Online Scheduling Software for Photographers, Studios Makes Team, Individual Booking a ‘Snap’

May 31, 2011 - PRLog -- Scottsdale, Ariz. - The summer and fall months are the traditional times of year when youth and adult sports leagues and teams form and begin their seasons. Along with ordering uniforms and conducting practices, many of these groups will have team and individual photographs taken at local photography studios. For studios that utilize Appointment-Plus online scheduling software, booking these photo shoots has never been easier and more convenient for both photographer and team alike.

A leader in online scheduling software since 2001, Appointment-Plus (http://www.appointment-plus.com/index.php) provides photographers and photography studios the Web-based tools necessary to automate, streamline and improve this important, yet time-consuming and tedious, task. By choosing Appointment-Plus, they’ll have access to such beneficial features as:

• Online customer self-scheduling, which allows individuals and teams to book their own appointments when it’s most convenient for them, 24 hours a day.
• Automated e-mail and text message reminders sent out by the system prior to a scheduled appointment time.
• Online payment options.
• Robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities.

Other popular features include gift certificates and e-marketing capabilities through iContact.

“Answering phone calls and returning voice messages is not the most efficient way to book customers’ photo sessions,” says Bob La Loggia, CEO of StormSource Software, the developer of Appointment-Plus. “Our cutting-edge scheduling software makes it easy for photographers and studios to manage their appointment-scheduling more efficiently so they can spend more time on their business and their customers.”

To offer online scheduling to customers, photographers and photography studios can easily add an Appointment-Plus “Book Now” button to their Web site or Facebook page or simply provide their scheduler’s unique URL to them in an e-mail message, over the phone or in-person. Depending on their own personal configuration, customers can view available time slots, select specific services and/or photographers, and then book their session time without having to pick up the phone or send an e-mail message.

Because it’s Web-based, Appointment-Plus requires only an Internet connection to use, with no downloads, installations or additional hardware required.

Pricing starts at $39 per month, with no long-term contracts. All sign-ups receive a complementary training session with a professional set-up coach during their 15-day free trial.

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About Appointment-Plus: Appointment-Plus (http://www.appointment-plus.com/index.php)supplies over 4,500 clients throughout the United States, Canada and 10 other countries the tools they need to efficiently, accurately and automatically schedule appointments and sessions, book rooms, accept registrations and many other services. The flagship product of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based StormSource Software, the online application has scheduled almost 65 million appointments since its launch in 2001. Users of the software include instructors, health clubs, personal fitness trainers, medical offices, spas, salons and massage therapists, as well as Fortune 500 companies, healthcare agencies and facilities, colleges and universities, distributors and manufacturers, and federal and local government.

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About Appointment-Plus: Appointment-Plus (http://www.appointment-plus.com/index.php)supplies over 4,500 clients throughout the United States, Canada and 10 other countries the tools they need to efficiently, accurately and automatically schedule appointments and sessions, book rooms, accept registrations and many other services. The flagship product of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based StormSource Software, the online application has scheduled almost 65 million appointments since its launch in 2001. Users of the software include instructors, health clubs, personal fitness trainers, medical offices, spas, salons and massage therapists, as well as Fortune 500 companies, healthcare agencies and facilities, colleges and universities, distributors and manufacturers, and federal and local government.