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Setup A Booking Calendar

📅 Setup Personal Booking Calendar

Setting up your booking calendar is like hiring an assistant who's available 24/7. Imagine waking up to a full schedule without lifting a finger — sounds great, right? Let's walk you through getting this set up so you can easily secure up to 20 appointments in your very first week and cut no-shows by at least 25%!

🧭 Your Personal Booking Calendar

Your personal booking calendar is your best friend when it comes to managing appointments. Once it's up, you'll wonder how you ever managed without it.

To use Google Calendar for scheduling appointments, it's essential to first create a SalesMFast Personal Booking Calendar. This booking calendar serves as the foundation for your scheduling rules — allowing you to configure:

  • ✅ Availability
  • ⏱️ Buffer times
  • 🕒 Meeting durations
  • 🔔 Reminders

Even if you use Google Calendar daily, this calendar is required to manage how bookings are accepted and displayed within SalesMFast.

🔧 Steps to Set It Up:

  1. Navigate to Calendar > Calendar Settings Accessing Your Messages in SalesMFast

  2. Click Create Calendar Create Calendar

  3. Select calendar type → (for 1-on-1 meetings, choose Personal Booking)

  4. Fill in your calendar details:

  5. Friendly name

  6. Select yourself as the host
  7. Create a custom URL
  8. Specify appointment duration

  9. Set your available hours

  10. Click Confirm Create Calendar

  11. Copy the calendar link or embed code calendar link

  12. Share the calendar link to start booking appointments!

🎨 Next: Customize your calendar appearance to match your branding, making it even more inviting!

👤 Add Yourself As a Team Member

Even if you're working solo, adding yourself as a team member ensures everything runs smoothly. Think of it as giving yourself VIP access to your own scheduling system.

🧭 Steps to Add Yourself:

  1. Navigate to Settings > My Staff

  2. Click Add User

  3. Add yourself and save the details

    Next, you can set specific permissions for yourself or additional team members — streamlining your workflow.

⏰ Setup Automated Reminders

Automated reminders mean fewer missed appointments and happier clients. They’re like your calendar gently tapping clients on the shoulder to remind them you're meeting soon.

👉 Setup Automated Reminders

🔗 Integrate Personal Calendar

Connecting your booking system with your personal calendar keeps everything in sync. No more double-booking or missed meetings — just effortless organization.

🧭 Steps to Connect:

  1. Navigate to Calendars > Calendar Settings calendar link

  2. Select the Connections tab Click Add New to connect your personal calendar calendar link

  3. Then, select the Video Conferencing tab Click Add New to link your preferred conferencing tool calendar link > Next: Double-check that your integrations are syncing properly to enjoy seamless scheduling!