Gatemaster Blog
Make Scheduling Your Employees Easier
What are you using to build work schedules for employees right now? If you’re using Excel, Outlook, Google Calendar, Facebook, pencil and a piece of paper, or any other clunky, outdated tool, you’re missing out. These old ways of scheduling leave you open to mistakes and unhappy employees.
Piece of Cake—Why Your Digital Marketing Should Be Collecting Birthday Data
Everybody loves a big surprise on their big day. Over the course of a calendar year there’s 364 days for your customers to comfortably embrace the normalcy of everyday, regularly scheduled life. But for a birthday, it’s time to go beyond expectations with an effective strategy to share best wishes—and a special deal to get them back in the doors. By taking a moment to collect customer birthdays at the point of sale, the potential to increase customer loyalty and boost revenue suddenly becomes as simple as blowing out the candles on a cake.
Enjoy our March User Group Featuring ChargeItPro
Our March user group featured Dan O’Bannon from ChargeItPro, our credit card processing partner. This short user group is jampacked with important information regarding payment processing.
5 Things to Ask Yourself About Your Old Point-of-Sale
Are you happy with your current point-of-sale? Ask yourself these questions about your point-of-sale to help you determine if you should be looking for a new system.
Partymaster – Master the Party Business
If your facility hosts birthday parties or group events without an integrated solution for your E-Commerce and point-of-sale, you may be doing more work and costing yourself money. Have you ever double booked a party? Do you find yourself having to transfer data about an event from one system to another? Are your guests asking for the ability to book parties online? Gatemaster has the solution, Partymaster.
Case Study – Snow King Mountain
Duncan McLaurin is the Director of IT at Snow King Mountain in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We were honored to have him as our guest speaker in our monthly customer user group for January.
How to Properly Manage Your Attraction’s Facebook Page
If your facility hosts birthday parties or group events without an integrated solution for your E-Commerce and point-of-sale, you may be doing more work and costing yourself money. Have you ever double booked a party? Do you find yourself having to transfer data about an event from one system to another? Are your guests asking for the ability to book parties online? Gatemaster has the solution, Partymaster.
5 Reasons Why Your Digital Marketing Should Use POS Data
From super sales slipped subtly into our emails to bubbly bouncing icons on 4 inch screens effortlessly ordering us everything from car rides to cappuccinos, the buyers and sellers of the world have never been as connected as they are today. But behind all the app taps and leisurely scrolling during the afternoon commute lies the lifeblood of a successful marketing strategy—the invaluable insight collected at the point-of-sale from consumer purchase and visit data.
Mobile vs Enterprise Point-of-Sale Software
The first and most important question you want to ask yourself is, do I want a mobile cloud based or software point-of-sale? There are a variety of Pro’s and Con’s for each option. If you can find a company that can provide both options, you can start with the mobile solution and upgrade to software later.
6 Reason Why Guests Don’t Return
Have you ever walked into a business, saw the lines and walked out? Have you experienced decent service but left feeling underwhelmed because the person helping seemed impersonal? Breaking down the reason for why guest don’t return to your facility can be hard to determine. Here are some common issues we have found when looking over online reviews.
Welcome New Gatemaster Employee – Davis Matthews
Gatemaster would like to introduce the newest member to our customer support and sales team, Davis Matthews. Davis is currently working on achieving a major in Digital Media, with a minor in Video Editing. Davis enjoys basketball and drinking energy drinks as many college students do! Davis has worked for an ATM company in the past, and is familiar with Ticketing software. You could say he has all the Koala-fications for working at Gatemaster!
Free E-Commerce Feature List
Here at Gatemaster, we know there are many options out there when it comes to point-of-sale, ticketing, and E-Commerce solutions. We want to help educate you on all features available, so you don’t miss out. Click below to download your free, no strings attached, E-Commerce Feature List.
