Hi,
I am curious as to whether people use Microsoft Bookings?
One of the companies that I work with wants to send it to clients to book their coaching.
I realise it is about making sure that the calendar for the availability is current.
My assumption is that I can offer the link to another company and they can use this to see my availability and then book into both calendars.
Does anyone who uses the tool have any thoughts please?
We use Bookings extensively in our company. All customer appointments are set using the Bookings Calendar, as many of the appointments require the attendance of more than one member of our team, and the Bookings Calendar allows us to quickly find a time that works for everyone. In this instance, our sales person is referencing the calendar and proposing times to the customer while either on a call or in a meeting. We do not share the services page online or send links to it via email; it is just used as an internal scheduling tool. For my own meetings, I have created an e-mail signature with a line that says "Click Here to schedule a meeting with me". Initially it went to a Bookings Services page where they had the option to select a 30 minute or 60 minute meeting, but I decided to take more control over my schedule, so now I have one version for a 30 minute meeting and one for a 60 minute meeting. I'm thinking of adding a 15 minute option as well for a quick call or check-in. I have one more signature with no meeting offered, so I can choose how much of my time I want to give the person, if any. I think it saves me a lot of time in coordinating meeting times with people, especially when you throw time zones in there which sometimes can be confusing. In response to your desire for buffers between meetings, you can set booking to require a buffer before and/or after a meeting. I have mine set to 15 minutes. I think every knowledge professional who frequently needs to schedule virtual meetings via e-mail should use a calendar link. Do not ask me to propose some times so that you can respond tomorrow with one that works for you, by which point that time is now full, so I have to respond with several more times, and by the time we arrive at a time, I'm no longer interest in having the meeting. Scheduling an appointment should take 2 minutes tops between both parties. See attached image for what it looks like in Outlook in my signature box. It sounds more complicated than it really is. It takes me a split second when writing an email to decide if I want to offer a meeting or not. My favorite part of this is that the meeting is automatically input in my schedule without me doing anything. (Which is why I want to be more selective about what meeting times I offer). I suggest you give it it a try, maybe just set up one email link and try it to see if it works for you to get started
