Why Are We Better Than Google!
Alright, we are not another search engine like Google. However, we do think that we are more appropriate for businesses than Google calendar. Why? Well, most businesses consist of more than one person and Google calendar is designed for individuals. Before you start throwing stones at us, allow us to show you why we think this way. I know this post might end up bruising some egos but I hope to share with you some of the thinking that was put into YourAM. It is not about who is better but about what is more suited for what type of usage.
Most of your personal appointment calendars will look like this. Cool, I love the calendar interface too because it is clean and simple. But when it comes to businesses, things are different. Try multiplying the appointments by a factor of 3 to 5 for a very small scale business. Now, you get a different picture with the calendar interface. I like to call this calendar screen "Playing Tetris" with your appointments.
I was browsing the web and saw this screen shot of one of our competitors and it looked way more cluttered than the one shown above. That screen shot was not an example demo, it was one from their actual customer. Do you really prefer to go to work everyday staring at a cluttered Tetris screen? Don't get me wrong, I repeat, the calendaring interface is a great tool for personal appointment management but bad when it comes to businesses.
Now let’s take a look at YourAM. This is how YourAM looks like with 3 to 5 sales staff's appointments. Multiply that 10 times and it will still look exactly the same. You may be thinking, sure you are deceiving us with a carefully engineered screen shot. But I am not, view the calendar on a day view and then multiple the busy appointments of 3 to 5 staff by 5 times and the problem will again be clear. This is when we are only considering 3 to 5 staff. What if you have 10-15 busy staff? The real issue here is that the calendering interface does not scale well as your business grows. The faster you grow the more vexing the problem.
The reason why YourAM looks the same even if the number of appointments exploded by a factor of 10 is because of the way it has been carefully designed and engineered. Our innovative real time interface is designed to scale as your business sky rockets. It reduces screen clutter and helps businesses to easily focus on the important appointment details. The scheduler is like an automated time stack. Each row in the scheduler represents an appointment. Appointments that are over are automatically pop off the visual scheduler stack. The scheduler appointment information is both dynamic and real time. You can easily view past appointments by toggling the scheduler. Appointments currently taking place are highlighted at the top of the scheduler. What is even better is that you can simply manage your appointments via SMS without even going online. YourAM is smart enough to figure out the notification and reminder details for you as you drink coffee at your favorite cafe.
YourAM does better than automating appointments for multiple people. It integrates Google calendar, as well, so that each of your staff can continue to enjoy their personal appointment calendar with YourAM. YourAM simply updates the appropriate staff's personal calendar while aggregating them for your later analysis via our detailed Analytics tool.
It is my believe that any start-up that wants to change the world in their domain of expertise must seek to challenge the current established players by thinking differently and introducing new innovation. We have placed our bar of innovation very high and we plan on delivering it as we continue to grow!
Is your favorite small business still using appointment books, phone calls and emails to manage their appointments? Do you have a relative or friend who is struggling to manage their growing service based business. Help us and help them by recommending YourAM to them.
