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Can Your Clients Book Appointments from Facebook?

Taking Online Booking to the Next Level.

May 4th, 2009 – Long Beach, CA – Online booking is about convenience to the client as well as driving revenue back to the business. Shortcuts BookME is not only the most efficient and powerful online booking system on the market, it’s also taking the service to a whole new level with it’s new Facebook app that allows clients to book straight from a Facebook page.

BookME™ is different from the other systems on the market in that it gives the owner control over certain aspects of the booking process such as:

* What services are available to book online
* Which employees are available online
* How many services can be booked at one time
* How close to the time of service your clients can book
* Selected level of appointment book efficiency – no more empty slots!

Shortcuts BookME™ gives you the ultimate level of control with optimum decision path, appointment book efficiency algorithms and intuitive selection criteria.

“Extensive research into the needs of a salon, spa or school owner revealed that control and efficiency was the top concern for an online booking solution,” said Paul Tate, CEO for Shortcuts North America. “Shortcuts BookME™ was constructed with this in mind – an online booking solution that doesn’t sacrifice efficiency in order to drive revenue.”

The BookME™ online booking service books appointments straight to the appointment book rather than the request-based service that requires additional time and effort to complete the booking. BookME™ even sends a booking confirmation to the client via email to ensure the client can rest assured their booking has been completed.

Utililizing this control-driven platform, Shortcuts has created mechanisms to drive client to the salon, spa or school website to make their next appointment. These mediums include the Set & Forget™ email marketing program along with the latest Facebook application. The Facebook application makes it easy to promote the service to fans or friends in Facebook and it even eliminates the need for the business to need a website.

“The purpose of offering an online appointment booking system is to increase revenue through increased client frequency,” said Tate. “Shortcuts is doing just that by offering multiple mediums in which your clients can access the online booking platform.”

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