Setster announces integration with FreshBooks
September 29th, 2009Today Setster and FreshBooks announced that we have integrated our software to allow service providers the ability to invoice from within the Setster Application.
We are constantly on the lookout to provide a streamlined experience for our clients. Whether that be a Doctor or a Consultant, we look to make their lives easier.
We joined forces with FreshBooks which is a great tool for invoicing and integrated it into our application. What this means is a when an appointment is set, the clients information is automatically entered into the FreshBooks invoicing system. The service provider can then send the invoice with the services and fees already inputted into the invoice. It is a seamless transaction not only saving the service provider time, but presents a professional polished image that they can be proud of.
We are happy to have such great partners and are excited for Setster users to give this new feature a try.
Enjoy,
The Setster Team.
Hearding attention deficit into profit
June 1st, 2009You work hard to get people’s attention. Now let’s just say you have a person’s attention. For a split second you have an opportunity. Your goal is to transact business with this person. Giving you their information is one thing, but creating commerce when you’re a service provider means setting an appointment with this person immediately.
Here’s the question… If you have multiple properties like a website, a blog and a newsletter, you Twitter and spend money on ad placement and PR, how do you transact business at the moment these efforts produce and you have someone’s attention?
Here’s the answer… Setster. Go ahead, select a service.
We’ve created an appointment setting application that gives you a variety of widgets that you can embed in websites, blogs, emails and social networking profiles.
It’s easy; you simply choose between a full sized widget like I used above, a thumbnail affiliate display, or a direct link.
Even if you don’t have a website, you can use Setster to create a professional profile where you can describe your business, your polices and accept appointments. See http://support.setster.com/ as an example.
Setster is your “Buy Now” button that transacts with the same impulse that drives human nature to the internet in the first place: convenience and immediate satisfaction. You have effectively turned your multiple properties and marketing efforts into a quantifiable transaction.
Setster…It’s time.
Bring it! Calling all willing to test our system.
February 17th, 2009We started about a year ago. The idea was simple, create a way for smart busy people to quickly find and set an appointment with a professional. As it turns out, it’s more complicated. Our original focus groups were overwhelmingly computer illiterate with most still using paper and pencil on a calendar sheet to book appointments. As we dug deeper into user segments we found that each profession has industry specific protocols when booking appointments. The gamut of users run from the neophyte to the sophisticate and right in the middle is where we’ve chosen to focus.
After many discussions with service providers and potential users, we narrowed our service offerings to those that set appointments, manage customer relations & loyalty programs and create visibility in a directory. Our first beta release has accomplished many of these development milestones and we’re looking forward to introducing beta users into our system. We could use your help. Give us feedback and be direct and candid as you work through our bugs. Let us know what we can do to improve the experience.
Until next time,
Setster Team
Setster – The Beginning
August 29th, 2008“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe