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Fill Your Calendar, Guarantee your Payment and Get New Clients using Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager

With the few minutes he had before he headed to the airport, Brad looked at his calendar for the month. There were a ton of weddings and events scribbled in but there were also gaps in time when he had no gigs booked. "Hmmm," he thought, "I'd like to fill in those days between assignments with some headshots and comp cards, maybe." Brad did one last check to see that all the lenses he needed were packed securely in the trunk of his car and he was off to shoot a wedding in a tiny mountain village in Colorado.

Seated in the plane, he had time to think. Brad realized that he held back his business of three years from growing simply because he found it difficult to figure out his schedule. Although he knew he wanted to expand, Brad was aware that he was unable to provide the excellent customer service that is so important for a thriving business. As it was, potential clients would leave messages on his machine and he would be unable to get back to them for at least a day, sometimes two or three because of the nature of his assignments. Understandably, customers would move on to find someone who answered the phone or who at least called them back quickly. Brad didn't see the need to hire a receptionist, but what else could he do to allow his clients to schedule appointments with him when he was unavailable?

Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager takes your appointments for you while you are busy doing what you love to do.

Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager is an online appointment scheduling system that is easy, flexible and dependable. Your customers will be able to go online to see your business calendar from any location where there is internet access or even an iPhone or Blackberry 24 hours a day 7 days a week. You will be accessible even when you are personally unavailable. While you are sequestered away snapping shots at a private event in China, your clients will be able to stop by your website to schedule and pay you in advance for your photography services. Customers will be able to schedule their own appointments, reschedule any changes in appointment times, and check to confirm that their appointment has been made- all without calling you on the phone, waiting to hear back from you or playing phone tag. You will be freed up to travel to and from shoots while your appointment slots are filled automatically. Although Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager works seamlessly with any website you might currently have, and even offers a variety of color schemes to match your site, you do not have to have a website in order to use Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager.

Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager knows that for a photographer, your work might be somewhat seasonal. For example, June and December might be busy months for weddings while family reunions might tend to occur in July when kids are out of school. Therefore, you might have clients who want to hire you for the same date and time. That's why Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager gives the option of including a waiting list for your clients. When a client needs to hire you for a certain date and time that is not available, they may choose to place themselves on a waiting list in case the date opens up in the future.

When clients self- schedule their appointments, Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager will automatically send them an email or text message reminder of their upcoming appointment and you will get the same messages via text message so everyone will be up-to-date. This will help to cut out no- shows drastically. Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager comes with friendly, professional messages and if you'd like, you have the option of customizing each message to suit your individual client. They will be impressed with your customer service and attention to detail.

Because traveling on location is an essential part of your job, Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager has you covered. You can customize your online business appointment calendar so that each of your locations is addressed. Because of real-time and location scheduling abilities, your appointments will never be double- booked and location errors will not take place. You can even use Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager to schedule staff, plan meetings and book workshops into your business calendar.

Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager even allows your business clients to safely pre-pay for your photographic services online. You can be guaranteed payment even before you provide any service.

Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager allows you to:

• Provide excellent customer service
• Be accessible to your customers 24/7 online
• Have your clients self-schedule their appointments online
• Be alerted via text message or email of any rescheduled appointments
• Create and securely access appointment calendars for multiple locations
• Easily navigate and edit daily, weekly and monthly calendars
• Use automatic email or text reminders to quickly notify clients of rescheduled appointments
• Schedule clients for regular visits
• Create a calendar of classes and workshops- accurate attendance is guaranteed
• Access your business appointment calendar 24/7 via Blackberry, iPhone or computer's internet
• Be guaranteed payment via secure online payment option

Appointment Journal Online Appointment Manager books your appointments for you while you are snapping away on location.