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Setting an Appointment
Setting an appointment with your contacts is easy using Aloware SMS, which ensures that contacts won't miss your scheduled appointments.
With Aloware SMS, you can
Manually trigger SMS reminders
Update default SMS reminder texts
Select the Line you want to use for sending the reminder
Pre-check the SMS reminder option
How to Set an Appointment through SMS Reminder
In your Aloware account, go to the Contacts tab.
Select or search for the contact you want to have an appointment to
Click the "Appt"/ Appointment icon and set your appointment details
Date, Time, and Duration - the user's device is followed in the scheduled appointment.
For example contact (lead) is in PDT, Aloware will set the date and time for the user (agent) based on his timezone to avoid confusion and timezone conversion.
Timezone - Assign the timezone based on your contact's
Notes
SMS Reminder - Enable this button to allow sending of SMS reminder
Send from - Set the Line you are using to send the appointment
Time - Set the time of your appointment
Send (n) days before - Set the number of days to remind the contact before the scheduled appointment.
Template variables - Set the template that will be sent to your contact
Save Event
Screenshot of an Appointment reminder:
Click the "Send SMS reminder now" button to send the message to the contact, or you can send the SMS reminder during a call.
Screenshot of a message based on your template variable sent to contact:
How to Set an Appointment through Calendar
Aloware Calendar integrates the setting of time and date to your scheduled appointments or to assign reminders.
Screenshot of an appointment scheduled in Calendar:

To do this,
In your Aloware account, go to the Calendar menu
Click the date that you want to set an appointment, and an Add an Event wizard will display and select between
Reminder
Appointment
Fill in the necessary details for Reminder, and assign the contact, or
Fill in the Appointment details and save the Event

📝 Note - Appointment reminders received through email can also be added to Google Calendar
To do this,
In your email account, check the email notification sent by Aloware Support.
Click the Add to Calendar, and a new tab will appear - Google Calendar
Save the details
