Leading Customer Appointment Schedule Software Announces Partnership with Palo Alto Software
Appointment-Plus is now one of several internationally known products and services included in the Palo Alto Software Sales and Marketing Pro package, the best-selling marketing planning software in the United States. The online customer appointment schedule software offers businesses such beneficial features as online customer self-scheduling, automated e-mail and text message reminders, and online customer payment options.
Scottsdale, AZ - February 22, 2011 - Appointment-Plus, a leader in customer appointment schedule software solutions since 2001, announced a partnership with online business appointment scheduler software provider Palo Alto Software that will add the cutting-edge scheduling system to an internationally-recognized group of service providers included in its Sales and Marketing Pro software package. The package is available from the Palo Alto Software Web site and in select retail outlets such as Office Max and Office Depot.
The Sales and Marketing Pro package gives business owners an energized action plan of marketing goals and activities for any size operation, such as registering a domain and designing a Web site, creating press releases, developing printed marketing materials, and now online appointment-scheduling software. In addition to Appointment-Plus online customer appointment schedule software, other service providers contained in the package include Network Solutions, PRWeb and VistaPrint.
“Appointment-scheduling and reservation-booking are often-overlooked tasks that Appointment-Plus helps businesses simplify,” says Bob La Loggia, president and founder of StormSource Software, the developer of Appointment-Plus. “We’re excited to be part of this fantastic business software package and help service-based businesses get a handle on this important but tedious task.”
Providing Web-based booking solutions for over 10 years, Appointment-Plus is online customer appointment schedule software that offers businesses and organizations such functionality as online customer self-scheduling, whereby their customers can schedule and manage their appointments and reservations from any Internet connection; automated e-mail and text message reminders sent prior to a scheduled appointment; online customer payment options; robust record-keeping and report-generating features; and e-marketing capabilities.
Because of its versatility, Appointment-Plus is the perfect fit for all types of industries and organizations searching for online business appointment schedulers. From photography studios and massage therapists to large shipping operators, universities and Fortune 500 companies, users of the software can tailor its functionality to meet their specific scheduling needs. The system also allows users to create an overall appearance that meshes with their company or organization’s Web site, logo or other marketing images.
As a Web-based application, it’s accessible from any Internet connection and is ideal for individuals who need access to their online business appointment schedulers when away from their home or office. Additionally, Appointment-Plus online appointment-scheduling software does not require a Web site, expensive hardware or time-consuming installations to use. Pricing starts at $39 per month with no long-term contracts, along with free set-up assistance with a dedicated coach.
Founded in 1983, Eugene, Ore.-based Palo Alto Software www.paloalto.com is the worldwide leader in business plan software and marketing plan software.
“Many businesses continue to manage their appointments and customer information in the traditional way, which typically involves a paper appointment book or spreadsheet and phoned-in appointment times,” La Loggia continues. “Our new partnership with Palo Alto Software will help us educate business owners on the technology available to help them grow their businesses and improve their scheduling procedures.”
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