cavanova

AE selling Construction Software

Calendar Management

How do I (as an AE) set up my calendar so that my prospects can book time with me at any time during the day from 8am til 5pm and still schedule blocks of time for cold calling, strategic account plans, prospecting, admin, forecasting etc?

I want my calendar to be structured yet allow prospects to book over any 'event' I've created.

We use Google Calendar and Hubspot.

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FlintIronstag

Notorious Answer

Chief Marketing Officer

Calendly

I expect over 42069 upvotes on this. There is no other reply needed. Thank you.

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

HubSpot meetings eliminate the need for Calendly. Poopoo on Calendly.

cavanova

Opinionated

AE selling Construction Software

but Hubspot meetings don't allow you to book over an event in your calendar

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

You can set blocks...or mark your call blocks as "free" instead of "busy"

FlintIronstag

Notorious Answer

Chief Marketing Officer

you guys are making it hard for me to get to 42069 votes

exec

Acclaimed Answer

Account Executive

+1 on Calendly and I would also throw Chili Piper into the mix... not only will these two products allow you to share custom availability however you'd like, but you can also prompt some questions to pop up when someone is scheduling OR if you need to share availability for you + an SE or an SDR for example, you can setup a custom link for this as well.

BmajoR

Arsonist

Account Executive

Someone recently was saying that Chili Piper was responsible for double bookings on their calendar, have you had the same experiences?

NoSuperhero

Politicker

BDR LEAD

How about writing shit down and keeping it visible?

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

You can set up blocks of availability in the HubSpot meetings tool that will protect your time-blocking.

Here is your resource center for the tool: https://knowledge.hubspot.com/sales-tools/topics#meetings

FlintIronstag

Notorious Answer

Chief Marketing Officer

oK mR hUbSp0t

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

That's SIR Orange Kool-aide to you.

FlintIronstag

Notorious Answer

Chief Marketing Officer

Yessir

cmoney15

Good Citizen

Director of Business Development

Calendly 100%

justatopproducer

Politicker

VP OF SALES -US

Calendly, but you need to set your other scheudled blocks as “available or free”. That way the platform shows your prospect mroe availability than what you may actually have. Just be sure to reschedule the other stuff when theg overlap. I even over schudle tasks so i have a little time inbetween

cavanova

Opinionated

AE selling Construction Software

thankyou, you solved my entire issue with the 'busy' or 'free' part. i didn't even realise this was possible on google calendar despite having used it for 3 years.

thanks!

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

I only use Outlook to send meeting invites that I give two options to choose from. 🤷‍♀️

FeedTheKids

Politicker

Solutions Consultant

I also use Google Calendar+Hub.

Personally I have separate links for different occasions.

Discovery, demo, solutions(w/SE), partners link, etc.

Each have slightly different availability on my end and length of meetings.

I don't put any buffer between calls - so lots of back-to-backs.

I usually get in around 7:30am to clean up inbox, knock out hi priority tasks, and get prepped for the day.

Then I block off 4pm-EOD to send meeting follow ups, do some tasks/emails, etc.

This is also a gaurunteed opening to add a last minute meeting when needed. - occasionally ends up a chance to have a beer or 3 in the office and head out early.

Upper_Class_SaaS

Politicker

Account Executive

I know outreach has a calendar functionality as well

RaymundoFlex

Opinionated

Chili Piper

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

Calendly is good but if you don’t pay for it you can only use the 30 minute option or hour option. Outreach has a tool as well with their platform. Hubspot has a tool as well with their products.

YoursTruly

Politicker

Account Executive (SaaS)

Literally any and all calendars allow you to do this. Just set your blocks to available or free so that they can be booked over if need be.

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