How to Set Up Requesting a Deposit on your Booking System [VIDEO]
Like many other business owners, you may have decided that requesting a deposit is the best move for your business. You certainly aren’t alone and asking for a deposit at the beginning of the process only enhances the respect that a client has for your services and your time. If you are wondering why some […]
Business Blogging Is not Dead: Part One – Why Blog?
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. […]
How Online Booking Works with SimplyBook.me [VIDEO]
If you’ve been thinking about using online booking but want some more information about how it works, look no further! Here are the essentials of how online booking works with SimplyBook.me. What is online booking? Online booking is letting your customers and clients make their own appointment online, via the device of their choice, whenever […]
Ingvar Gudmundsson
10/01/2020
Schedule Video Appointments with SimplyBook.me & Gruveo
Have you ever thought that you could use your time more efficiently and reach a broader range of clients if you could offer video conference appointments? Now there’s integration between Gruveo.com and SimplyBook.me to facilitate your video conferencing appointment needs. Why Use Video Appointments? Fair enough, you can’t use video appointments for everything. Until the technology becomes […]
Ingvar Gudmundsson
07/01/2020
How to Add Clients to your Booking System [VIDEO]
So, you already have clients. You may have many customers in a database or you just have a few regulars. The numbers aren’t important. What you want to know is how to add clients to your booking system, whether they are existing or new to your business. The website (front end) of your booking system […]
Ingvar Gudmundsson
20/12/2019
Google Reserve on your Google Business Profile – SimplyBook.me
You might have heard that the Google Reserve function on Google MyBusiness integration with SimplyBook.me went live. We are genuinely excited about how this can help our customers, and we want to tell you all about it. Google Business Profiles – You can’t beat the 1st-page listing Google Business profiles have changed the game for […]
Ingvar Gudmundsson
18/12/2019
Design Settings for Your Simplybook.me Booking Website
We quite often talk about all of the custom features that make scheduling appointments and running your service business easier. However, today, I want to talk about the design settings that are standard to the SimplyBook.me system and how you can build a gorgeous and functional booking website with the fundamental tools available. When you […]
Ingvar Gudmundsson
16/12/2019
Adding Users to the SimplyBook.me System [Video]
Unless your business is just you, the chances are that more than one person will need access to specific sections of your SimplyBook.me system. They won’t need to access everything, and you might want to restrict access to other parts of the platform. When you start adding users to the system, it is handy to […]
Ingvar Gudmundsson
06/12/2019
Taking Deposits: How to Get Commitment from Online Clients
Have you ever had a client make an appointment and then never show up? I bet it has happened more than once. Even if you use automated reminders and take vaulted credits cards, there’s still the opportunity for clients not to bother showing up and blocking payments. Actively taking deposits gives your clients investment in […]
Ingvar Gudmundsson
03/12/2019
Multilingual Staff in a Global Marketplace
It might sound like a no-brainer that you would need multilingual staff to run a global, multinational or online business. However, the proliferation of translation software is becoming more sophisticated, and much of the world has adopted some form of English as their “International” business language. You might then ask, why do I need to […]
Ingvar Gudmundsson
26/11/2019
Software Integrations with Zapier That Will Help Your Business
While SimplyBook.me offers a broad range of integrations and features that can help you manage a thriving business, no single piece of software can be everything to everyone. That’s why we have the Zapier integration, which allows you you to link your SimplyBook.me booking system with hundreds of compatible programs that also use Zapier integration. […]