Jaqs Hair Salon, Newport, sends text appointment reminders

Link: SMS Doctors Appointment Reminder Live In Ealing – Digital-Lifestyles.info

Sal, my wife receives SMS reminders from her hairdresser (Jaqs of Newport – BTW can we have her hair cuts cheaper if I plug your shop?) the day before her appointments

I caught this at the bottom of Simon’s post about the SMS alerts in Ealing and thought it deserved a second post.

For a LONG time I’ve been trying to convince the total airheads at various salons around here that texting appointment reminders — AND allowing customers to book appointments by text — would be a good idea.

One girl in one establishment seriously asked me, ‘So do you expect me to give my mobile number to EVERY customer?’

I explained that we’d assign a different mobile number for the salon but she just wasn’t getting it, ‘What about MY privacy??’ she kept on asking. Deary me. I got similar responses from each airhead place I walked into across the High Street.

So I’m pleased to hear at least ONE hair salon has got it right. Does anyone know about any other places doing SMS booking/reminders? Surely someone’s talking to TONI & GUY about implementing this?