The Best Appointment Scheduling Apps for Freelancers

As a freelance proofreader, you might find yourself needing to keep track of a few appointments. And to save time, you ideally want prospective clients to be able to find out more about your services without emailing back and forth for a suitable meeting time. Luckily, there are some handy apps out there that allow you to book meetings with ease. In this post, then, we’ll look at our top four appointment scheduling apps for freelancers.

Calendly

Calendly is a great option for busy freelancers. It analyzes your availability from your main calendar and then creates a personalized booking link you can send to your client, allowing them to choose a time slot within your availability. Calendly also offers:

• A free plan that’s good enough for freelancers. This includes the ability to create regular and one-off meetings with a personalized link, generate meeting notifications, and sync Calendly with one other calendar app.
• Email notifications to both parties to confirm each meeting – including a link to your video conference tool of choice.

If you use other marketing or customer relationship management (CRM) tools like Salesforce or Zapier, you can quickly integrate them with Calendly too.

Google Calendar

Google Calendar is a popular option among freelancers since it’s included with a Gmail account. And it offers many useful features:

• It’s available both as a mobile (for iOS and Android) and desktop app.
• Machine learning capability means that the app learns your routine, suggesting and managing calendar activity on your behalf.
• You can easily share your calendar with others to quickly find a suitable time for a meeting.
• You can add Google Meet video conferencing to event invitations, making it easy to arrange virtual meetings.

Unlike Calendly, it doesn’t allow your clients to instantly book a meeting without you sending them a personalized invite. But it’s free, and it allows you to view any meetings alongside other activities that you may block out on your calendar (e.g., personal commitments, other appointments, time working on various projects).

MiCal

MiCal offers a wide range of features that freelancers will love! These include:

• Eight different language settings, which makes it great for proofreaders who work with ESL clients. Your clients can even enter information in their native language.
• Machine learning features that recognize trends and patterns in your calendar and suggest blocking out the times where you’re usually busy.
• Integration with iCloud, Outlook, Facebook Events, Exchange, and Google Calendar, meaning you can have all your events in one place.

There is, however, one limitation: it’s available only for iOS users.

HubSpot

The last of our appointment scheduling apps for freelancers is HubSpot’s Free Meeting Scheduler. This completely free app provides:

• Personalized booking links that you can add to your website or send directly to your clients.
• The ability to embed an interactive calendar into your website that shows your live availability and allows clients to book meetings instantly.
• Integration with Google and Office 365 Calendars, and with the HubSpot CRM (if you choose to use it).

Once you’ve got your appointment scheduling apps in order, don’t forget to check out our selection of project management and time-tracking apps for freelancers too.

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