Periodic Articles

Articles written by our Team on all things scheduling, including industry specific articles, and use cases for our platform.
Custom Email Templates

Custom Email Templates

Recommended Resources: Email Builder: beefree.io Email Builder: unlayer.com Periodic Knowledge Base: help.periodic.isWATCH THE VIDEOStep 1: Create your HTML email document. Using one of the tools above or another method of your choosing (like hand-crafting an HTML...

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Service Marketplace Platforms And The Future Of Work

The State of Work The United States economy is largely considered at this point to be a services economy. While manufacturing throughout the 20th century had been the stronghold of the American economy with services a separate but supporting sector, global outsourcing...

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Scheduling API and Scalable Booking Engine

Scheduling API and Scalable Booking Engine

Integrating with an online booking system can be easy with Periodic's scheduling API and scalable booking engine. Have you ever wanted the simplicity of Calendly built to your complex needs? Our documentation will guide you through the structure of our scalable...

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How to Add Booking Links

How to Add Booking Links

When you’ve decided to make "Book Now!" your CTA, the next question is almost always whether or not to embed that experience into your website. You understand how important it is to engage your visitors in a way that will lead to a booked appointment. But what’s the...

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How To Convert Bookings Without A Website

No more websites? Before I begin, yes, your company needs a website. However, I think it’s time we start admitting that the website isn’t always that great of a conversion tool. Ask Me About Booking: Scan the QR Code   The website is good at a lot of things. It...

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Booking Links Are the New Business Cards

Booking Links Are the New Business Cards

When's the last time you gave away a business card somewhere other than a fishbowl at a restaurant? Or received one that wasn't a coupon for $2 tacos? Business cards have long been the primary CTA and physical reminder of products and services. A small, simple way to...

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Build a White Label Calendly with Periodic

Build a White Label Calendly with Periodic

Do you need to build a white label Calendly? The majority of our customers come knocking because they answer that with a resounding "YES". Booking at Your Domain White labeling begins with the ability to schedule at your domain. Calendly begins a simple scheduling...

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Sell Your Services Online

Sell Your Services Online

Sell Your Services Online When you look at the evolution of the way business is conducted online selling goods or products online is leaps and bounds ahead of being able to sell services online. eCommerce of course, was immediately made possible by Amazon and eBay who...

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Style Your Online Scheduling System

Style Your Online Scheduling System

Need to style your online scheduling system? Want to book more customers and fill your team's schedules without compromising on style and brand? In today’s increasingly virtual world, people rarely want to pick up the phone until they're ready. They want to take...

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Allow Customers to Book on Your Website

Allow Customers to Book on Your Website

The Call to Action is the most important part of a website. You want to drive visitors to drive engagement and ultimately convert more visitors. Your website visitors want something easy to use and the best ROI on their time. They don't want to wait for a response and...

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Reduce No Show Appointments For Your Company

Reduce No Show Appointments For Your Company

Reduce No Show Appointments For Your Company Setting your schedule is one thing. Managing your time is another. How do you plan for the unexpected? Scheduling conflicts arise, things come up, and sometimes your customers (and maybe even you) are a no show and forget...

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Brand Matters When Booking

Brand Matters When Booking

Brand Matters. Periodic is a design business because brand matters when booking with customers. We design a branded and integrated experience for every user creating and managing a booking. We understand that no two organizations are the same and embody, through the...

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5 Steps To Get More Bookings

Agencies large and small struggle to get leads that are conversation ready for themselves even when they are masterful at getting them for their clients. It’s one of the great ironies of the marketing world. Most agency business is relationship driven and has little...

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The Marketer’s Guide For Awareness Channel Marketing

Here is a stone cold truth: Branding impacts every part of the marketing funnel and the places where most people are trying to do marketing and sales are actually places where branding is most effective. This is because there are really only two broad channels for a...

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How Do I Increase Demo Requests?

Hey SaaS friend. The above question got your head spinning? I get it. I’m on this crusade with you. There is an answer and the path forward is in your hands. You can take control of this yourself with or without an ad budget and by the end of this article you’ll have...

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What Is Online Booking?

Using an online booking system can have a huge impact on how your company runs. Here's what you can expect to read about:  What Is an Online Booking System Benefits of a Booking System Who uses a Booking System? Essential Features About Periodic Click a section to...

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What about the classes you can’t attend online?

How Major Universities Must Adapt To Providing Education On Things That Can’t Be Taught Virtually. Universities across the country are faced with the challenge of providing quality education while transforming teaching methodologies in ways that were nearly...

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Airbnb for X

Marketplaces like Airbnb rely on liquidity in supply and demand to be relevant. They understood from the early days there must be ample providers (read: air-conditioned tree forts) and buyers aware of these high-quality/ludicrous options. While the rest of us might...

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Planning My Booking System: Questions to Ask

Planning My Booking System: Questions to Ask

Launching an online booking system is faster than ever with Periodic, but building a solution that streamlines your operations requires up-front planning. Since Periodic is flexible enough to meet even the most stringent scheduling challenges, it's helpful to consider...

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The art and science of designing a platform – Periodic

Periodic is built with the level of planning you’d expect from a civil engineer– not a SaaS. During the development of Periodic, we talked to over 100 companies looking for a booking system. We identified patterns, commonalities, and nuances. Then we engineered one...

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Retail Innovation that Informs Buying Behavior

Retailers are adopting new technology standards to strengthen their knowledge of the customer. These insights create new opportunities for engagement and empower employees. Platforms like Periodic are specifically tailored to deliver omni-channel engagement that...

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Get Started with Periodic in 3 Steps

For a quick rundown of relevant terms checkout out this cheat sheet. Step 1: Creating A Provider Remember, a provider can be an individual, or an entity offering one or more services. Meaning a provider might be a host (eg. Airbnb), a department (eg. Astronomy...

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