{"id":5291,"date":"2014-03-10T09:34:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T13:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2018-12-13T08:06:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T13:06:21","slug":"infographic-comparing-5-popular-appointment-scheduling-software-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/infographic-comparing-5-popular-appointment-scheduling-software-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic comparing 5 popular appointment scheduling software providers."},"content":{"rendered":"

How many times have you called up the doctor\u2019s office or the hair salon and been put on hold while they try to hunt for an available time slot to fit you in? Even more annoying is when you are at the actual facility, schedule a follow-up visit, and they give you one of those little business card size appointment reminder cards. Is it us, or does basically everyone in the world lose those things somewhere between the exit door and the parking lot? Do you \u201cresemble that remark?\u201d Yep, we thought so. Hello, Pot. This is Kettle.<\/p>\n

The bright and shining news is that it doesn\u2019t have to be that way! Whether businesses outsource to a call center with an appointment scheduling service<\/a> or choose to implement appointment setting software themselves, utilizing this technology can help keep everyone organized, eliminate overbooking, and make it so much easier to arrange appointments for valued clients. Openings pop up on agents\u2019 screens, facilitating efficient scheduling and short call durations. The software can also be integrated with existing calendar management applications such as Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar. What\u2019s not to love?<\/p>\n

But wait, that\u2019s not all! Those pesky business cards can take a one-way trip to the circular file. Most appointment setting software comes with an email or text reminder feature. And just when you thought it couldn\u2019t get any better, we have created this festive little infographic, giving you additional details and a few provider reviews!<\/p>\n

\"Infographic<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t you just love infographics? We do. A picture tells a thousand words, as they say. Not to mention that the more pictures, the less words. Who has time for all that reading, anyway? You do? Ok, well then here’s the full analysis<\/a> on the software providers, a longer version of our infographic, pictures not included. Go to town!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How many times have you called up the doctor\u2019s office or the hair salon and been put on hold while they try to hunt for an available time slot to fit you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[68,75],"class_list":["post-5291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infographics","tag-automation","tag-scheduling"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInfographic Comparing 5 Appointment Software Vendors - SAS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn the basics of what to look for when shopping for appointment scheduling software and compare 5 popular providers side by side.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/infographic-comparing-5-popular-appointment-scheduling-software-providers\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nick D.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/infographic-comparing-5-popular-appointment-scheduling-software-providers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/infographic-comparing-5-popular-appointment-scheduling-software-providers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nick D.\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/#\/schema\/person\/908a84be955e530a264eedcaf964f739\"},\"headline\":\"Infographic comparing 5 popular appointment scheduling software providers.\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-10T13:34:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-13T13:06:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/infographic-comparing-5-popular-appointment-scheduling-software-providers\/\"},\"wordCount\":317,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Automation\",\"Scheduling\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Infographics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/infographic-comparing-5-popular-appointment-scheduling-software-providers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/infographic-comparing-5-popular-appointment-scheduling-software-providers\/\",\"name\":\"Infographic Comparing 5 Appointment Software Vendors - 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