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The Meeting Planner's Online Advantage: 6 Ways
to Reduce 55% of Your Daily Workload
by Bill Flagg
Published on this site: July 1st, 2006 - See more
articles from this month
Here are 6 things you can accomplish today by switching to a fully-automated
registration system:
- Stop shuffling data.
If you use Excel spreadsheets and/or Access databases to organize your
data, then you have the ongoing task of transferring and compiling data
to get the totals you need for your event. Eliminate these ongoing hassles
by using a computerized system that automatically compiles and tallies
all of your data for you... in real-time.
- Eliminate manual follow-ups.
When someone registers using paper or a web form, your manual work has
just begun... printing, copying, folding, mailing, emailing, rinse &
repeat. Eliminate these time-consuming activities by using online registration.
The fully-automated system will email everyone right when they register
with their receipt, invoice and event materials.
- Process payments and credit cards automatically.
Accepting credit card payments but manually processing them exposes
you to entry errors - or worse, a declined card. Or you can just accept
checks - taking longer to collect money. Eliminate these extra steps
by having your system accept and process credit card and check payments
for you ... the moment someone registers.
- Provide a self-service option.
Registrants will inevitably need to make changes. Avoid an influx of
calls and email requests that interrupt your work day. Give your registrants
the power of self-service with an automated system, which allows them
to make their own changes in real-time.
- End wait-list management.
Limited space or popular events that sell-out quickly can become a burden
to coordinate when you start receiving cancellations and wait-list requests.
Take this task off your "to-do list" - accept waitlist requests
online, and automatically notify your waitlisted registrants when space becomes available.
- Make data entry obsolete.
If you are using paper registrations or web forms that get emailed to
you, then you have data entry or transfer hassles... a time consuming
process that leaves you struggling with illegible handwriting and correcting
wrong information. Eliminate these hassles by using an automated system,
which collects and organizes registrant data online.
A fully-automated, online registration system eliminates 55% of meeting
planners' registration hassles and workload.
Bill Flagg : If you would like to receive more great tips on how
to increase your registrations and decrease your workload, visit http://www.RegOnline.com/eTips
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