Shiftex
Introducing Shiftex Platform
Shiftex uses text messaging, email and interactive voice recording (IVR) to help shift work and part-time employees claim open shifts at their workplace.
How Does It Work?
The Shiftex platform is a comprehensive employee communication tool designed to manage scheduling issues in an efficient manner by leveraging the mobile SMS
Existing staff logs in from anywhere, using the Internet, to view and bid or sign up for shifts.
Users can indicate their preference for when they want to work (i.e. days, hours, departments, etc.) and be automatically notified of openings, via SMS and email..
Managers monitor bids and applications and notify qualified winners via the Shift Manager System, email or telephone.
The system keeps track of all data including comments about punctuality, performance or other factors to enhance mangers knowledge for selecting winning bidders or applicants in the future.
Additionally, there are significant administrative time savings because managers spend less time contacting employees agencies and evaluating and training outsiders.
How Much Does Shiftex Cost?
The introductory price for Shift Manager is only $4 per employee per month and you’ll save many times that amount each month in agency fees, reduced manager workload, and employee satisfaction. You can have an unlimited number of users, you’ll get unlimited support and training, and since it’s hosted on our Secure servers, there’s no work for your IT Department to get it started or to maintain it.
Features
- Simple Online access for Managers and Users
- Supported communication channels: SMS, IVR, Email
- SMS/Email notification for users
- Powerful open shift search options
- Summary screen to track all data
- Award shifts with one click
- Robust management reporting and export capabilities
- Automated matching of qualified staff to open positions
- Simplified workload
- Budget friendly price tag
- Guaranteed results
Benefits
- Reduce operating costs
- Reduce the amount of time managers spend filling shifts
- Average shift fill time of 3 minutes
- Increased Staff Retention and Employee Satisfaction
- Increased Use of Internal Staff to Cover Open Shifts
- Enhanced Staff Flexibility
- More Staff Control Over Schedules
For further information or to arrange a live demonstration email bizguy@bluebottle.com
What is Mobile Marketing?
-In February 2006, Canadian mobile phone network
TELUS Mobility launched a $1,000 text & win promotion.
Customers text the word ‘TRIVIA’ to the short code
835873. Customers win one entry into the promotion
for each trivia question answered, or 10 entries for
each question answered correctly. Each month, one
winner is selected from all the entries received to win
a cash prize of $1,000.
-In March 2006, US TV network Court TV launched a text
& win competition, offering viewers a chance to win
$10,000. The competition, called The Impossible Heists
Code Cracking Challenge, ran off the back of a reality
TV show called Impossible Heists. It invited consumers
to text their answers to three trivia questions to a short
code. Consumers who answered all three questions
correctly could then enter a code for their chance to
win $10,000.
-In the US, Starbucks launched a game, Starbucks
Summer Pursuit, to celebrate the arrival of summer
(2006). The game was a text messaging trivia quiz which
invited consumers to answer three questions, all on
the theme of summer, sent to their phone. Those who
got enough answers correct had the chance to play the
“Ultimate Scavenger Hunt” in New York City, and
compete for a trip to Costa Rica.
-In a text & win campaign, mobile is used as the response
mechanism. But mobile is increasingly being used as
a response mechanism in more generic campaigns, as
brands include a mobile short code on their TV, radio,
press or billboard advertising. In some instances, when
the consumer texts the required word to the short code
number, they receive a WAP-push message which
enables them to visit a WAP site dedicated to the brand
or the promotion in question. Here they may have the
opportunity to find out more about the brand, or receive
some form of incentive, such as a ringtone or wallpaper
for their phone.
