Notes from the front desk
Short, practical writing about booking pages, no-shows, round robin and the other small things that decide whether an hour gets used.

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Ask one question before the calendar, not five
Every extra field on a booking page costs you bookings. Here is how to decide which single question earns its place.

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How a four-person clinic cut no-shows from 11 to 3 percent
Alder Street Physical Therapy changed three things about reminders. None of them was a fee.

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Round robin is only fair when it counts hours
Counting bookings makes the person with long visits look idle. We changed how Perch balances a team.

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The cost of does Tuesday work
We timed how long it takes a small team to book one meeting by email. It was longer than the meeting.

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Three time zone mistakes booking pages still make
Most booking pages get time zones right in the calendar and wrong in the email. Here is where they slip.

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Moving your booking links without breaking your site
Switching scheduling tools usually means hunting down every old link. It does not have to.
Put one booking link on your site this week
14 days free on every plan, no card needed. Connect your calendars, set your hours and paste one line into your website.
Scheduling for small teams that share clients. One booking link, the right person on the other end, fewer empty hours.
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