How are businesses, both retail and service, dealing with maintaining social distancing while governments impose lockdowns and restricted movement? Is a system that facilitates multi-attendance booking online a socially responsible compromise, in exchange for the lifting of lockdown measures? In many countries and states, supermarkets, pharmacies and medically related services are the only businesses allowed […]
07/04/2020
Packaged services can come in different forms, for various reasons. Right now, packages could be the way to go if you’re offering an adjusted regime of services. Check out the video to see how simple it can be to provide an alternative to membership, but also keep your clients returning. Sometimes you provide services in […]
04/04/2020
Most of the world is on some variation of “lockdown”, and unless your business is a crucial necessity like healthcare, you need your company to survive the economic effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. What can you do to mitigate the loss of business and ensure you’re in prime position to jump back in when isolation […]
24/03/2020
Getting your clients to book online has so many benefits for both your clients and you and your business. You can reduce no-shows and increase the value of your customer lifetimes, while the clients get convenience, speed and a measure of control. There’s a reason why the research by GetApp shows that up to 70% of customers […]
10/03/2020
When your clients book appointments with you, whether they do it online, by phone or they walk in, you want to keep track of their payments. Moreover, you want it all to collate in a single place. By linking online and onsite payments with your booking schedule, you can report on your income quickly and […]
21/02/2020
In a small or even medium (and growing) business, it is not financially viable to always have the related resources available to provide every single service simultaneously – whether you have the human resources available, or not. You may find it necessary to restrict bookings of particular services due to limited resources. When you use […]
18/02/2020
While it might be possible to book your schedule solid, it’s not always the best idea, and you can provide better service when you limit bookings. The video gives you a great rundown of how to use the limit bookings feature on the SimplyBook.me scheduling system, but maybe you want to know why you might […]
14/02/2020
Why should you use a business and scheduling system for online appointment booking and business organisation? Every service business depends on two core aspects, providing services and scheduling those services appropriately. There are many more aspects to running any business, but the service industry revolves around those two core facets. When you run a company that […]
11/02/2020
Now that you can implement online booking with a SimplyBook.me account, it’s time to extend your online reach by connecting that account with Facebook and Instagram. Facebook & Instagram for Business Connecting your SimplyBook.me scheduling system with Facebook and Instagram won’t work unless you have dedicated business pages for both platforms. For Facebook accounts, it […]
31/01/2020
In our last blog article, I talked about the benefits of business blogging, why it is still alive and well as a method of attracting clients, and why businesses should embrace it. This week, we’re going to help you get started. It’s all very well of me to say that you should blog for your […]
28/01/2020
When the thought of business blogging enters your mind, do you recoil slightly? Do you think, “It’s too much time”, “I don’t have any ideas” or “Aren’t I working hard enough already?” Compared with running online ads, it takes some time and effort to start and maintain a business blog, but the benefits are substantial. […]
14/01/2020
