Friday, July 18, 2014

How To Eliminate No Shows Using Inexpensive Appointment Reminders

By Jonah Langer


Research has shown time and time again that appointment reminders not only decrease no-show rates, but increase revenue by freeing up office resources to attend to other tasks. So many hours are typically wasted on a daily basis from no-show appointments. This is time that could be better spent earning money for your business no doubt.

Enter 'AppointmentReminders.com' Appointment reminders for (small) businesses. As the name implies, AppointmentReminders.com is a reminder service. What makes this company different is the way it operates. Flexibility, ease of use, and cost effectiveness are their top priorities. In fact, you can be up and running in just a couple of hours and there are no setup fees or contracts. They provide a very easy to use interface for creating and sending appointment reminders in call, text, or email format. It is all done online and there is no software to install. They even offer a free account tier that allows you to send up to 100 reminders per month for free. If you are looking to send more than 100, look at their business accounts which start at only $10 per month. After that, each reminder is only about 10 cents each. There is no minimum or maximum usage and no additional fees.

They also make it super easy to add appointments. You can upload an excel file, link your Google calendar, or just add them right on the site. Many people find that uploading a list of upcoming appointments each day takes much less time than actually making all of those reminders by hand.

You can also specify whether to have the customer confirm, cancel, or reschedule the appointment by adding up to 3 expected responses to your reminders. Then you can view or receive reports via email with those responses.

They also make it very simple to add your appointments. You can upload an excel file, link your Google calendar, or just add them right through the site.

Currently, they make reminders for all kinds of businesses including doctor's offices, salons, therapy practices, lawn care, pest control, law offices, and more!

If you ever need help with your account, their customer service is the best in the industry. Their experts can help you configure your account and link up all of your appointments. They care about each and every customer and just like you, they know how important good customer service is to the success of the business. They can usually walk you through the setup of everything and once you are set up, there is usually very little ongoing maintenance required.

If you can decrease your no-show rate by just ONE or TWO customers per month, most likely the service has paid for itself many times over. Isn't it time to run your business the way you intended? Profitable, busy, and customer service friendly. Your staff and your customers will be grateful and you will save time and money. What are you waiting for 2013 go check it out at www.appointmentreminders.com today!




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