Overview
With Appointedd, you can ensure that the reminders and follow-ups that are sent around a booking are entirely relevant. By sending relevant communications, you can prepare the recipient before the booking occurs and nurture them after.
You are in control of the channel (email or text message), sender, recipient and content of the communication.
As reminders and follow-ups are transactional (sent in relation to a booking) they are not classed as marketing so will send regardless of the customer's marketing preferences. See more about marketing preferences in Appointedd in this guide.
👇 check out this video below to get familiar with reminders & follow ups 👇
How reminders and follow-ups are relevant
You can create multiple reminders and follow-ups so each communication sends only when it matches the details of a booking. You can send communications according to:
The resource booked
The service booked
The status of the booking.
Please note: once you create your communications, they will become live and send automatically so you can focus on your bookings, knowing your customers and resources are receiving all they need.
What you can do with reminders and follow-ups
The possibilities are endless! Here are some common examples:
A text message which sends to the customer 12 hours before a booking with any resource for a telephone interview.
An email which sends to your resource Barry 1 hour before a booking with him.
An email which sends to the customer 3 days after a booking for a consultation which had an arrival status of complete.
An email which sends to your customer 1 day after a booking which has an arrival status of no show.
How to set up reminders and follow-ups
You can access your reminders and follow-ups alongside all communications sent from your account, under the Email & SMS tab.
To create a new reminder or follow-up, click create and follow through the steps:
Give the communication a name
Select whether it's a reminder (to send before a booking) or a follow-up (to send after a booking)
Select the timeframe (how long before/after a booking the communication should send)
Set the channel which the communication sends in
Set the send-from*
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For email communications, you can set the name and email address which are displayed to the client as the 'sender'. We recommend you use a real email account and an email provider such as Google or Outlook. Check out this guide to set this up.
For SMS communications, you can set the send-from name under Connect > Connect to an SMS provider. The name or number you add here should match what you have configured in your SMS provider account. We also recommend that you use the same send-from for all SMS communications to ensure that texts messages are sent.
Please note, if a customer replies to an SMS communication message, there will be no response. All SMS messages are sent to a no-reply number and your customers will not be notified. If this is important, you can add a message at the bottom of you SMS communications that says "please do not reply".
In order to send SMS via Appointedd, you can connect to your chosen text provider under under Connect > Connect to an SMS provider. You can read more about how to connect & send SMS via Appointedd here.
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Select the type recipient (the communication will send to the resource/customer on the booking or the specific recipient you choose)
Select the details of bookings for which this communication should send
Set whether you wish to bundle this communication
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Bundling communications
Bundle reminders and follow-ups to ensure that the recipient doesn’t receive more than one of the same communication in one day, instead they receive one copy of the communication, with details of all of the day's bookings.
For example, if your customers often have multiple bookings with you in one day, bundle a reminder so the customer receives only one reminder (which includes details of all of the day's bookings).
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Set the content of the communication (and subject for emails)
Set whether you wish to send a cancellation link (for email reminders only)
Click save.
If you're unable to click save, go back to the form to check that all mandatory fields (those marked with as asterisk *) are complete.
What content is included in your reminder/follow-up
To ensure that the customer has all of the information that they need about the booking, some standardised content is sent in every reminder/follow-up. This standardised content is indicated by the lock icons on the right hand side:
The content in the locked box will pull through the information about the booking (customer name, service name, date, time and timezone).
How to manage your existing reminders and follow-ups
All of your created reminders and follow-ups are displayed together. You can expand the name of each to see more about them by clicking the arrow icon:
Additionally, you can edit each, create a copy or delete them by clicking the appropriate icons.
Top tips
If a booking qualifies for more than one reminder or follow-up at one time, only one communication will be sent. For example, if a booking qualifies for two reminders both due to send one day before the booking, only the communication which was created first will send.
If a customer replies to an SMS communication message, there will be no response. All SMS messages are sent to a no-reply number and your customers will not be notified. If this is important, you can add a message at the bottom of you SMS communications that says "please do not reply".