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Changing My Scheduling Calendar For 2025

This blog usually has actionable sales tips and advice to help you succeed in your business. This time, I wanted to take a look at another part of your business, which is scheduling appointments or sales calls or whatever you need to schedule. 

Having a scheduling calendar that your prospects can make your job so much easier. Instead of calling back and forth to pin a time to meet down, you can let your prospect/client pick their own time. According to FinancesOnline.com, online scheduling can lead to 26% more customers, so sharing your calendar is a real no-brainer.

I have a Google calendar that I use to book appointments, but I have also been using Calendly and sharing it on my website and social media. The two calendars are supposed to sync up to avoid double bookings, but recently I discovered an issue. 



I had blocked out a couple of days on my Google calendar for a business conference, but Calendly was still showing those days as available. After trying to find a way to fix this (I'm not a computer tech person), I threw in the towel. As much as I like the idea of Calendly, fighting with their chatbot and watching a lot of useless YouTube videos on the subject, my frustration led me to look for an alternative.

Fortunately for me, I discovered that Google has enhanced their calendar to where it can be used as an appointment scheduler and is now shareable with prospects clients. After watching a couple of videos (again, thanks to YouTube), I managed to remove the Calendly scheduler and replace it with the Google one. Since then I've changed out all the links on my social media platforms, as well as any email signatures that I send out. 

Many of the same features are there, like blocking out days of the week and putting time minimums as to when people can schedule in advance. But instead of wondering if it is going to sync up, it already does.

I'm sure that the folks at Calendly are nice people, but since I never had the opportunity to talk to a person and get the problem resolved, I made my life a little easier. 

Scheduling a time to meet a prospect or client is hard enough. Make your life a little easier by letting others set appointments. And if you would like to schedule a time for a phone appointment with me, click here. 


Chris Castanes is a humorous speaker who helps sales people succeed through workshops and humorous presentations. His new book, "Nearly Motivated" is available on Amazon. For booking information, click here. He's also the president of Surf Financial Brokers selling life and disability insurance in several states.

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