiency.

The findings are from the Gilfus Education Group, the world’s leading research & advisory firm for education institutions, businesses and investors focused on global education, who recently released its annual list of the top five technology trends educational institutions are adopting. Cloud computing on campus was one of those.  

Appointment-Plus online scheduling program has certainly witnessed this trend, as more and more colleges, university systems, community colleges and technical schools throughout the nation and in countries around the globe have adopted its appointment scheduling program to automate and simplify the oftentimes burdensome task scheduling student appointment times or booking testing centers, rooms or athletic facilities. Whether it’s scheduling an academic advising appointment, booking a time with a counselor, or reserving a soccer field for an intramural scrimmage, over 200 hundred institutes of higher learning and their various departments, offices and administrators are managing their appointment processes more effectively through scheduling program software.

The self-scheduling component of online scheduling program systems is one of the most impactful benefits, as it can equate into significant time savings for department and office staff. Instead of focusing time and staff resources at manually scheduling student appointments over the phone or in-person, an online scheduling program application such as Appointment-Plus automates the process by letting students schedule their appointments and book reservations online and from any Internet-connected device, such as a smartphone, laptop or desktop computer.

This is how online appointment scheduling program software is dually beneficial: It dramatically cuts down the number of phone calls and staff time devoted to scheduling walk-ins, plus it allows students to book online, something they more comfortable doing anyway. It can be a win-win for both the school and its students.

Colleges and university systems that adopt a scheduling program like Appointment-Plus often experience an immediate and significant impact in the efficiency of their scheduling. For example, two recent cases studies conducted by Appointment-Plus on two of its higher education clients revealed the following:

• The engineering college at a California university saves at least five hours of staff time per week by now allowing its students to book their advising appointments online. Previously, they scheduled their times over the phone, by e-mail or in-person.
• The business school at a Georgia university previously scheduled all of its 3,000 students in person during the spring and fall semesters. Now, all students schedule their sessions online, saving administrators and staff over 10 hours of time weekly.

Cloud computing is certainly a trend to watch as university systems and colleges take advantage of the technology’s capabilities and value to overall operations. Many of them already have with an online scheduling program.

Having the most dependable, flexible and feature-rich scheduling application is a must for all-sized organizations, but especially for those with unique and specific scheduling needs. Whether it’s a Fortune 500 company, an enterprise-level organization with numerous locations, or a university system or government agency, having the most premier online enterprise scheduling software application is a must for simplify and streamlining the burdensome task of managing appointments and reservations.

It’s no wonder that some of the nation’s most recognizable companies, businesses and organizations are choosing the number-one enterprise scheduler, Appointment-Plus, for their scheduling needs.

The Appointment-Plus enterprise scheduling system recently announced several of these organizations who selected its leading application for their booking needs. Among them are:

• Columbia University School of Nursing
• Gap, Inc.
• Liberty Tax Service
• Murray State University

Not all enterprise scheduling software applications are created equally, which is evidenced by Appointment-Plus’ unmatched suite of services and benefits uncommon in other enterprise scheduler programs. With over 10 years of experience in the scheduling arena, Appointment-Plus has developed the functionality enterprise-level organizations need to transform their booking procedures. From high scalability to accommodate large number of services, locations, staff and customers, to a highly configurable platform with Web services and graphic user interface (GUI) development, Appointment-Plus has the knowledge and resources to create the perfect enterprise scheduler for these corporations, businesses, organizations and institutions.

To learn more about Appointment-Plus online enterprise scheduling software, click here.

As the number of non-English speakers in the United States grows, as well as the continual broadening of international ties throughout the world, so too does the need for interpreters, translators and translation services for a variety of tasks. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects this field to grow 22 percent by 2018, which is above the average rate of growth for all other occupations.

Whether it’s a translator at a healthcare center or hospital, interpretation aid at a government agency or office, or a professional interpreting service that provides on-site and telephonic verbal and document translations, these professionals and facilities will undoubtedly experience a significant rise in the number of individuals seeking their services. Being a service-based industry, they’ll need a process to better manage this increase in client and customer appointments and reservations.

For a growing number of them, the answer is interpreter scheduling software.

AUTOMATING THE PROCESS BY GOING ONLINE

While scheduling appointments and reservations seems simple enough, it can be a tedious and time-consuming process that can strain staff resources and make it difficult for individuals to conveniently and quickly book their translation and interpretation appointments. Interpreter scheduling software can instantly transform booking procedures by allowing clients and customers to book their translation and interpretation appointments online and at their own convenience, instead of having to pick up the phone or send an e-mail requesting. The appointment is booked and confirmed instantly.

The dynamics of online interpreter scheduling software make it ideal for any translation service or business, regardless of the size or scope of its operations. Appointment-Plus, the worldwide experts in online scheduling solutions and creators of the scheduling industry’s most flexible and feature-rich application, is quickly becoming the scheduler of choice among interpreters and translation services nationwide. They rely on the premier interpreter scheduling software solution for a variety of different services, including:

• Medical and legal interpretation at hospitals and healthcare facilities.
• Document and verbal interpretation at legal translation services.
• Translation and interpretation aid at municipal, state, county and local government agencies and departments.
• On-site and telephonic interpretation at private translation service providers.

Appointment-Plus interpreter scheduling software is especially suited for government agencies, departments and offices; enterprise-level organizations; and large and medium-sized businesses, given its highly scalable and configurable framework. It allows these organizations to integrate the scheduling software into their existing processes and across different locations.

The increased need for translation and interpreting services is great news for those professionals and facilities that offer them, but it will also require a proven and dependable system to efficiently manage this increase in appointments and reservations. That system is Appointment-Plus online interpreter scheduling software.

In a just a few weeks, students throughout the nation will be returning to campus for the spring semester. It’s a busy time of year for these institutions of higher learning, especially for academic advising and counseling offices, testing centers, tutoring sites and student athletic facilities, as many will be flooded with new appointments and reservations from students seeking a variety of different services.

Scheduling these appointments and reservations may have been a burden in the past, but for many colleges and university systems nationwide, this process has been completely automated and simplified. That’s because a record number of schools are now using the Appointment-Plus online scheduling program to better manage their appointments and student information.

In fact, an analysis conducted by Appointment-Plus shows that 34 of the nation’s top 100 universities (as ranked by U.S. News and World Report) currently use the online scheduling program for a variety of different of tasks, including booking appointments for academic advising, counseling, meetings with professors and tutoring sessions, as well as scheduling times at testing centers and study rooms and reserving athletic fields and equipment.

Everyone is connected to the Internet these days, especially college students, who conduct virtually all of their daily activities and tasks online. They want the ability to book their appointments and reservations online without having to pick up the phone or schedule in-person. This is what a proven appointment scheduling program like Appointment-Plus provides.

The benefit to students is also an asset to on-campus offices, departments and colleges, as administrators, faculty and staff will spend less time on the phone and manually managing their student appointments and related information and more time on other pressing tasks.

In addition to its industry-leading features that come standard with each account—such as online student self-scheduling and automated e-mail and text message reminders—Appointment-Plus is also the number-one choice among larger colleges and university systems looking for a robust appointment scheduling program to integrate with their existing processes and which can be effectively implemented across multiple offices, departments and campuses.

Among the unique benefits and services offered by the Appointment-Plus scheduling program are:

•  A highly scalable system that allows college systems to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth.
• Web services, including integrations with existing software systems.
• The most configurable scheduling software system available.
• 24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Dedicated support contacts.
• “Turnkey”, existing solutions that are instantly ready to go live.
• Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.
• Robust reporting capabilities.

Scheduling student appointments and reservations will always be a necessary task at our nation’s institutes of higher education. Fortunately, there’s Appointment-Plus, which can take a college or university’s scheduling processes to the next level!

Appointment-Plus is the premier online scheduling solution for hundreds of institutions of higher learning nationwide and in countries throughout the globe, thanks to its unmatched flexibility and functionality not found in other scheduling software systems.

That’s why the nation’s top universities rely on it for an assortment of different scheduling tasks, such as booking academic advising and counseling sessions, testing centers, tutoring times and athletic facilities. A recent analysis of current Appointment-Plus clients affirms this, as 34 of the top 100 universities listed in the U.S. News and World Report National University Rankings utilize Appointment-Plus online appointment software for their important scheduling needs.

Among the institutes of higher learning that count on Appointment-Plus are (rank in parenthesis):

•  Harvard University, #1
• Yale University, #3
• Columbia University, #4
• Stanford University, #5
• Duke University, #10
• Johns Hopkins, #13
• Brown University, #15
• Vanderbilt University, #17

Scheduling student appointments and booking facilities is a lot trickier than it seems, and Appointment-Plus has the experience and knowledge to completely transform the unique scheduling needs of large colleges and university systems, especially those looking to expand their online scheduling over numerous departments and campuses. Among the services that makes Appointment-Plus stand out from the competition in the scheduling arena are:

• A highly scalable system that allows college systems to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth.
• Web services, including integrations with existing software systems.
• The most configurable scheduling software system available.
• 24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Dedicated support contacts.
• “Turnkey”, existing solutions that are instantly ready to go live.
• Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.
• Robust reporting capabilities.

These services are in addition to the popular standard functionality that has made Appointment-Plus the number one online scheduling solution for all-sized organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, corporations, enterprise-level entities and large and medium-sized businesses. Among them are online self-scheduling, which allows individuals to book their own appointments and reservations 24 hours a day; automated e-mail and text message reminders; robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities; and e-marketing options.

Appointment-Plus online appointment software also offers the scheduling industry’s best collection of plug-ins, syncs and modules to integrate appointment data with software commonly used by campus staff and faculty. These integrations are found in the brand-new Appointment-Plus Marketplace.

When it comes to online student scheduling, second best won’t cut it. That’s why large colleges and university systems turn to the best in online scheduling technology: Appointment-Plus!

Like many other organizations, interpreting and translation services and businesses depend on accurate and efficient appointment-scheduling procedures to operate successfully. But this seemingly simple task can be a daunting challenge, especially for those organizations that still rely on traditional booking methods, such as scheduling times and services over the phone or by e-mail. It can not only be an inconvenience for both staff and customer, but also be a significant time and monetary drain on overall operations.

Fortunately, it’s a task that can easily be simplified with the right approach. And that approach is online scheduling software.

WHAT CAN IT DO?

Interpreter and translator businesses and centers book appointments for a variety of different services, such as document and verbal interpretation. Many other facilities offer interpretation and translation services as well, such as medical and legal interpretation at hospitals and healthcare facilities; document and verbal interpretation at legal translation services; and translation and interpretation aid at municipal, state, county and local government agencies and departments.

All of these services generally require appointments, which means the facility and staff booking the appointments must have some time of scheduling process in place in order to operate. Those that still take appointments solely over the phone or by e-mail must then assign a staff member or receptionist to handle this busy task. Depending on the number of appointments booked daily, the scheduling process could take up most of that individual’s time, which could be spent on more pressing tasks.

Additionally, this manner of scheduling appointments does not give customers the ability to book online and when it’s most convenient for them. A growing number of individuals are connected to the Internet 24 hours a day, and many of them prefer to schedule their appointments online instead of having to pick up the phone. Additionally, some may not the ability to call in during the translation or interpreting services’ normal business hours.

Regardless of the type of services being scheduled, an online appointment scheduling system can instantly automate, streamline and improve this tedious and time-consuming task. Among features popular among interpreters and translators are:

• Online self-scheduling, which gives customers the ability to conveniently book their appointments from anywhere and anytime.
• Automated e-mail and text message reminders sent out by the system prior to a scheduled service time.
• Record-keeping and reporting options, which makes it easy to quickly access appointment and customer data and instantly create reports.
• E-marketing capabilities for keeping in touch with customers.
• Online customer payment-processing.

APPOINTMENT-PLUS: PERFECT FOR LARGER OPERATIONS

Appointment-Plus, the worldwide experts in online scheduling solutions and creators of the most flexible and feature-rich application available, is the preferred online scheduling software for all-sized organizations. This includes larger translation and interpreting services with numerous staff members and locations, government agencies, corporations and other enterprise-level facilities. In fact, Appointment-Plus online appointment software is the number one choice among these groups, thanks to unmatched services not found in other online appointment software providers. These include:

• A highly scalable system that allows organizations to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth.
• Web services, including integrations with existing software systems.
• The most configurable scheduling software system available.
• 24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Dedicated business and support contacts.
• “Turnkey”, existing solutions that are instantly ready to go live.
• Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.
• Robust reporting capabilities.

When it comes to booking customers for their translation and interpretation services, don’t settle for less. Take your scheduling online and improve the process with online appointment software!

As the worldwide experts in online scheduling solutions and creators of the most flexible and feature-rich system on the market today, Appointment-Plus understands the unique needs organizations have for simplifying and improving the oftentimes daunting task of scheduling appointments and reservations. This is especially true of Fortune 500 companies, enterprise-level organizations, corporations and large and medium-sized businesses, which is why Appointment-Plus online appointment software has begun a rapid expansion within this specialized industry.

Appointment-Plus has been the leading provider of online appointment scheduling software since 2001, and it’s currently relied upon by over 5,000 organizations worldwide to automate, streamline and improve their appointment- and reservation-booking procedures. And it’s no wonder, when you look at the numbers: Over 75 million appointments and reservations have been booked through the system since 2001, with an average of 2.5 million booked each and every month.

Because of its robust functionality and proven performance, Appointment-Plus is a favorite among enterprise-level companies and larger organizations and their branch locations that demand the most efficient and dependable scheduling program available. Among the many industries served by Appointment-Plus online appointment software  are:

• Colleges and universities.
• Government agencies and departments.
• Healthcare providers and systems.
• IT companies.
• Logistics.
• Military agencies and departments.
• Manufacturers, distributors and warehouses.
• Retail operations and system.
• Service-related corporations.

Appointment-Plus online appointment software rises above the competition at the enterprise-level by offering unique benefits and services simply not found in most online scheduling systems. These include:

• A highly scalable system that allows organizations to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth.
• Web services, including integrations with existing software systems.
• The most configurable scheduling software system available
• 24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Dedicated business and support contacts.
• “Turnkey”, existing solutions that are instantly ready to go live.
• Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.
• Robust reporting capabilities.

Implementing an effective and automated scheduling process can be challenging, especially for larger-sized organizations with unique and specialized requirements. Not all online scheduling software services are created equally, which is why more and more of these entities are choosing Appointment-Plus, the number one choice for online scheduling solutions.

To learn more about Appointment online appointment software, click here.

Appointment-Plus, the worldwide experts in online scheduling solutions and creators of the scheduling industry’s most flexible and feature-rich application for all size organizations, just launched its new user administration interface that offers clients a cool new look, enhanced navigation and an assortment of new features. Included in this release is The Marketplace, a special section that houses a growing number of system plug-ins, such as syncs, integrations and modules.

Many of the plug-ins featured in The Markeplace allow business owners, operators and staff to seamlessly and instantly sync software they already currently use—such as QuickBooks, Constant Contact, iContact, MailChimp and VerticalResponse—with their online appointment software.  Not only does it make their online appointment scheduling processes even more efficient, these syncs and integrations can help operators run more effectively by reducing the time to manually input data between sources and cutting down on the number of errors when manually entering the information.

Among the items currently available in The Marketplace are:

• Credit-card processing through MerchantWarehouse.
• QuickBooks sync.
• Syncs with e-marketing services Constant Contact, iContact, MailChimp and Vertical Response.
• Compensation Calculator.
• Point of Sale (POS) module.
• Calendar exports.

Future additions to The Marketplace include syncs with Google and Microsoft Outlook calendars and an enhanced mobile web app.

Appointment-Plus is the worldwide leader in online scheduling solutions for growing businesses, enterprises, higher education, government and logistics.  With over 15 million end-users and 75 million appointments booked since its inception in 2001, Appointment-Plus is one of the fastest growing cloud-based services in the world. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., organizations ranging in size from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses use Appointment-Plus to book an average of 2.5 million appointments monthly.

To learn more about the new Appointment-Plus Marketplace and how its online appointment scheduling software can help improve your booking processes, click here.

The new releases keep rolling out at Appointment-Plus, the worldwide experts in online scheduling solutions and creators of the scheduling industry’s most flexible and feature-rich application for all-sized organizations for over 10 years. One of its latest releases is the new staff interface, which adds a smooth new look and feel while still maintaining the superior functionality and basic navigation that current users are familiar with.

The new staff administrative interface is the latest of several new features developed by Appointment-Plus online appointment scheduling software over the past several months. Others include syncs with QuickBooks and e-marketing services Constant Contact, iContact, MailChimp and Vertical Response. Upcoming releases include syncs with Google and Microsoft Outlook calendars and an enhanced mobile Web app.  

Along with existing features such as online customer payment-processing through MerchantWarehouse and the recently-released Compensation Calculator, these plug-ins comprise the scheduling industry’s premier library of resources to help organizations integrate their processes and operate more efficiently and profitably.

NEW FEATURES

Social media marketing is becoming an increasingly important component of any business marketing plan, and Appointment-Plus has made this a priority in its new staff administration interface. The online appointment software provider has added enhanced social media functionality to take your e-marketing campaigns to the next level and help you greater promote your business!

Among the features included in the new staff administration interface are:

•        Simplified and elegant new look.

•        Softer color palette.

•        Facebook and Twitter marketing.

•        Improved tab navigation.

•        Enhanced daily, weekly and monthly appointment displays.

•        Marketplace featuring familiar and new plug-ins.

As a provider of online scheduling software since 2001, Appointment-Plus online appointment software understands the unique needs enterprise companies, corporations, and large, medium-sized and small businesses have for efficient and effective appointment- and reservation-scheduling. Its cutting-edge online appointment software provides them with all the tools they need to automate, streamline and improve the way they manage their appointments and reservations, as well as their customer information.

System functionality includes:

• Online self-scheduling, whereby individuals can book their own appointments and reservation online and when it’s most convenient for them, 24 hours a day.
• Automated e-mail and text message reminders sent by the system prior to a scheduled appointment or reservation time.
• Robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities.

Try out our new staff administration interface for FREE today and see for yourself how online scheduling software can improve your operations. To sign up for a 15-day free trial, click here.

As Appointment-Plus online scheduling software always states, scheduling appointments or booking reservations entails more than just blocking off time on a calendar. When done in the traditional manner, it involves taking customer phone calls or reading e-mails, viewing availability, confirming the date and time, possibly processing payment for the service, and following up with a reminder before the scheduled appointment or reservation. That’s why businesses and organizations of all sizes choose Appointment-Plus online appointment software, as it completely automates the booking process from start to finish and helps them operate more efficiently, effectively and, in many cases, more profitably.

 The array of services offered in the Appointment-Plus online appointment scheduling system positively impacts all facets of the scheduling process. And we’ve just added one more to our industry leading collection of plug-ins: computing employee compensation.

Released today, the new Compensation Calculator automatically and instantly computes employee compensation, either as a flat rate or as a percentage. All Appointment-Plus users need to do is select either the flat-rate or percentage option, then enter their specific data in the required fields. The system will then automatically calculate the numbers and record them, which then makes it easy for users to track and pull reports.

Just think of the time you’ll save by not having to manually “crunch the numbers” during each pay period? And since you’ll already have service-related appointment data right in front of you, the entire process will be even smoother.

This feature joins a growing list of plug-ins, modules and other features offered by Appointment-Plus online appointment software. We understand that scheduling is just one piece in the overall puzzle of a business operation, which is why Appointment-Plus is committed to developing beneficial tools to help its clients streamline and improve their processes by integrating its online scheduling software with applications business owners, operators and staff already use. New features already released include syncs with QuickBooks and e-marketing service providers Constant Contact, iContact, MailChimp and Vertical Response. And this is just a start, with an array of upcoming releases planned such as syncs with Google and Microsoft Outlook calendars and an enhanced mobile Web app.

 Stay tuned for our next round of exciting new releases. You don’t want to miss it!