The first thing you’re going to want to do is click this “Sign in with Google.” You’re going to choose which account you would like to set up—you may have multiple accounts—and then you’re going to just allow a few permissions.
This will allow our system to access your calendar in order to send your event reminders. You’re going to need to fill out your profile. Very important for you to put your mobile number in here, and also your title at your company. You know, if you have a website, you can also put that in right here. Click Continue, answer a few questions, and GReminders is now connected to your calendar.
To send out our first reminder, we will need to tell the system a phone number to send reminders to. You do this by making sure your calendar events have a phone number somewhere in the title or the description.
So let’s jump over to our Google Calendar. We have some upcoming events. We’re gonna edit one of these, so we’re going to add a phone number up here in the event title. You could also add it down here in this description area. Make sure you save that.
John Smith here has a phone number attached to it. We’re going to go back to GReminders. We’re going to refresh our page to make sure it is synced. You can see now our John Smith has a phone number attached to it, and you can actually click on this event in G Reminders, and it will show that you have a message sent to go out. It’ll tell you what it’s going to say.
That’s it! This should drastically reduce your no-shows!
FAQs
How do I connect GReminders to my Google Calendar?
Click 'Sign in with Google,' choose the account you want to set up, allow the necessary permissions, fill out your profile including your mobile number and company title, then click Continue and answer a few questions to complete the connection.
How do I send reminders using GReminders?
Ensure your calendar events have a phone number included in the event title or description. After adding the phone number, refresh the GReminders page to sync your calendar. The system will then send reminders to the phone numbers attached to your events.
Where should I add the phone number in my Google Calendar event for reminders?
You can add the phone number either in the event title or in the description area of the Google Calendar event.