Giddy-up!

It’s high time every salon (and I mean YOU!!!) use a computer with a salon software program.  It's time to quit messing around and MAKE MONEY!!!

Have you ever spent hours figuring our your numbers?  Spill something all over your appointment book?  Drag it around with you and <GASP!> leave it behind where you had lunch with friends and freak out until it is back in your hand... Maybe the dog ate it!

SCHEDULEem.com Online Appointment Book Software

I have heard it said at business seminars I have attended that you MAKE or LOSE money every minute!!!

We work hard enough as it is, and taking time away from behind the chair to effectively run through the routine business needs, must always, always, always be where we MAKE money.  There are so many things that software like Schedule'em will do for you even while you are NOT standing at your computer that it blows my mind how much more I can now accomplish just using it!

Using ANY software means appointments are always safe. With Schedule'em you can look it up from any computer or smartphone. That is awesome!

Are you one of those Stylists that don’t have a computer or have a great big fear of one?

Or are you "too busy" to make the most of what is being offered?

I used to be one of you. I ran my business for years without one. Now that Schedule'em is up and running it is clear to me that NOT being computerized cost me unquestionably too much time and money!

If you can't tell already, I am not a "computer person". Often you will find me staring at the screen muttering "Now where did that go?" Yet, I helped design Schedule'em. Don't turn me off here... that is reason I can confidently say "Its so simple, even a hairstylist can do it!" I don't mean to offend anyone with this tongue in cheek jab at people in my industry. (Although there are some of us that really GET why that is funny!)  Whether you are a computer idiot like me or you are working too hard to take time to explore.. Know this: we are the simplest option out there!!!

DON'T DENY YOURSELF. Get something. Commit to at least a free trial version and really explore it seriously. Use it as a second appointment book thoroughly for at least a week and see what it will do for you.

Some Schedule'em benefits include:
1. Appointment Confirmation.  Every appointment you make will automatically send an email to that client with the details of their scheduled appointment.  Our software is accurate!
2. Appointment reminders.  Every client will get an email reminding them of the appointment they have made.  My clients always appreciate the additional care.  No need to write out and appointment card.  No need to text them anymore.  No need to take more valuable time to confirm in person.  This has been so LIFE CHANGING for me to not have to worry about!  We all know that clients that have been confirmed actually show up.  My "no show" clients are no longer a problem,and I didn't lift a finger.
3. Scheduling. I can make and appointment and get back to work in less than 30 seconds!
4. You can create files for every customer to track their habits, preferences, formulas, and history.
5. Grow your business without lifting a thumb.  Every email sent to your customer includes a note asking them to send customers to YOU.  This really works!  I see new people all the time!

The Booth Renter's Mindset

Schedule'em is perfect for your small business. Because it was designed by a hairstylist for hairstylists you will find it easy and fast to use. Unlike many other choices you have available to you for Salon Software, our focus is on the schedule. Starting with an organized, simple daily appointment book is the root of each day. We thought of everything you need to get started simply and keep your client records SAFE and easy to understand.

According to Milady©, a part of Cengage Learning 2012:

"In our industry today the typical booth renter will work 4 days a week and an average of 6 hours a day. 98% of booth renters today do not make a profit due to a lack of systems...
The issue that sets up mediocrity for most people who take this on is not having a game plan, systems, structure or accountability."

As Booth Renters and small business owners, there are many things to be responsible for. The biggest and sometimes hardest is your mindset. How you think about organize and approach running your business will determine the outcome of your success, good or bad.



Why www.scheduleem will work for YOU.

This is YOU.  It is or it isn't.  You have ultimate responsibility.  Its not a burden, it is the freedom you value that had you take on being your own boss.  Now step up and be the BOSS you want to work for.

You do make a difference! Think of how much more of an impact you can have on the lives of your clients when you are having an impact on how you set up your own business to be profitable.

It is time to start running your business as a business!!
Lets make some money.

 

Are you a success story?

While out and about yesterday I drove by a salon I used to work. Not much to look at these days.  Tired, dirty and old looking, much like the management was.  :)

I was full of hope as I chose this salon close to my home, but not long after I started there the person that hired me moved away and the whole place felt her loss.  Its tough to think of my days there.  I didn't last long, and I definitely heard relief from my "groupie clients" when I moved on. 

Why do people in this industry continue to work in a passionless environment?

Are you one of those stylists that has one year of experience repeated for 10 years, or do you have 10 years of really, growing experience? 
 

Are you one of those exceptions to the rules or a rule breaker when it comes to going to work today?
 

Will your co-workers, staff or client feel your desire to succeed, no matter the odds and in spite of everything tying to hold you back?





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What other kinds of businesses can use Schedule'em?

As I helped design Schedule'em  I tried to keep all small business in mind.  Many of my clients have small business challenges  that are the same as mine.  I needed something Affordable, (a kind way of saying "cheap!")  Simple to use ( I'm busy making money here, it doesn't need to take all day to manage it!)  and Safe (All my client info and notes stored privately in a safe place).

Schedule'em grows your business.  Make more money!

I'm proud to see Schedule'em used by so many kinds of business.  It was easy to write for the salon industry.  I know that business for sure.  But here are some examples of how other guys are using Schedule'em to grow their business:

Lisa sells Jewelry at parties.  Here is how she uses our program to run her business.  She has each piece in her inventory listed separately in the "services".  When she meets  buyer, she includes their name and email on her client list.  Now, when she sells the piece of jewelry,that buyer has a receipt email thanking her for her business and Lisa has a contact in her client list for her next party.   At the end of each party, she runs a report of what has sold and has a total.  Her clients comment all the time on her professional set up and are delighted to get an email receipt before they even turn around.

Mike washes windows. He inserts each customer in the client files. The location, time needed to do the job, and how much he charges are all on his schedule.  His regular clients he pre schedules for regular times coming in to do the windows.  Schedule'em confirms with his customers that they have been added to the schedule and will remind them in advance when he is coming.  Keeping his customers on a repeated, re booked schedule serves them better because they are counting on regular maintenance.  Meanwhile, Mike doesn't have to keep setting up appointments and looking for the work.  It has already been set up for the next few months with each customer.  He doesn't even advertise anymore.  His schedule is neat, full and the paperwork/customer receipt is done for him. Because he is always on the go he does this entirely from his phone.

Debbie sells Health Products.  Her clients are neatly organized and each has the email on their information page.  She has them on her schedule for appointments, and follow up check in appointments.  Schedule'em confirms each appointment and sends receipts for their time and purchase.  She keeps special notes for each client and their preferences in the Client notes section. 

How many different ways can you use Schedule'em to make more money and keep your clients?

Who do you know that could use this too?.  Do them a favor and tell them about this!!!

Lets make some money!!!

What I love best...organization

Did you bring your third hand to work today?  Sometimes I think I'm on top of things only to find out there is just one more ball in the air. 

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It has been one of those weeks when I am again discouraged about the BUSINESS side of being in business.  Don't get me wrong!  I love my job, the people I work with, and the fun times rocking around my chair!  But at times things are so busy that I know I have let important things slide until a less crazy day and I am not taking care of everything in my best interest.

Schedule'em has saved my bacon at times like these.  As cuckoo as things get around here, Schedule'em has my clients and schedule all organized for me. 

Schedule'em will automatically do this for me:
1. Confirm all appointments to my customers email within 10 seconds of saving an appointment to my books.
2.  Remind all of my customers of their appointments for tomorrow.
3. Thank each customer for their business.
4.  Asks for referrals.  (This really works!  I see new business all the time since starting this!)

At the end of a busy day I can catch up:
1.  I fill in notes from my work that will help me with this customer next time.  What we talked about, preferences and formulas.  Taking the time to fill this out keeps me extra organized and if I can remember things I talked about with this customer next time because of my notes they are so impressed at the thoughtfulness.  It builds customer loyalty.
2. Make any price adjustments for the money I received and use the check out to close the register.

And my favorite part.....  Click!  TA -DA!  My end of day total.  Oh, yeah!

Schedule'em is perfect for your small business too. Because it was designed by a hairstylist for hairstylists you will find it easy and fast to use. Unlike many other choices you have available to you for Salon Software, our focus is on the schedule. Starting with an organized simple daily appointment book is the root of each day. We thought of everything you need to get started simply and keep your client records SAFE and easy to understand.

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Ready? Set. GO!

Our Schedule'em programmers have done it again. 

Not only do we have the simplest web software out there but with the latest upgrades, I LOVE USING MY PHONE!  Our newest version can be used from your Android phone and closely imitates what you are already using from your desktop...  wah-lah! 

Presto!  One more thing I didn't need to do with my lunch hour is update my schedule, but hey, taking good care of my clients makes me money.

 Let the phone ring.  I'm ready.

Our phones, What did we ever do without them?  I love having my client list handy, and I love a that a client can quickly reach me to say that they are running a little late, or can they bring me a drink from Sonic? 

And how often have my clients passed their wait time using their phones?  I hardly even use the magazine rack anymore. (Okay, we still need People Magazine and something "safe' like Better Homes and Garden for our elderly clientele that aren't going to nod off and sleep through the whole visit.)

Clients have already googled their own hairstyles and have a dozen looks they want to share with me.

 I have on occasion actually wanted to take my clients phone and beat them over their heads with it.

How has your Online Appointment Book affected your business?