How to add an appointment booking link to your Google Business profile?

If you've been struggling to get customers to book appointments with you, there's a good chance you're not using your Google Business profile to its full potential. By adding an appointment booking link to your profile, you can make it easy for customers to schedule time with you - and they'll be more likely to do it if they don't have to jump through hoops.

Businesses now can add a link to the “Book an appointment” page in their Google Business Profile (formerly known as the Google My Business page).  The link will show up wherever your Google My Business page shows up in the local search results. Appointment booking URLs are not just for restaurants and medical practices. You can also add one if you’ve got a service business, a law practice, or other types of business. Pretty much every business can add an appointment booking URL right now to their Google Business profile.  

Here are the options to add a scheduling link to your Google Business profile to manage your Bookings directly on Google.

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Here's a step-by-step guide on how to add an appointment booking link to your Google Business Profile:

1. Log into your Google Business Profile: Visit https://business.google.com/ and sign in using the Google account associated with your business.
2. Select your business: If you manage multiple businesses, choose the one you want to update.
3. Go to the "Bookings" tab: Add your booking link:

• ‍Sign in to continue to Google Business Profile.
• ‍Search for your business here

• If you already manage the business, you see this page. Click Continue button here.

• You will see these options on your Google business profile. Here click on "Bookings" tab as shown below:

• Reserve with Google: If your appointment booking system is compatible with Reserve with Google, you can connect your account directly. This will allow customers to book appointments directly from Google Search and Maps.
• Custom link: If you're using a different appointment scheduling software, you can add its appointmnt booking URL to your business profile as shown below.
• Here scroll down to look for "Links to your online booking tools". Here click on "Add a link" button to add your existing appointment booking URL.

• Specify your valid appointment booking URL and click SAVE button.

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NOTE: Google may review your edits before they publish them. If your edits aren't published, you could find the message: “Your edit is pending. It usually takes up to 10 minutes to be reviewed.” In some cases, the pending edits may take up to 30 days for review.  For more info, check Google Business Profile Help to understand what happens to your Business Profile edits.

• As shown below, once Google approves your edits, an appointment booking link is added to the Leadmonk Google Business Profile. Similarly, you can also add an appointment booking link to your Google My Business profile.

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Note: Ensure that your booking link is functional and leads to a page where customers can easily schedule appointments.Additional tips:

• Optimize your booking page: Make sure your booking page is user-friendly, mobile-optimized, and clearly indicates your availability and pricing.
• Promote your booking link: Encourage customers to use your booking link by mentioning it on your website, social media, and in-store materials.

By following these steps, you can make it easier for potential customers to book appointments with your business directly from Google Search and Maps.

For more information, refer to the Google Help Center page - Set up bookings through a provider.

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Increase your bookings by reducing the customer friction

Leadmonk is a mobile-first scheduling platform that offers flexible booking options, automated reminders, and promotional landing pages. It reduces the booking friction by giving the flexibility to your customers to book appointments using their mobile number or email address without the back-and-forth emails or messages. You can let invitees opt-in for WhatsApp or SMS notifications if they book with their mobile number, so they get updates on the go.

Meet one-on-one or in a group or as a team (Collective, and Round Robin appointment types). Meet online or in person. Leadmonk supports all meeting combinations.

It is built for customer-facing teams such as Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Freelancers, and  Consultants. It is also suitable for industry sectors such as Doctors, Dentists, Chiropractors, Entrepreneurs, Educators, Coaches, Recruiters, and Professional Services companies such as Legal, Accounting, and Real Estate.

It integrates natively with Google, G-Suite, Outlook, and Office 365 Calendars, Google Meet, MS Teams, Zoom, Stripe, PayPal, Zapier, HubSpot, and other popular business apps to support your business in a wide range of prospect and customer scheduling scenarios.

It is perfect for any person or business no matter if you are starting off or have been around for a while.

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