These Job Perks Will Help Attract the Best Engineering Talent
Recruiting engineers who can deliver top-notch work is essential for your engineering and design firm. Offer these perks to attract the best candidates.
Featured Business — Wakaya Perfection
Originally founded in 2011 by famed entrepreneur and founder of FIJI Water, David H. Gilmour, Wakaya Perfection joined the booming direct sales industry in 2015 when Co-Founder Todd Smith took the helm and moved operations from South Florida to Central…
3 Tips to Grow Your Small Law Firm
Law firm growth will only be successful if it is carefully planned ahead of time. Here are several tactics that will help grow your legal practice.
How the Best Industrial Companies Plan for Emergencies
The best industrial emergency planning requires a great planning team, careful consideration of the hazards facing your company, and thorough plans that are kept updated.
Physical Security Basics For Technology and Software Companies
Physical security is as important as ever for software and technology companies. Protect your digital assets from on-site threats with these precautions.
How Virtual Meetings Are Changing The Legal Field
Virtual meeting tools are changing how we work together, and the legal field is no exception. Learn how these tools help lawyers save money and time.
The Benefits of Safety Videos for Factory Visitors
It’s your job to keep factory visitors safe, and adding mandatory safety videos to the check-in process is one way to help.
How to Plan for an Office Move
Office moves can be stressful. The best results come with careful planning and buy-in from the whole staff.
4 Administrative Tools for Modern Private Health Clinics
Running a private health clinic can be complicated, but these software tools can make it easier.
Here’s How the GDPR Will Affect Your Visitor Check-In Process
Any company that values its customers’ right to privacy should be paying attention to the GDPR and how it affects visitor check-in policies.
4 Signs You’re Ready for an Office Upgrade
At what point do the costs of having insufficient office space begin to outweigh the costs of moving into a better one? Here are a few clues that your business is ready for an upgrade.
Can a Virtual Receptionist be as Friendly as a Live Receptionist?
Virtual receptionists have plenty of perks, but can they actually feel personal? Once you employ a few of these best practices, you may find that your visitor management software can be surprisingly friendly, personal, and welcoming.
Featured Business — Symmetry, LLC
As more companies turn to cloud hosting and outsourced enterprise application management, the security of data and who has access to it — both digitally and physically — is a chief concern among IT professionals.
At Symmetry, LLC, an…
How the “Internet of Things” is Creating the Office of the Future
The internet of things isn't just for manufacturing and building maintenance. It's showing up in white collar offices in these ways.
No More “Office Mom”: How Your Company Should Delegate the Tasks that Make Office Life Comfortable
Is someone in your office unofficially in charge of making it a comfortable and pleasant place to work? It’s time to give them official recognition.
How to Get Your Office Ready for a Visitor Management System
Before you launch visitor management software in your office, make sure you’re ready by taking these steps.
Why Your Company Might Need a “Director of First Impressions”
Today, it’s more important than ever to make a good impression on office visitors. Putting someone in charge of managing those impressions can have a big impact on your company’s bottom line.
The Role of Face-to-Face Meetings in a Digital World
Despite all the advantages of quick, convenient digital communication, in-person meetings can still give you the upper-hand in many business scenarios.
The History and Future of The Office Receptionist
The receptionist role has changed a lot in the hundreds of years that people have filled it, but the role remains an important one in any organization.
What Manufacturers Need to Know About Industry 4.0
Just as homes are becoming “smart homes,” factories have the potential to transform into “smart factories.” Here’s what you need to know.
A Few Time-Saving SaaS Tools for Every Modern Workplace
New SaaS tools for businesses streamline hiring, onboarding, training, and other distracting processes for businesses.
Featured Business — Alex E. Navidad, PLC
Alex Navidad is a Phoenix, Ariz.-based business owner and building manager who must constantly balance between offering value to his building tenants and managing costs.
So in 2017, when he began considering how to make the reception area of his…
Featured Business — MRZ
Technology continues to disrupt the way companies do business, and seemingly no industry is safe.
As more of Houston-based CPA firm MRZ’s services and interactions with clients moved to the digital space, it shifted the way the 100-person company…
Featured Business — eCycle Solutions
eCycle Solutions, an Ontario-based electronics recycling and information technology asset disposition (ITAD) provider, prides itself on ensuring that when a customer’s electronics enter its facilities, they are recycled in a way that ensures data security, worker health and safety, and…
Featured Business — Contours Studios
Contours Studios is a mindful movement studio that offers clients a high-end boutique studio experience with services that include Pilates, Hatha and Vinyasa yoga, Tai Chi, meditations, and movement training, among other services.
But with as rejuvenating as the studio’s…
Featured Business — B Sharp School of Music
B Sharp School of Music inspires students of all ages to “sharpen their minds through music.” The private music school, started by Heidi Garcia, operates out of an old Victorian house in downtown Lodi, CA, with a recently opened second…
Featured Business – Viva MedSuites
Coworking spaces are trendy among small businesses and entrepreneurs. But could they work for the medical community? Judging from the early success of Viva MedSuites, a medical coworking space that opened in Scottsdale, AZ, last month, the answer is…
A New Logo and Website
Over the past two years we focused on modernizing the look of our application and improving our features to make them easier to use and even more configurable. Throughout all of this change, there was one thing that had stayed…
Featured Business — Flying Axes
Looking for something fun to do for your next office get-together or birthday party? How about axe-throwing?
Never heard of it? Neither had Zack Pennington and the team at Flying Axes until they tried it during a trip to Canada,…
Featured Customer: Herkimer Central School District
Herkimer Central School District (HCSD) serves a small student body of 1,200 from kindergarten to grade 12 in Herkimer, New York, just 15 miles east of Utica. The teachers, faculty, and staff who run HCSD believe strongly in preparing students…
Featured Business — Highfive
Do you remember your last team video conference? How long did it take you to set up the connection in the first place, and how many times did someone’s audio cut out right in the middle of a sentence?
Despite…
Featured Customer — CHS America
Community Health Solutions of America, Inc. (CHS) is an expert at providing comprehensive care coordination solutions. This includes holistic care management for members, providers, and hospitals. In addition to CHS, the Premier Family of Companies also includes Premier Administrative Solutions…
Feature Update: Visit Summary Emails, Photo Capture Updates, and New Printer Options
When was the last time you updated The Receptionist app on your iPad? We’re giving you a really good reason to do just that this week. Nothing works until you update your app so do that first. The Receptionist places…
Featured Business — K-TECHnologies
It’s a tall order to design, manufacture, and assemble electronic and electromechanical products that absolutely cannot fail — but that’s exactly what K-TECHnologies has been doing since 1997. Located in Buffalo, NY, K-TECHnologies offers electronic manufacturing services for the military,…
Featured Business — Mecaer America
Mecaer America, a division of Mecaer Aviation Group, is located in Laval, Québec, Canada. Mecaer designs and manufactures hydraulic and mechanical systems and components for the aerospace market. Its products include flight controls, landing gears, actuators, dampers, valves, and…
Featured Customer — Riverside EpiCenter
The Riverside EpiCenter, located in the Atlanta metro area, is a bustling event center that serves to inspire and empower the local community. The space spans a massive 113,000 square feet, containing the Bronner Center for the Performing Arts,…
Featured Customer — Luno
The future of currency is changing, and Luno is at the forefront of that transformation. Luno launched in 2013 as a way for people to safely and easily buy, sell, store, and trade Bitcoin, a form of digital currency that…
Featured Customer – Denver Public Schools
Denver Public Schools’ (DPS) Emily Griffith Campus is constantly brimming with activity. It gets anywhere from 500 to 800 visitors per day. In fact, the only building in Colorado that gets more visitors is the capitol building!
The campus is…
Featured Customer — Eclipse Screen Printing
Have you ever wondered how your microwave buttons work? Ask Eclipse Screen Printing, a company that has specialized in technical screen printing for the past 22 years. They print the membrane switch that you use every time you heat…
Featured Business — America’s Health Center
The cost of running a healthcare business continues to rise, making it difficult for providers to offer affordable services and still make a living. This situation prompted Nick Porterfield to develop a way to help healthcare providers reduce their office…
New Feature: Visitor Evacuation List
Do you know who’s in your office right now? If an emergency happened, would you be able to ensure that all of your visitors get out? It’s not fun to think about, but emergencies can and do happen. Because of…
Featured Business – Salem Christian Homes
A distinguishing feature of many of our customers is that they care passionately about helping others. That’s certainly true of the non-profit organization Salem Christian Homes. In the 1960s, there weren’t many educational opportunities available for people with developmental…
Featured Business – Fixt
Luke Cooper loves convenient and efficient solutions. That’s why he founded Fixt, an on-demand mobile device repair service. If you have a problem with your phone or tablet, a technician will come to your home or office, fix the…
Documentation and Records Management for ISO Certification
Documentation and records management is at the heart of many certification and compliance programs today. It’s also just good business practice. According to a widely cited study by Information Week, between 3% and 5% of an organization’s files are lost…
Featured Manufacturing Business – Optimum Design Associates
Bay Area-based Optimum Design Associates is a sophisticated printed circuit board design and assembly company whose client list includes Honeywell, Boeing, Intel, Applied Materials, and other tech firms on the leading edge of their respective markets. Being an industry leader…
Featured Business – Spa Suites on 116th
Located in Carmel, IN, Spa Suites on 116th is an innovative company that not only rents out suites to beauty professionals, but also provides them with extensive business support. This includes design, marketing, business coaching, and a host of other…
Featured Manufacturing Business – Modus Advanced
Modus Advanced is a leading manufacturer and supplier of die cut gaskets, custom molded rubber, and other materials used in industries such as automotive, medical, defense, agriculture, and construction. Although they are a small company, operating out of their California…
Featured Business: Merrick Academy Charter School
As the first and longest-running public charter school in Queens, New York, Merrick Academy has to keep up with changing trends so it can continue serving its students and their families effectively. When Merrick Academy noticed that its reception area…
Featured Business: Fairfield County Bank
Since 1871, Fairfield County Bank has been serving its community in scenic southwestern Connecticut. While the banking business has gone through innumerable changes over last 145 years, Fairfield County Bank continues its commitment to service that’s personal and efficient. When…
New Feature: Customized Voice Prompts
Can I customize the audio prompts that visitors hear?
Absolutely!…
New Features: Pre-Registration and Returning Visitor Check-In
A few weeks ago, we launched The Receptionist for iPad version 3.0. (Missed the announcement? Check it out here). But today is the BIG announcement! Today, we’re rolling out two huge new features to make your visitors’ check-in even…
The Receptionist for iPad Version 3.0: More Customizable Than Ever!
While you were hopefully enjoying a relaxing summer vacation on a tropical isle, the Engineering team at The Receptionist was hard at work making your office check-in process even more awesome. Version 3.0 includes many more button options so that…
Featured Business: eOriginal
eOriginal is the trusted expert in digital transaction management solutions, specializing in the post-execution management of financial asset documentation. As a result of its continuing success, eOriginal has recently transitioned into a larger office space to accommodate its growing staff. …
Featured Business: Sungevity
One of the largest full-service solar companies in the U.S., Sungevity is a trendsetter. Since 2007, they’ve helped homeowners and small businesses navigate the burgeoning industry. They shepherd clients through the entire process of going solar: from design and permitting,…
Introducing The Receptionist
This summer has been full of excitement for us. We’ve redesigned our app, released a ton of new features, and seen amazing growth in our business. But all of these things pale in comparison to the news…
Featured Business: CCS Presentation Systems
Celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, CCS Presentation Systems has a long track record of being at the forefront of technology. They offer a full range of audio-visual integration services, including design, installation, training, and maintenance for everything from AV…
Feature Update: User Permissions, Badge Printing, and Multiple Choice Questions
Once again, our engineers have been hard at work on new features to make your experience with The iPad Receptionist even better. Here’s what we’ve got for you this time.
Set user permissions for different members of your team
Many…
Get Ready for Even More “Wow”: The App is Getting a New Look
In conversations with customers, we hear over and over that The iPad Receptionist doesn’t just help their office run more smoothly. It also adds a wow factor to the front desk experience. Well, get ready for even more “wow.”…
Featured Business: Robinson Bradshaw
Robinson Bradshaw places a high value on their office security and their clients’ privacy. The North Carolina-based corporate law firm has been providing legal services to clients across the country since 1960. And along the way, they’ve picked up some…
Featured Business: Upland Software
Since its founding in 2010, Upland Software has been at the cutting edge of cloud enterprise solutions. And by any measure, Upland offers an impressive array of them. Tools for managing projects, workforces, and IT investments? Check. Automation software? Check.…
More Exciting New Features
At The iPad Receptionist we don’t just see our software as a cookie cutter product that you purchase, start up, and use. We see it as an experience between you and us, and you and your visitors. This customizable approach…
Featured Business: Martensen IP
Intellectual property (IP) law firm Martensen IP more than understands the importance of privacy. Their services focus on identifying and securing the rights that make companies competitive—patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Located in Colorado Springs, CO, Martensen IP serves…
Adding That Wow Factor to Your Front Desk Experience: An Interview with TripAdvisor’s Jessica Moore
In this series, The iPad Receptionist users share their experiences. Jessica Moore, from TripAdvisor travel planning and booking site, reflects on how The iPad Receptionist saves employees time and impresses office visitors.
Why did you first consider using The iPad…
Featured Business: Precise ParkLink
Our customers include some of the most innovative leaders in their respective industries. That is certainly true of Precise ParkLink, which has been a leader in the Canadian parking industry for two decades. If you’ve ever used a Pay…
Feature Update: Portrait and Landscape Views Now Available
We’ve had numerous customers ask, “Why can’t I use The iPad Receptionist in portrait view?” Until now, we’ve had to say that the app was only available in landscape. Well, those days are gone! Now you can use The iPad…
Feature Update: Referral Program, Branding, and Slack Integration!
We’ve been hard at work making your iPad Receptionist experience the best it can be! Here are three new things we wanted you to know about.
New Customer Referral Program
So many customers have referred someone to The iPad Receptionist…
New Features: More Visitor Contact Fields and Multiple NDAs
Ready to start collecting visitor emails and phone numbers when they check in at your office? We thought so. How about managing multiple NDAs for different visitor types? We got you covered there as well. Take a look at the…
New Features: Custom Emails, Visitor Log Data, and More!
Take a look at the newest feature release from The iPad Receptionist. We listened to your requests and have built some new customizations to help you give your visitors a great experience.…
App Update: New Features! Time To Update Your iPad Receptionist App – v 1.7.1
It’s that time again! We’ve added new features to the iPad Receptionist and are ready for you to update your app in the app store. Here’s what you’ll find in the latest version:
NDA Upload and Display
You’ll now…
New Feature: Visitor Badge Printing!
Need to easily identify who’s visiting your office? Custom visitor badge printing is now available for The iPad Receptionist! From the visitor name to who their visiting, along with date and time, you can fully customize your badges complete with your…
Featured Business: LevelUp iPad Receptionist
Are you a startup company? We’re a startup too so we totally understand the need to have the coolest, most modern space to work in. What’s cooler than having a virtual iPad Receptionist waiting to greet your visitors? SMS and…
Featured Business: TechStars – iPad Receptionist
This weeks featured Business is TechStars Boulder. One of our very early beta testers here in Boulder with the Receptionist app, TechStars actually uses the app in tandem with their receptionist Christine. The reason they love having an iPad Receptionist…