5 Mistakes made when choosing booking agency software
Have you done your research? Check out this list and see if you've made the right choice.
Top 5 Mistakes made when Choosing Booking Agency Software
1. Server & Access
You want to give your artists access to your system to check their own agenda and choose a Windows/Mac
desktop system with complicated networking to interface the internet?
Mistake.
Gig-Guide™ is run online and can be accessed from any computer connected to the internet.
Since it's hosted on a server, you don't need any complicated networks to give your artist's access.
Just a login account.
2. All Packages are the Same
You choose an online/web-based solution that's designed for all agencies, everywhere, because everyone works the same way?
Mistake.
In the past 10 years I've designed systems for booking/management agencies in all corners of the globe,
all with their own individual needs and wishes.
Sure you need an agenda, CRM and financial functionality like most agencies, but that's about where the similarity stops.
With Gig-Guide™ you're assured that both now and in the future your software can meet the demands of the
ever-changing booking and management industry.
3. Future Proof
You want software that's compatible with Windows XP, Vista, xxx, and Mac and expect that to be bug free through all future versions.
Microsoft can't keep up with the patches - do you think your software company can?
Because Gig-Guide is run on the internet you can choose any browser you like on any computer system to access your bookings. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome - even Mobile Safari for the iPhone - all work flawlessly.
4. Data Security
My computer is safe and virus free - this is the perfect place to keep my entire business booking software.
Wrong.
Gig-Guide™ runs on an Apache server, known in the industry as the most solid, bug-free and secure server architecture ever developed.
Backups are carried out on most decent hosting companies several times a day, both locally and off-site.
Gig-Guide™ also has built-in auto backup facilities in case anything should go wrong.
5. Where do you want to keep your data?
These are strong economic times we live in... the software company hosting all my agency's data will always be in business.
How do you know that for sure?
Worst case scenario is the company you're renting your software from stops supporting your product or worse yet, goes out of business.
With Gig-Guide™ you have your own individual version of the system to work with, installed on the host of your choice.
This not only means if the unmentionable happens, you're Gig-Guide™ system will keep running for years to come.
Should you need further customizations, Gig-Guide™ is written in Perl, a programming language mastered by millions of programmers over the world,
so you'll never be left high and dry.