A common challenge of maintaining a fruitful massage business is scheduling appointments. It is unprofessional to take a phone call during an appointment. Room preparation does not leave a lot of time for answering voice mails in between sessions. Who wouldn't like to employ a secretary to take care of our session bookings, but that simply is not cost effective.
Thankfully, there is an solution that is both easy to implement and quite budget friendly. Online massage scheduling is a service that allows your current and potential clients to book a session directly through your blog or website. One popular massage scheduling software provider, Schedulicity.com, states 41% of its bookings occur during non-business hours. This implies there's a good chance you’re getting a number of phone calls in your personal time, or you are returning a lot of calls the following morning.
Most online appointment scheduling services, like Schedulicity, offer a scheduling app to be integrated into your blog or website. Adding a scheduling button on your site will usually take no more than a couple of minutes. Here’s a helpful video that shows just how simple setting up this little virtual assistant can be.
Don’t have a business website? Is inadequate technical knowledge or the expense of hiring a website designer causing reluctance? You can find a terrific looking site totally free at wordpress.com or blogger.com. There are numerous free blogging platforms, and most can be personalized to perform as a commercial site. However, my experience has been that wordpress and blogger are the easiest to enhance from a blog look to a quality website design. They also have the largest array of designs to select from. Working with wordpress or blogger does not require any technical expertise, as you can accomplish nearly anything from the user dashboard.
Not certain if massage appointment scheduling is the right fit for your business? Almost all providers provide a free trial period, usually for thirty days. Why not experiment with it? You can build a free website, with a “Schedule Now” button included, in less than twenty minutes. Select one or two of your faithful clients, and request they book their next session using your website. Inform them you are using the service on a trial basis, and would appreciate feedback from your preferred clients. Listen to their feedback, and determine if their experience would likely align with the rest of your clientele.
