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I want reminders and booking follow-up to run automatically

Booking Follow Up and No Show Automation

Booking automation sends agreed confirmations, reminders and follow-up without relying on someone to remember.

Keep appointments moving with timely reminders, follow-up and a clear response when somebody misses a booking. The booking system and approved automation tools connect each event to the right message and next step.

How this gets fixed

The service is a booking follow up and no show automation build

This is an automation build on top of the booking app you already run. Your app gets checked against what you want first, and only the gaps get built, with the conditional logic that decides which message fits which appointment and which service.

You end up holding follow up that runs on your intervals, and a written map of which part lives in the app and which part lives in the automation, so you can find either one later.

Why this is separate from booking setup

  • Confirmations and reminders come with the app. Those are turned on in the setup, not built here
  • This is only the work the app cannot do, whichever app you are on
  • If yours already does one of these, I switch it on and you do not pay for it
Scope

What this service includes

Included in your service
  • What usually has to be built
  • No show follow up.Most booking apps have no no show trigger at all, and at least one will not send a follow up to a no show by design
  • Review requests, on the apps that have none
  • Rebooking on your interval, not theirs.Six months since the last service, not one day after
  • A different reminder rhythm per service, instead of one rule for everything
  • Your CRM, when it is not one of the two or three the app connects to
  • Built on
  • Your booking app, your calendar, your CRM and your phone number
  • Zapier, Make or n8n, whichever is right, and what each costs a month
  • Nothing sends on its own where a person should read it first
Related work quoted separately
  • Setting up the booking app itself, which is where its own built in messages get switched on
  • Your booking subscription, your automation tool subscription and the per message text costs, all in your name
  • Changing your services, your durations or your pricing inside the app
  • Taking payments, holding deposits or charging a no show fee, which belongs to the payments setup
  • Phoning people. Messages are automated, a call is made by a person
  • Writing a full review reply strategy. The request gets sent, the replies are yours
  • How a review site permits you to ask, which is set by that site and not by me
  • Anything sending where judgement is needed.A cancellation with a reason attached, or a complaint, reaches you first
  • Any promise about how many people rebook or leave a review.Asking at the right moment is the part that gets built
The process

How it runs, step by step

  • Tell me what is going on The form below. What you have now, and what you want instead.
  • A short call, if it needs one Only where the scope cannot be settled in writing.
  • You get the scope and the price In writing, with what is included and what is not.
  • You approve it Nothing starts before you have agreed the scope and the price.
  • The work happens You are told when something needs a decision from you, and nothing else.
  • Handover What was done, where it lives, and what to do next, written down.

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FAQ

Questions about this service

My app already sends reminders. What is left?

What happens after the appointment, and what happens when it does not happen at all. Reminders stop at the door. No show follow up, rebooking on your interval and review requests start there.

What counts as a no show?

Whatever you mark as one in your app, which is what the automation watches. If your app has no status for it, the trigger gets built on the appointment passing without being completed instead.

Will it message people at midnight?

Sending windows are set per message type, and anything that would land overnight waits for morning.

What if my booking app adds one of these features later?

Then it gets switched over to the app and the automation for it comes out. The app doing it natively is always cheaper and less fragile than a bridge.

Do I need a separate automation tool?

Usually yes, unless your app or your CRM covers it. Which one is right depends on how many steps you need and what it connects to, and the monthly cost of it is given to you before anything is built.

How many messages does one person get?

Fewer than you expect. The rules are set so that somebody who books, attends and rebooks never receives a follow up meant for somebody who did not, and opt out wording is in every message.

Can it work with my CRM?

Yes, including when your CRM is not one of the two or three your booking app connects to directly. That gap is one of the common reasons this gets built.

Send me the details

I read it and reply with the scope and the price before any work starts.

Get a quote

Tell me the result you want and where I can see the business now. I use that information to identify the most useful service or package and decide whether I can quote it in writing. If one missing detail changes the work or price, I will ask for that detail or suggest a short call.

What would help most?

Pick at least one. More than one is fine.

Answer a few more if you want a more specific first reply

What happens next: I review the links and details, then reply within two business days with the best next step, any one question I still need answered, or a written quote when the scope is already clear.

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Derek Packer

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