What Are Advantages Of An Appointment System?
The ability for prospects and clients to easily and conveniently book appointments with your business is paramount. This type of on-demand appointment scheduling is becoming the expectation for good customer service, and if your businesses can’t deliver it, you risk your clients going somewhere else. Even using free scheduling applications can end up costing businesses […]
What Is the Best Software for Appointment Scheduling?
When it comes to appointment scheduling, customers and employees alike want an easy-to-use, feature-rich experience. To that end, having a top of the line online booking system for business specifically is becoming a bigger priority for enterprise-level companies. While choosing the best appointment booking system may seem straightforward, there are more factors to consider than […]
7 Ways OnPoint Community Credit Union Optimizes Their Knowledge Base to Maximize Employee Adoption & Usage
Meet Aimee Ten Eyck-Schaffer, Organization Procedure Consultant at OnPoint Community Credit Union. Working closely alongside the Training Department, Aimee oversees the OnPoint Community CU employee intranet and knowledge management system, commonly referred to as the “InfoCenter.” She partners with process owners across the organization to create content and ensure that institutional knowledge is reviewed annually. […]
What Is an Online Appointment Booking System?
Online appointment booking systems allow customers and prospects to book appointments with your business across their preferred channels at the peak of their interest. It’s appointment scheduling made easy, eliminating the tedious, manual labor of traditional calling and calendaring. When you give people the option to click “Book Now!” or “Schedule Here!” any time of […]
Customer Experience and Customer Engagement: Knowing the Difference Is Crucial to Lasting Customer Relationships
Customer experience (CX) and customer engagement (CE) are not the same thing. Unfortunately, businesses often view the two terms interchangeably, failing to acknowledge that there is a critical distinction. This difference is essential to understanding how an organization successfully interacts with its customers to build stronger relationships. Organizations that feel they are covering all their […]
How Affinity Plus FCU uses POPi/o’s Video Banking with Engageware’s Appointment Scheduling
Providing members with meaningful interactions at the right time via the right channel is not a new goal for Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union. Affinity Plus FCU launched Engageware’s Appointment Scheduling solution in 2019 and planned to introduce POPi/o’s video banking during the fourth quarter of 2020 to further provide their members with more ways […]
5 Ways to Improve Service Levels
Staffing challenges are impacting businesses across the country and financial institutions are not immune. In Engageware’s ENGAGE 2023: Customer Engagement in Banking, Annual Trends Report, we surveyed over a hundred banking leaders to better understand their challenges and priorities for 2023. 53% reported staffing was the number challenge heading into 2023. When we asked about the contact […]
Growing Relationships and Assets with Intelligent Appointment Scheduling
How Financial Advisors and Relationship Managers Can Create Personal Connections that Build Trust and Drive Growth with Appointment Scheduling As Financial Services battlegrounds are redrawn, there is a renewed urgency for more personalized client interactions. The financial services industry is in the midst of a major transformation. Driven by technology advances, shifting US demographics, and […]
What Is the Purpose of an Appointment System?
At their core, appointment scheduling systems are designed to enable the seamless end-to-end management of digital appointment booking. In the past, implementing an appointment scheduling system was entirely optional and now has emerged as a core component in a robust customer engagement strategy. However, as the demand for streamlined digital scheduling experiences increased, the disadvantages of […]
3 Ways Appointment Scheduling Can Help With Loan Growth
Loan growth is a hot topic and consistently ranks 1st or 2nd for strategic priorities for banks and credit unions. Lending is a complex business that extends across many different tools, processes, and people within the institution. We understand that, and this article is NOT the definitive guide to lending – instead we want to […]
Top 5 Things NATCO Credit Union Learned From Implementing Appointment Scheduling
NATCO Credit Union implemented Engageware’s Appointment Scheduling solution in October of 2021. In this Engage with Banker’s customer show & tell session, NATCO’s Karen Houser, Director of Marketing, and Kimberly Davis, Director of Sales and Services, reflect on the implementation process. They share 5 things they learned and other institutions should consider as they implement […]
Then, now, and next: The history of Engageware Appointment Scheduling
Consumers have scheduled over one billion appointments with some of the world’s leading organizations utilizing Engageware’s Appointment Scheduling. To mark this historic milestone, we spoke with John Loring, Chief Technologist and co-founder, to understand how the industry-leading appointment scheduling solution originated, to how it is helping organizations grow revenue, optimize efficiency, and deliver exceptional customer […]