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Text back missed callers with a booking link

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What it does

Send every missed caller an automatic text with your booking link and write the message with AI, so callers who reach voicemail still book.

Who it is for

Salons, barbers, groomers and trades who cannot pick up mid-appointment and lose callers to the next business on the list.

Tools

Steps

  1. Check whether your phone system has a missed-call auto-reply. RingCentral, for example, documents a missed call auto-response with custom text.
  2. Get your direct booking link, the page that opens the calendar, not your home page.
  3. Write 3 versions of the text with the prompt below and pick one.
  4. Turn on the auto-reply with that text and test it by calling from another phone.
  5. Between appointments, read replies and answer anything the booking link does not cover.
  6. After two weeks, compare missed calls to bookings from the link.

The prompt

Write 3 versions of a text my phone system sends automatically when I miss a call.

Business name: [NAME]
Booking link: [LINK]
When I usually call back: [e.g. within 2 hours]

Rules: under 160 characters, friendly, says who we are, gives the booking link and says they can reply here. No promises about prices or availability.

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