Appointment-Plus Adds Schedule Widget to WordPress

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) April 18, 2012

Appointment-Plus, the worlds leading provider of online enterprise scheduling software solutions, today announced the release of its Online Scheduling Software widget for WordPress, the leading global content management system (CMS) used to power over 72.5 million Web sites, platforms and applications worldwide.

The schedule widget embeds a scheduling capability into the WordPress CMS, enabling clients or customers to instantly schedule appointments or make reservations online with a business or organization. This creates an engaging and captivating customer interaction experience that results in more sales, increased conversions and better resource management.

As the most relied-upon CMS in use today, WordPress is an invaluable application for businesses and organizations throughout the globe, explains Bob La Loggia, CEO of Appointment-Plus. Our new schedule widget lets businesses and organizations establish and maintain a dynamic experience with their customers.

The latest in a series of planned schedule widgets geared toward CMS platforms and the developers and architects that work on them, the Online Scheduling Software by Appointment-Plus widget is available to all current Appointment-Plus clients.

Future releases include a schedule widget for the Drupal and Joomla! platforms.

Since 2001, Appointment-Plus has been the premier enterprise scheduling system for automating and streamlining the booking process with 24-hour online scheduling, automated e-mail and text message reminders, and robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities.

Especially well-suited for Fortune 500 companies, corporations, enterprise-level organizations, colleges and universities, government agencies and large and medium-sized businesses, the Appointment-Plus Scheduling Cloud engine provides unmatched services and functionality to meet the unique scheduling needs of these groups, including application programming interface (API) functionality and Web services that allow for seamless integration with existing software systems; a highly scalable system that allows organizations to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth; and 24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.

To learn more about the new Appointment-Plus schedule widget, click here.

About Appointment-Plus: Appointment-Plus is the worldwide leader in online scheduling solutions for growing businesses, enterprises, higher education, government and logistics. With over 15 million end-users and 80 million appointments booked since its inception in 2001, Appointment-Plus is one of the fastest growing cloud-based services in the world. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., organizations ranging in size from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses use Appointment-Plus to book an average of 3 million appointments monthly.

Appointment-Plus Adds Schedule Widget to WordPress

Appointment-Plus Enterprise Scheduler Sees Increased Interest in Scheduling Cloud Enterprise Solution as Franchise Industry Improves

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) May 03, 2012

Appointment-Plus, the worldwide expert in online enterprise scheduling software solutions and creator of the scheduling industrys most flexible and feature-rich application, is experiencing an increased interest in its Scheduling Cloud Enterprise Solution among franchises looking for the premier scheduling solution for their unique booking needs. This enthusiasm directly correlates with a new business index created by the International Franchise Association that shows the franchise industry is performing stronger than it did a year ago.

The associations Franchise Business Index increased 0.3 percent in February 2012 to 107.7, a 1.4 percent increase from the February 2011 mark of 106.3. Overall, the Index has risen for six consecutive months. Thats good news for franchises such as H&R Block, Jiffy Lube, Merry Maids, Sylvan Learning and Handyman Connection.

As this sector strengthens, franchises needing a proven and reliable solution for managing their appointments and reservations are quickly turning to the Appointment-Plus Scheduling Cloud platform for perfecting this important task.

Scheduling appointments and reservations is a common operational fixture among franchises coast-to-coast, says Bob La Loggia, CEO of Appointment-Plus. As the franchise industry strengthens and bookings increase, the need for a proven scheduling solution becomes even more apparent.

Appointment-Plus online enterprise scheduler is the best bet for franchises looking to automate, simplify and improve their scheduling processes.

Among the franchise industries benefiting from the Appointment-Plus enterprise scheduler are retail, automotive, business services and maintenance.

As a provider of online enterprise scheduling software solutions since 2001, Appointment-Plus possesses the knowledge and expertise to craft an ideal scheduling process for franchises of all sizes, regardless of their scopes of business. Having adopted CRM, CMS and other Web-based services such as Salesforce, Zoho and WordPress into their operations, many franchises are already familiar with the benefit cloud technology such as Appointment-Plus brings to their processes.

These processes are taken to the next level with the Scheduling Cloud engine, which provides an enterprise-level suite of services geared specifically to the needs of franchises. In particular is the high scalability of the application, which allows for seamless scheduling across many locations and for large numbers of customers, staff, and appointments and reservations. Implementing Appointment-Plus standardizes the scheduling process across all of a franchises locations, as opposed to each location implementing its own procedure.

Other benefits of the Scheduling Cloud Enterprise Solution include:

Web services, including integrations with existing software systems.
The most configurable scheduling software system available.
24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Dedicated business and support contacts.
Turnkey, existing solutions that are instantly ready to go live.
Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.
Robust reporting capabilities.

Appointment-Plus Enterprise Scheduler Sees Increased Interest in Scheduling Cloud Enterprise Solution as Franchise Industry Improves

Appointment-Plus Online Appointment Book Software Adds Location Lookup Feature, Allows Multi-Location Businesses to Instantly Show Closest Locations

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) April 28, 2012

Appointment-Plus, the worldwide expert in online appointment book software and creator of the scheduling industrys most flexible and feature-rich application, today announced the release of the Location Lookup, a new feature that allows multi-location small and medium-sized businesses to instantly show the address, distance and map location of all of its sites when a customer schedules an appointment or reservation with them online. This makes it easy for a scheduling customer to book an appointment or reservation at a location thats closest or most convenient.

The Location Lookup provides scheduling two options for searching locations: they can select a location from a drop-down list or enter a ZIP/postal code or address. The online appointment book will then list up to five of the closest locations (including address and distance in miles from the customer) and pinpoint them on a map. Once a preferred location is determined, the customer simply clicks on a Select button to schedule his or her appointment or reservation.

The new feature is available to Appointment-Plus clients on mid-tier or platinum accounts.

The Location Lookup is the latest feature designed by Appointment-Plus online appointment book software to enhance the customer experience of businesses and create the perfect scheduling solution that results in growing customer loyalty, increased conversions and greater profitability.

Appointment-Plus has always made the appointment-scheduling process simple and efficient for our multi-location clients, says Bob La Loggia, CEO of Appointment-Plus. Now, the process is even simpler for their customers, as they can quickly see what location is closest to them.

The new Location Lookup is another valuable benefit in making the scheduling process easy for both business and customer alike.

Since 2001, Appointment-Plus has been the premier online appointment software solution for automating, streamlining and improving the booking process through functionality such as: online customer scheduling, whereby individuals book their own appointments conveniently 24 hours a day; automated e-mail and text message reminders sent prior to a scheduled appointment time; and robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities.

Additionally, the Appointment-Plus Marketplace houses the scheduling industrys most extensive and growing collection of syncs, plug-ins, modules and integrations to improve business processes. Currently featured in the Marketplace are a new WordPress schedule widget and syncs with QuickBooks and e-marketing service providers Constant Contact, iContact, MailChimp and Vertical Response. Future releases include a Microsoft Outlook Calendar sync and mobile web apps.

To learn more about the new Location Lookup and Appointment-Plus online appointment book software, click here.

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About Appointment-Plus: Appointment-Plus is the worldwide leader in online scheduling solutions for growing businesses, enterprises, higher education, government and logistics. With over 15 million end-users and 80 million appointments booked since its inception in 2001, Appointment-Plus is one of the fastest growing cloud-based services in the world. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., organizations ranging in size from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses use Appointment-Plus to book an average of 3 million appointments monthly.

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