NEW @ Calendly ๐
Highly-requested updates to our browser extension are here!
Try out all our exciting scheduling features without ever leaving the tab youโre on โฌ
Happy Thursday! We think Calendly is pretty darn useful, as does the wonderful customer base of millions of people who depend on us each day. Thanks for your support, community! *back to scrolling through the comments*
We're now offering free integrations with video meeting tools, Zoom and GoToMeeting, through June 30th to help make connecting during the COVID-19 quarantine easier. Learn how to get access by clicking below.
We officially graduated from
@ATLTechVillage
today! Thanks for being our home + for always supporting us - Calendly will miss you. Cheers to the future + growth! ๐
reminder ๐ก
"What days and times work best for you? Or if you prefer, you can book a time on my calendar here.โ
is more polite and works better than:
"Here's my scheduling link!"
We just launched Calendly Meeting Polls on
@ProductHunt
! ๐
Your invitees can now vote on preferred times so you can easily accommodate personal preferences and time zones when scheduling with multiple people.
๐๐ฝ Let us know what you think!
The catโs out of the bagโCalendlyโs getting a new look! While we canโt wait to show the world, our first priority is a seamless experience for our customers, so weโll be rolling the new brand out in stages. Keep your eyes peeled, you could be next to get the update!
Excited to see our founder and CEO
@TopeAwotona
in
@Forbes
magazine!
Here's a sample:
โIn my life, Iโve benefited from not taking the conventional wisdom. Itโs benefited me personally, and I think it has benefited the business.โ - Tope
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@Calendly
's
@TopeAwotona
with
@Forbes
on building a B2B software business for the enterprise, the future of
#scheduling
automation, and why optimizing
#meetings
for workers everywhere is the companyโs greatest focus.
Donโt miss the cover story and video:
You've heard "this meeting could have been an email." But many meetings do wellโsome would even say betterโover Slack.
Stand-ups, progress check-ins, and brainstorming sessions are all candidates for transitioning to chat.
Ft.
@SlackHQ
๐
*Marketing team texting at 10:35 p.m. Friday night.*
Teammate 1: "Hey, maybe we should do a billboard someday."
Teammate 2: "Yaasss!"
*Tuesday afternoon*
Teammate 1: "So, um,
@ShrugCap
basically put a billboard up. About us."
Teammate 2: "What about a Super Bowl ad?"
๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฃ Itโs here!!!๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฃ
Weโre so excited to announce Calendlyโs integration with
@Webex
โ itโs now easier than ever to add Webex video conferencing details to any event scheduled with Calendly!
Learn more:
Let all your scheduling happen automatically, without the back and forth.
Hereโs how you can use Calendly for your
@webflow
site to book
@zoom_us
appointments with clients and customers:
Introducing the new Calendly for
@SlackHQ
app! ๐ Access and share your Calendly links without ever leaving Slack, in channels and direct messages. All the benefits of Calendly in one spot.
Our friends over at
@ATLTechVillage
shared our CEO,
@TopeAwotona
's, founder success story! Learn how we have served close to 30M people worldwide in 5 years + why grit and perseverance are key to being successful as an entrepreneur
Introducing: Calendly Meeting Polls! ๐
Whether youโre planning a holiday gathering or a client kickoff call, now itโs easier than ever to find the best time to get together ๐๐
Learn more:
The future of AI-powered scheduling is ALMOST HERE! ๐
We know you're eager for our upcoming
#AI
solutions, so sign up today for our waitlist to get early access to AI releases and much more:
AI is shaking up the world, challenging us to think about our work in ways weโve never imagined.
Weโve embraced that challenge here at Calendly. ๐ช
Want to be the first to access AI-powered scheduling? (Yes, yes you do!)
Sign up now โคต๏ธ
Weโre thrilled to announce that Calendly has acquired
@prelude_team
, a recruiting operations platform designed to build a better hiring process! ๐ค
Read more on our vision to optimize scheduling for recruiting teams and modernize the candidate experience:
We think you love Twitter. But do you also use LinkedIn?
๐ Today, we announced our Calendly for LinkedIn Messaging feature!
If you have our Chrome or Firefox extension, you can access Calendly -- right inside LinkedIn Messaging!
@andrehaykaljr
Open the door for others first, yes!
Try this: "Feel free to share some times youโre available, or you can also pick from my Calendly if itโs easier."
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Who's in Calendly's Hiring Hot Seat this week? ๐
Jermaine L. Murray.
YES,
@TheJobfather__
himself! ๐ฅ
He joins us to share more about his mission to help 500 Black candidates land their dream jobs in the tech industry, plus all his hiring hot takes for 2023! โฌ๏ธ
CALENDLY ROUTING is here! ๐
Now marketing and sales teams can:
โ Improve speed to lead
โ Increase website conversion rates
โ Close deals faster than the competition
All within the tech stack they're already using!
Here's how Routing works ๐งตโคต๏ธ
When was the last time you checked out your Calendly booking page? ๐
If it's been a minute, go take a peek and try implementing these game-changing tweaks from
@helloitsolly
!
It's the easiest way to take your client scheduling game from 0 to 100 ๐
@jmelaskyriazi
@danprimack
Thanks for the mentions of us, all! If anyone would like to hear our bootstrapping story, you can check out an episode of How I Built This:
Excited to share a new integration with
@Streak
CRM! ๐คฉ
Streak is built directly into Gmail, and their Calendly integration lets you schedule calls and update pipelines without every leaving your inbox. ๐ง
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We just launched Routing Forms on
@ProductHunt
! ๐
Routing Forms let you ask screening questions before someone books with you to make faster, higher-quality connections.
Check it out on
#ProductHunt
and let us know what you think! ๐
Calendlyโs new logo is a hollow C, ready to be filled by one of our colorful brand shapes. It's fluid, frequently animated, and never the same twice โ just like your day.
Announcing...Calendly for Enterprise! ๐ Calendly helps your high-performing teams build speed & consistency in client, candidate, & prospect interactions. Read more about the features in this thread, or in the announcement from our Chief Product Officer:
People send an average of 7.3 emails to schedule a single meeting.
Now take the average number of meetings that occur during the
#sales
cycle and multiply it by all your sales team members.
Then multiply it by all of their contacts in the entire customer lifecycle.
๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ
1. Make sure prospects show up. Set up email and text automations on
@Calendly
to remind prospects about the call.
2. Move at their pace. Some people make decisions quickly, some donโtโฆ Be patient.
In
@CNBCTechCheck
โs words, โSave the hate.โ We couldnโt agree with wiser words coming out of this week! Customer
@JonFortt
shared his โproductivity is through the roofโ and more on why heโs a
#Calendly
fan. โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
As we close out 2022, Team Calendly has a lot to be thankful for:
๐ฅ We hired 389 people
๐ We grew our team by 75% since the end of 2021
๐ In July, we brought everyone together in-person for our first retreat
We can't wait for 2023! Happy New Year ๐
@NathanWeill
Hi there! Our apologies for the inconvenience. We are currently looking into the issue.
In the meantime, you can also follow along and receive status updates via our status page: .
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Hey
#Developers
๐ข We're thrilled to announce our new Developer Portal is live!
Learn how you can build custom Calendly integrations with our
#APIs
, and how
@ActiveCampaign
adds scheduling automation to their product with Calendly. โฌ๏ธ
Did you hear the good news? Calendly was named a
@Forbes
2021
#Cloud100
honoree today! Congrats to our fellow private cloud company peers for making this yearโs list here:
this is so cool
@Linktree_
co-founder
@nicky_humphreys
just opened up his Calendly for a few 1:1 product feedback sessions!
go book while you can ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
ever wanted to meet one of our founders? ๐โโ๏ธ
now you can! we've opened up a few 1:1 sessions w/ our co-founder
@nicky_humphreys
for you to share your product feedback.
better move fast & book a spot:
"Start with human. That's our first value," says Calendly CEO Tope Awotona.
Get a rundown of all our core values in this latest episode of Human First CEO with
@nrmehta
๐
#gainsight
#calendly
#customersuccess
We love NYC, so it's particularly fun to see Calendly mentioned on the
@Nasdaq
tower! โค๏ธ
Thanks for including us
@Wing_VC
in the Enterprise Tech 30 list!
Our partner
@make_hq
, formerly Integromat, โก๏ธautomates workflows & app connections โก๏ธ in an awesome visual platform ๐คฉ
๐ฐ Our guide to some of the best productivity apps out there
New features alert! Our new Workflows enhancements like reconfirmations, no-shows, and Gmail and Outlook integrations give you even more control throughout your meeting lifecycle.
We're excited to announce one of our most requested integrations is finally here! ๐ You can now connect Calendly to Microsoft Teams to automatically create and share a new meeting room every time you meet.
๐จ New feature alert ๐จ
Introducing Routing Forms!
Now you can ask screening questions before someone books with you and automatically present specific scheduling options based on their answers.
Here's how it works! โฌ๏ธ
Our Enterprise Partner,
@zapier
wrote a smart, simple guide to help your high-performing team automate your entire meeting lifecycle. โ๏ธ Read more about how to use Zapier + Calendly together to make the most of your time:
Calendly Etiquette Tip:
Embed a few suggested times/dates in an email to save your invitee an extra click.
Our browser extensions make this super easy! Get them here:
We surveyed 1,000 professionals to learn how they value their time and how technology impacts their work. ๐
The data show just how critical the right tech tools are not just for workers' productivity โ but for their well-being.
Read the report โก๏ธ
drumroll pls for one of our most requested features... ๐ฅ introducing:
@calendly
on linktree!
schedule anything from consulting sessions, hair appointments, or even elevated girl dinners ๐
We love meeting our customers at
#SaaStr
! โค๏ธโค๏ธ - Thank you for all the kind words and product ideas! What a great day! ๐ If you haven't yet, come visit us for some swag and a hello!
Since going into quarantine, small business owners have set 13 million more meetings using Calendly compared to the previous 5 month periodโa 56% explosion of quick adapters working harder to make more connections with their customers.
@Mailchimp
#BusinessBuildingWeek2020
Connecting with your leads and customers just got easier with Calendly for
@intercom
! ๐ค You can now provide a seamless way to schedule meetings directly in Intercom Messenger. Learn more
Applying to jobs?
OR are you a recruiter trying to up your game?
We asked recruiting expert
@tdesseyn
to share his hiring hot takes with us. ๐ฅ
First up: โItโs okay to go 2 pages on your resume.โ ๐โฌ๏ธ
Our final official Enterprise-level partnership weโre so excited to reveal isโฆ
@SlackHQ
! ๐ฅณ Now, you can set meetings through Slack that follow all your Calendly settings, and consolidate settings across your entire organization while youโre at it.
Unlike other scheduling tools, Calendly Meeting Polls is:
โก๏ธ Ad-free. No weird advertisements next to your polls
โก๏ธ Did we mention it's free? No cost!
Go to your Calendly homepage, click the Create button, and make a poll for coworkers, friends, and more to vote on times.
The future of meetings is clear to Calendly CEO
@TopeAwotona
.
He shares with
@Inc
how innovative automation will revolutionize all three phases of the meeting lifecycle โ scheduling, preparation and follow-up.
Our partner
@Jotform
is a leader in automation โก
Which is why we couldn't be more excited to share these two announcements ๐
1๏ธโฃ We're mentioned in Jotform CEO
@aytekintank
's new book, "Automate Your Busywork"
Introducing two new enhancements to team scheduling! Send automated follow-up with Workflows for team events and accommodate shifts by applying individual schedules to team events.
๐ If youโre a
@Webex
user and love Calendly, weโve got exciting news for you! ๐
Now you can add Webex to Calendly and easily include video conferencing details in your Calendly-created events.
Learn how: