Streamline Your Scheduling: A Guide for Techs on How to Free Yourself from Booking Appointments

by Marjorie L Langis on July 19, 2022

ALSO YOUTUBE VIDEO OF HOW TO BOOK YOUR ONLINE APPOINTMENTS STEP BY STEP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_rzsHD8cU

24 HOURS IN A DAY IS NOT ENOUGH!

Are you self-employed or an owner who sells services with appointment or even class scheduling? So we can understand each other on the management of our agenda.

Usually we make appointments by hand in our calendar, we answer texts at midnight and every evening we manually text reminders to avoid no-shows and last minute cancellations… But what a waste of time!! !

Especially since we lack time, we self-employed workers and owners.

We all know a colleague who is a real machine with her business, her children, the daily gym … how does she manage to do it? How can we bypass this time limitation in a day? With DELEGATION, the tendency to want to do everything ourselves is, in fact, our biggest obstacle. So we have to let go (yes I know, we are perfectionists and it's hard…).

THE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO TIME MANAGEMENT FOR APPOINTMENTS

At Novoqueen Pro, developing our business as efficiently as possible has become one of our priorities. Here is the result of our research started more than a year and a half ago. And we can assure you that NEVER, we will go back to play the role of a receptionist. Time management and especially time saving become so advantageous!

Here are our options:

  1. Hire an employee

you must pay it a minimum of 3 hours at a time, in addition to insurance, paid holidays, etc. There is also training time to ensure the same quality of service and an important question: will she stay on the job for a few hours a week? If you have found the perfect person, so much the better! Otherwise, there is another more stable and long-term solution.

Novoqueen Pro turned to technology. She can be scary at first sight, but she can also turn into a ''faithful friend'' to save time and energy.

  1. Have an online appointment system

While giving full control of appointment booking to our clients sounds ominous, the benefits more than make up for it and are very compelling.

Here's what we were looking for:

– Appointments made virtually by clients

– Automated appointment reminder

– Automated deposits

– Online consent forms to be greener and save time

– Integration of a button on our Facebook page to make it easier to make their appointment directly with a ''click''

OUR FIRST ATTEMPT

After weeks of research, we made our first attempt at the appointment scheduling system which lasted 2 months. Everything was going well, but we realized that there were limitations, hence the importance of choosing the right online appointment booking system.

THE RARE PEARL

Subsequently we found the rare pearl in our company: Acuity Online Booking

Not only were all our criteria met, but options we didn't know existed were added:

  • Taking and modifying appointments made by clients with several options available
    (e.g. you can choose to block the schedule a set number of hours in advance)
  • Automated and personalized appointment reminder according to the type of appointment made. (EX. For eyelashes, make a reminder to come without mascara, etc.).
  • Taking deposits in %, $, or taking credit card information depending on the type of appointment.
  • Include online consent forms and make them conditional on making the appointment (no surprises if the client has a contraindication at the time of the appointment).
  • 2-way synchronization with your mobile electronic diary (Apple, Google, Outlook, etc.)
  • Integration with several systems including Facebook, our website (WordPress), our accounting system (Quickbooks), our email system (Mailchimp), and many more.
  • Easy configuration with clear steps in order to customize it with explanatory guides and videos.
  • Make appointments with several employees.
  • Increased support with responses in less than 24 hours by email.
  • Customize the appearance of the client's platform.
  • And so much more...

Acuity was invented by the son of a massage therapist who wanted to spend more time with his mom. His program turned into an international success.

The only problem! is a system built in English, but it is possible to transfer the client platform to French. According to our extensive research, there is currently no French system that gives so many functions on the market.

If the English language is a problem, we recommend that you get help from a bilingual person in order to fully understand the subtleties of this system and then you can let everything work automatically and according to your needs.

HOW LONG TO PERSONALIZE MY COMPANY?

Around 7 hours with Acuity compared to 60 hours with our first online appointment booking system. In exchange, we save 24 hours per months (a significant time saving) with this online appointment booking system and we have, in addition, peace of mind!

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST ?

All online systems work by payment every month. There is a free version, solo $10, 5 people $20 and more.…

In our opinion, the price is more attractive than having an employee of at least $350/month.

DO CUSTOMERS LOVE?

This change was very appreciated by our customers who can now have unrestricted access to all the availabilities of the schedule, modify it without being challenged each time. A few clients needed a little support, but the majority of our clients make their appointments without help.

We even have new customers who book without giving any effort!

I'M AFRAID OF HAVING SCHEDULE GAPS

Acuity offers an option that only offers availabilities to avoid unnecessary breaks. You can also give 3 hour options and add availability as customers fill it.

I LIKE TO GIVE THE LAST APPOINTMENT OF THE DAY TO MY CUSTOMERS WHO ARE REGULARLY LATE

It is high time to enforce your schedule. So if there is a delay, you will finish at the scheduled time so as not to penalize the next client. This is very understandable for everyone, especially for your eternal latecomers who should arrive on time from now on.

I'M READY TO BREAK FREE FROM DATING HELL

Here is a 2 week free trial affiliate link. Know that even though it is a referral link, we recommend this system in good faith and know that it will help you in your business evolution.

https://acuityscheduling.com/?kw=YToxNDIwOTAyOQ%3D%3D

To see the step-by-step video and show your online appointment booking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_rzsHD8cU

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Hope these tips help give you more quality time!

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