Here at Bookafy we are proud of the effort we put into the development of our product. We have developed this scheduling software for sales professionals, service companies, and enterprise clients. Recently we got one more reason to be proud of our work as Bookafy won the 2016 Expert Choice Award from FinanceOnline, one of the popular business software comparisons and reviews platforms.

On our review page the team who distinguished us with the award talk about their positive experience with our product, especially it helps sales teams and entrepreneurs to streamline their appointment scheduling and save time and money.

Bookafy was also distinguished with the Great User Experience award for best online scheduling software services listed in FinanceOnline review base. Our development team is really grateful that the countless hours we put into marking our tool intuitive to use and pleasant to work with were appreciated. The reviewers were particularly impressed with Bookafy’s custom branding which allows our customers to add a scheduling app to their web page with their own brand name.

The award won by Bookafy will really be a big motivation to our team to continue offering our users with the highest quality features and support and to constantly improve our product.

from Bookafy http://www.bookafy.com/bookafy-wins-2016-scheduling-software-award-from-financeonline/

15 Excellent Beginners Guide’s to Social Media Marketing for Small Businesses

If you are not currently using social media to market your business, there has never been a better time to get started than now.

As of today, there are over 1 billion active users on social media…which equates to endless opportunities for you to extend your business reach online and get your brand in front of more customers.

From what I’ve noticed, figuring out which social network to use is the hardest part for most small business owners (myself included!).

The Top 7 Most Effective Social Media Marketing Networks for Small Business

Just recently, Social Media Examiner published its annual 2015 Social Media Marketing Industry Report that details what social media channels businesses are getting used the most for marketing.

According to the report, the Top 7 Social Networks being used for business marketing are as follows:

Most Effective Networks for Business: Social Media Examiner Report 2015

Facebook
LinkedIn
Twitter
Youtube
Google Plus
Pinterest
Instagram

This report also states that the top 3 benefits of using these networks are:

Increased Exposure (I couldn’t agree more)
Driving traffic to your blog/website
Building a loyal fan base

If you are new to social media (in general), I am rounding up a great list of Beginner’s guides that you can use to get started with using social media marketing in your business.

My advice for getting started is simply this: Pick one network, build up a fan base there, then move on to another one.

It’s better to do an excellent job of managing a few social networks the right way…than poorly managing multiple networks.