Schedule apps

Even if your business life is hectic, it's more important than ever these days to give customers the impression that you do actually know what you are doing. You know what they say...first impressions are lasting impressions, and all that. It may be mayhem behind the scenes but it's very important that the first contact with customers is a positive one. Even more so if you are an independent practitioner, a tutor, a coach or a small business.  More

You wouldn't think that there would be too many problems in managing physical conference room reservations, would you? One would figure that you just invite people after checking their schedules and then find a room and work out a convenient time for everyone. There are even models in Outlook and Google Calendar that work on that system. Unfortunately, it's not always that simple. What tends to happen is that some rooms get double booked while others remain empty - causing frustration on all sides. After years of testing, a company in Cambridge, Massachusetts has put together a faultless, ...  More

I asked a retail owner friend of mine the other day how long she spent on 'paperwork' in her three salons and she reckoned it was close-on a day a week. She told me that she would have to laboriously plough through Excel spreadsheets and various notepads for hours every week diligently copying the nightly information from store to head office. I was telling her then that, with the right apps, she could run her entire business from her smartphone and cut her 'paperwork' time in half. Bizimply is the perfect app to illustrate that. It provides an online platform to manage your daily business ...  More

One thing that many a budding independent filmmaker doesn't realize until its too late is that the art of making a movie isn't just about the physical action of making the film itself. The grim reality is that there's a lot of paperwork involved - especially if you are the producer, director and writer. With film industry budgets tighter than they have been for many years, it's important to be well organized and have everything mapped out for when things do go off the rails a bit - and they probably will. There are a number of apps on the market to help you with this - Scenechronize being ...  More

Take a deep breath now...because there's a hell of a lot to tell you about when talking about an appointment and booking scheduler for business known as Acuity Scheduling. We've reviewed quite a few of these types of apps which tend to be perfect for small or sole businesses like hairdressers, education classes, masseurs and anyone else that requires a booking situation.  Acuity doesn't just turn out to be a booking app for small business however. This multi-featured app includes everything you need to run all sizes of businesses where bookings are needed from bookings right the way ...  More

If you're anything like the average gadget consumer, your phone is a fifth appendage. Part of the reason smartphones has become so prevalent in society is the versatility. With the vast sea of programs out there, you can pretty much get your phone to do everything but love you back.  More

Application design is big business in the mobile industry. From the hobbyist hoping to be the next Mark Zuckerman to big R&D guys passing around beta versions, it’s safe to say hundreds of hours go into creating apps that make life easier. In 2012, citing a report from B2B Guide to Social Media, there was more than 400,000 apps available from Android and more than 500,000 from Apple. Consider some of our favorites as you wade through this flood of apps.  More

There are some apps that are quite complicated and are packed with features - many of which you will never use, I might add - and then there are others that have a single purpose and get the job done. AvailabilityCalendar sits nicely in the latter basket. This simple to use app is one of those that you either want or don't want. If you want a calendar to pin on your website so people can check the availability of something you are renting out then it doesn't get a lot simpler or a lot better than this one. This scheduling app is the ideal 'drop-in' tool if you have a website for your ...  More

How could we possibly pass up on the opportunity to review a wedding photo app with a name as brilliant as AppilyWed. Believe me, there are some pretty average names out there for apps but this one is perfect. So does the app live up to the name, you ask? Well, luckily enough, this is an app that offers something new in the wedding photos concept. Up till now, this type of app has tended to be simply an online version of a traditional wedding album. Hardly a reason to switch formats as the traditional book style wedding album wins out every time. Where AppilyWed differs is that everyone ...  More

I still find it quite amazing that so many businesses still use a pen and paper when booking appointments for customers - especially when there are online appointment schedule applications like BookerLooker available. Many will say its a costing problem and they can't afford it while others will say that they are too complicated to set up and maintain. So, how about if I said to you that I could find one that not only lets your customers book their appointments whenever they wanted and pick a time that suited both parties. And then how about if I told you that it could cost you about ...  More

We have said many times in our reviews of great business apps that, if you are a pretty savvy small business person, you can run your whole company on free apps. SuperSaas is one of those apps. It is a very flexible, easy to use and good looking appointment scheduler and reservation system that you can add to your own site. SuperSaas is great for any type of business but especially good for sports clubs, health and medical practices, photographers, events and meetings. It is totally free for small businesses and non-profit organizations but also offers reasonably priced plans for larger ...  More