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How to Text Appointment Reminders to Your Clients

You run your own business. That means you have plenty of things to worry about, but reminding your clients when and where to show up shouldn't be one of them. Learn how to schedule and send automated text message appointment reminders to your…

How To Use Apptoto’s Zapier Integration to Add Appointments to Google Sheets

Many of our clients manage their appointment-based business through Google Sheets. This can be a quick and easy way to keep all of your appointments in one place, especially if you aren’t using a CRM. But it can be cumbersome to continuously…
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Three Tasks to Streamline Using Zapier and Apptoto Automation

The “Internet of Things” is a household phrase these days. You can automate anything from your home security system to your morning coffee with the touch of a button. Automation has taken over our homes and is rapidly moving into our…
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Appointment Reminders and Regulatory Compliance: FCC and TCPA

Apptoto cannot provide legal advice. However, we feel it's important to inform our users of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations surrounding automated appointment reminders. …
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Staff Messaging with Apptoto’s “To: Field” feature

We all know now just how powerful and flexible Apptoto’s automated messages are for reminding clients about appointments, but what if you or your staff also need to receive reminder messages for all appointments?  You can now use Apptoto’s…
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Feature Update: Apptoto Voice Call Message Enhancements

If you’ve used the compose button on the Agenda or Inbox/Outbox view lately, then you’ve noticed that you can now send Voice Call messages to one or more recipients easily from your Apptoto phone number. The Compose button can be…
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Calm the Calendar Chaos: A Comparison of 8 Top Appointment Scheduling Apps [2024]

A Side-by-Side Comparison of 8 Appointment Scheduling Apps in 2024 Just a few years ago, businesses thought that offering online appointment scheduling to customers was more of a “nice-to-have” than a necessity. Fast forward to the present,…
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3 Ways Proper Scheduling Can Help You Nail Your Sales Pitch

Picture this: Your ideal sales scenario. Think about the time you need to prepare, the optimal setting, and the model client. Are you seeing it? The friendly banter, the clever pitch, the handshake that seals the deal? While it may be more fun…
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Customized Appointment Reminder Timing Options

When setting up your Apptoto account, you may ask yourself – how will Apptoto fit my unique workflow? In most cases, the default Automated Appointment Reminders templates provided by Apptoto will be all you need to get started. These basic…
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How Text Appointment Reminders & Confirmations are Changing Business for the Better

Want to know the one thing less convenient than leaving a detailed appointment reminder voicemail? The answer is taking time out of your busy day to listen to that voicemail while scrambling for a pen or a note-taking app, then listening…