Online Appointment Scheduling Software Helping Fitness Trainers Get Clients in Shape for Summer

April 2, 2010 - PRLog -- Scottsdale, Ariz. – Personal trainers are making it easier for their clients to reach their summer fitness goals by allowing them to easily and securely schedule their sessions online.

Appointment-Plus (http://www.appointment-plus.com/personal_training_software.php), a leader in appointment-scheduling software, gives personal trainers and fitness centers the tools they need to automate their appointment-setting procedures.  The online scheduler offers such functions as secure client self-scheduling; automated e-mail and text reminders; online payment options; and robust report-generating capabilities.

Because it’s a Web-based application, Appointment-Plus does not require any software installation or costly computer hardware. Additionally, it’s accessible from any Internet connection.

“It’s that time of year when more and more people seek the services of personal trainers to help them tone their bodies for summer,” says Jeff Fleming, director of marketing at StormSource Software (www.stormsource.com), the developer of Appointment-Plus. “Appointment-Plus makes it easy for trainers to manage their clients’ sessions and personal information.”

Finn Fitness & Wellness in Petaluma, Calif., uses Appointment-Plus to schedule its exercise programs, nutrition and lifestyle coaching, and education sessions. More than 50 percent of its clients now book and manage their training appointments online, which has reduced the number of phone calls by 50 percent. As the average length of each phone call is two to three minutes, the software saves the business between 20 and 37 minutes per week.

StormSource supplies over 3,500 clients throughout the United States, Canada and 10 other countries the tools they need to schedule customer and patient appointment times, book rooms, accept registrations and many other services. Geared primarily toward small businesses such as medical offices and healthcare facilities, spas, health clubs and massage therapists, users of its Appointment-Plus service also include Fortune 500 companies; colleges and universities; healthcare agencies and facilities; federal and local government; and freight and delivery services.


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StormSource (www.stormsource.com) is a Scottsdale-based technology firm specializing in the development of online appointment software for a wide variety of applications and industries, such as its Appointment-Plus (www.appointment-plus.com) service.