No Monkeying Around: Appointment-Plus Adds MailChimp Sync to Industry-Leading Small Business Toolbox

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) August 31, 2011

Appointment-Plus, the leader in online scheduling calendars for businesses and organizations of all sizes, today announced the release of its MailChimp e-marketing sync, which allows users to quickly and seamlessly transfer customer e-mails and contact information from their scheduler software directly to their MailChimp account. The sync further reinforces Appointment-Plus motto We Work with What You Work With and its standing as the only online scheduling system to marry Web-based appointment-scheduling, payment-processing, accounting and e-marketing solutions, as well as the ability to sync calendar applications, in one easy-to-use scheduling system.

The integration is the latest in a series of upcoming releases that comprise its small business toolbox, which currently includes syncs with QuickBooks, Constant Contact and iContact, as well as online customer payment options through Merchant Warehouse. Upcoming releases include syncs with Google and Microsoft Outlook calendars and a new user interface.

Service-based businesses need more than just a scheduling software program to manage their appointments and reservations, says Bob La Loggia, CEO of Appointment-Plus. They need an integrated solution to sync their scheduler with other applications they routinely use.

Appointment-Plus is the industrys only scheduling system that enables them to accomplish this, as our system works with software programs they already have.

Free to all Appointment-Plus clients, the new sync enables them to seamlessly upload their Appointment-Plus customer information right into their MailChimp account, where they have access to all available applications, such as templates for newsletters and product and event promotions; co-branding options; and tracking and reporting tools. Appointment-Plus users can add their Book Now button in newsletters and e-mail messages, thereby creating a highly-visible image that draws customers attention and encourages them to schedule their services right through the e-marketing message.

The sync also eliminates the need to manage two or more separate customer e-mail lists. A subscription to MailChimp is required to utilize the sync.

The leading provider of Web-based scheduling software since 2001, Appointment-Plus online business calendar provides service-based businesses and organizations the tools they need to automate, streamline and improve their appointment- and reservation-booking processes.

Among the functionality offered in the feature-rich system are:

Online self-scheduling, whereby customers can book their own appointments and reservations at their own convenience, 24 hours a day.
Automated e-mail and text message reminders sent prior to a scheduled appointment or reservation.
Robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities.

Because its Web-based, Appointment-Plus online scheduling calendars require only an Internet connection to use, without any downloads, installations or additional hardware.

Pricing starts at $ 39 per month, with no long-term contracts. All signups receive a complementary training session with a professional set-up coach during their 15-day free trial period.

E-marketing can be an effective and affordable way to drive sales and grow your company, especially when combined with our industry-leading appointment-scheduling software, La Loggia continues. This new sync is an easy and effective way to quickly distribute messages to customers and keep your appointment slots full.

Its just another benefit that illustrates how We Work with What You Work With.

To learn more about Appointment-Plus online scheduler calendar and how it can sync with other software applications you already utilize, click here.

About Appointment-Plus: Appointment-Plus is the leading online appointment-scheduling system, serving organizations in 11 countries ranging from one-person businesses to Fortune 500 companies. With over 15 million end users across 100 industries, Appointment-Plus is the preferred scheduler for colleges and universities, personal fitness trainers, spas, salons, shipping docks, government agencies, health care providers, financial institutions, tour operators, and many other types of organizations. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., over 70 million appointments have been booked through Appointment-Plus since its launch in 2001.

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Agreement Between EBSCO Publishing and the Adam Matthew Group Adds Primary Source Collections to EBSCO Discovery Service

Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) September 01, 2011

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Jivox Adds Former CBS and BlueLithium Executives to Management Team

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) October 1, 2008

Jivox, the online video advertising service that helps small and medium-sized businesses reach local customers, today announced that it has added two new executives to the management team. Dan Ackerman has joined the company as vice president of sales, where he will be responsible for expanding the number and breadth of small and medium-sized businesses that are using the Jivox online video advertising service. Sarah Shoshana David has joined the company as vice president of product management, where she will be responsible for developing the Jivox AdSlate platform and Publisher Network.

Dan Ackerman is an entrepreneurial executive with extensive media sales and sales management experience in television, online, event marketing, sales promotions, product placement and branded entertainment. Prior to joining Jivox, Ackerman was Director of Sales for the CBS Television Station Group in the San Francisco Bay Area where he was responsible for managing the sales organization that developed and sold cross-platform advertising and marketing solutions to national, regional and local brands, advertisers and organizations. During his tenure with CBS, he successfully led the sales of online and offline media assets for CBS-owned television stations across the U.S. Dan was responsible for significant revenue growth and achieving #1 online advertising sales status out of nine markets. Prior to CBS, Dan managed sponsorship sales for NBA, NHL and NFL franchises in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.

Sarah Shoshana David comes to Jivox from BlueLithium, a company that was acquired by Yahoo and is the world's third largest advertising network. At Blue Lithium, she served as founder and General Manager of the company's first independent business unit, where she dramatically increased revenue, margins and advertisers and decreased churn. Prior to BlueLithium, Sarah spent three years at performance-based online advertising leader QuinStreet, where she led teams in campaigns spanning SEM, SEO and email marketing. She started her career at Software Publishing Corporation, producer of Harvard Graphics, and was an early employee at Electronics for Imaging, producer of the award-winning software Cachet 1.0, named Product of the Year by MacWorld magazine.

"We are very pleased to add two highly experienced online marketing executives to the Jivox management team," said Diaz Nesamoney, founder and CEO of Jivox. "Dan and Sarah have played strategic roles with high-growth companies, and we look forward to working with both of them as we continue to grow Jivox globally."

About Jivox:

Jivox helps small businesses reach customers with online video advertising. Jivox provides advertisers with an online, self-service tool to create high-impact video ads using stock footage, images, music or their existing video assets. Jivox ensures high-quality placement of customer ads through the Jivox Publisher Network, a locally focused network of premium publishers that includes hundreds of local TV and radio stations, newspapers, weather and other specialty websites, and offers geographic ad targeting at the city level as well as demographic and contextual targeting. Jivox is a privately held company based in San Mateo, Calif. For more information about Jivox, please visit http://www.jivox.com.

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