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26 articles about client service. Practical advice for your appointment-based business.
An AI has to say it is an AI: the transparency the law requires
The European regulation requires anyone talking to an AI system to know it. What that means for your business's virtual assistant and why it is a good thing.
- Regulation
- Client service
Check-up reminders: how to get patients back to your clinic
A large part of a dental clinic's schedule is routine check-ups. How to get patients back when they are due, without chasing anyone.
- Dental clinics
- Client service
- Loyalty
How to filter and prioritise urgent cases in your dental clinic
A dental emergency cannot wait in the message queue. How to handle and prioritise urgent cases without throwing off the schedule or overloading reception.
- Dental clinics
- Client service
How to keep laser hair removal sessions on schedule (and stop them being abandoned)
Laser hair removal only works if the intervals between sessions are respected. How to get clients to come back on time and finish their course.
- Business
- Scheduling
- Client service
- Loyalty
Cosmetic dentistry: how to turn Instagram enquiries into first visits
Interest in whitening or veneers starts by looking at results on social media. How to handle those enquiries so they end up in the chair.
- Dental clinics
- Client service
- Marketing
Bookings for your massage studio: filling the schedule without breaking the calm
In a spa or massage studio, a phone ringing mid-session breaks exactly what you sell. How to capture bookings at any hour without sacrificing the atmosphere.
- Business
- Scheduling
- Client service
How to fill your barbershop's schedule without living glued to the phone
In a barbershop you cannot stop cutting to answer the phone. How to capture bookings on Instagram and WhatsApp and fill the chairs without neglecting anyone.
- Business
- Scheduling
- Client service
- Marketing
WhatsApp in your dental clinic: how to use it without it getting out of hand
The clinic's WhatsApp fills with appointments, questions and photos at all hours. How to organise it so it helps instead of overwhelming reception.
- Dental clinics
- Client service
The forgotten touch-up: building loyalty in brows and lashes with reminders
In brows and lashes, the business rests on maintenance. How to get clients back for their touch-up so the work does not lapse.
- Business
- Client service
How to win back clients who left their beauty treatment half done
Many beauty treatments get abandoned unintentionally, between one session and the next. How to win those clients back and help them finish what they started.
- Business
- Client service
- Marketing
Wishing your clients a happy birthday (and bringing them back)
Something as small as a birthday message builds more loyalty than it seems. How to turn it into a habit that also fills the schedule.
- Business
- Client service
- Loyalty
How many clients a hair salon loses by not answering (and how to work it out)
Every missed call and every unanswered WhatsApp has a real cost. How to estimate it in your salon with concrete numbers.
- Business
- Hair salons
- Client service
When an AI should stay quiet and hand the conversation to the clinic team
In a dental clinic there are questions a machine cannot answer. Where the line is, and why knowing when to stop is a virtue, not a limitation.
- Dental clinics
- Client service
The first visit: how not to lose your dental clinic's new patient
Winning a new patient costs a lot; losing them before the first appointment costs very little. How to look after that first contact so the visit is confirmed.
- Dental clinics
- Client service
- Marketing
How an AI virtual assistant works (explained without jargon)
How does an AI assistant understand what a client writes and book the appointment? Explained without jargon, using a salon as the example.
- Artificial intelligence
- Product
- Client service
Call logs: why it pays to have every conversation written down
What is said on the phone is forgotten the moment you hang up. Why a record of every call and conversation improves service and avoids mix-ups.
- Client service
- Business
- Management
How to cut no-shows and last-minute cancellations in your salon
No-shows and last-minute cancellations empty your schedule and your till. Why they happen and what concrete measures reduce the gaps.
- Business
- Scheduling
- Client service
- Loyalty
Chatbot or AI virtual assistant: they are not the same thing
Menu-and-button chatbots are not the same as an AI virtual assistant. The difference, and why it matters for your business.
- Artificial intelligence
- Client service
- Product
WhatsApp Business for your beauty salon: answering and booking without losing time
Your salon's WhatsApp never stops, but handling it well is another story. How to use WhatsApp Business to reply and book appointments without losing your day.
- Client service
- Hair salons
Does AI replace the human touch in your salon? How to think it through
The question everyone asks. What AI does well in a salon, what should stay human and how they complement each other without losing warmth.
- Artificial intelligence
- Client service
- Hair salons
Why your salon loses appointments after hours (and how to win them back)
Plenty of people try to book when your salon is closed. How many are lost at night and at weekends, and how to recover them without extending your day.
- Business
- Client service
- Bookings
Answering your salon's calls when you cannot pick up the phone
The phone rings while you are working and you cannot answer it. How a voice assistant takes those calls and books the appointment without you stopping.
- Client service
- Product
- Hair salons
How to give every client a personalised experience in your salon
Making each client feel recognised is what brings them back. Ideas to personalise service in your salon without relying only on memory.
- Loyalty
- Client service
- Hair salons
Serving clients in several languages in your salon (tourist areas)
In tourist and bilingual areas, answering in the client's language makes the difference. How to do it without speaking the language.
- Client service
- Product
- Hair salons
Let your clients cancel and change their appointment without calling
Letting clients cancel or move an appointment does not empty your schedule: it keeps it up to date and fills the gaps. Why it works better for everyone.
- Scheduling
- Client service
- Product
AI with human control: when your assistant hands the conversation to you
A good AI assistant knows when to step aside and pass a conversation to you. Why human control is key and how it works in practice.
- Artificial intelligence
- Client service
- Product