How to Save Time and Boost Productivity with Acuity Scheduling

You know how a tool or app solves the problems in your business so perfectly you could write a sonnet about it? Acuity scheduling software is one of those tools. Since the beginning of my business, acuity scheduling saved me countless hours, manpower, efforts, and helped me book more free consults with potential customers in the process.

In this blog, I’ll introduce you to a piece of clear information about Acuity scheduling spectacular time-saving features and gives you a side-by-side comparison of Acuity and Calendly, it is the biggest competitor.

Sound good? Let’s get started!

Appointment Scheduling

Appointment scheduling with Acuity is easy for your clients and totally passive on your part once you have completed your account setup. Here’s how it works for regular appointments.

ADD NEW APPOINTMENT TYPES

First, you’ll need to do is add the appointment types you want to offer your clients. For example, you want to add a starting consult and follow-up appointments. There are a few ways you can customize the appointment:

• Name your appointment.
• Add a description.
• Add a message client will see on the confirmation page after booking.
• Set a duration.
• Set a price.
• Create categories to organize your appointment types. 
• Upload a photo.
• Produce the appointment type visible on your public scheduling page or can hide it so only clients with a direct link can book.
• Add one or more intake forms to the signup page

SET YOUR AVAILABILITY

You can also set limits on when clients can schedule and do customize the decided limits for each appointment type. For example, I only let clients book Monday-Friday in the morning. You can also set the following limits:

• Prevent clients from canceling or rescheduling within x number hours of an appointment.
• Require clients to book at least x number of hours in advance.
• Prevent clients from booking more than x number of days in the future.
• Only allow booking up to x number of hours or appointments per day or week.
• Limit the number of appointments per time slot to prevent or allow double booking.
• You can also block off any time you want on the calendar if you’re going on vacation, want to take a day off, etc.

AUTOMATIC TIME ZONE CONVERSION

Acuity automatically recognizes and converts between time zones, so you never have to worry about connecting time zone differences with your clients. Such a relief, yes or No?!

ADD-ONS & UPSELLS

You can offer add-on benefits to appointments much like you would upsell someone on a service or product.

Apart from the above, you can also add the below benefits. Like:

• Intake Forms
• Using Calendars & Resources
• Packages & Subscriptions
• Coupons & Discounts
• Processing Payments
• Reports & Analytics
• Calendar Syncing
• Email Confirmations & Reminders
• Reminder Emails
• Follow-Up Emails

Acuity Scheduling Integrations

Acuity scheduling directly integrates with several emails service providers, accounting software, CRMs, video conferencing platforms, website builders, and more.