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Using a session scheduler in a lead form (embedded on my website)

  • April 1, 2025
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Anne-Louise Monfort

Long story short – is anyone trying to use the session scheduler in a lead form embedded on your website, with a custom-written email template response (with session details populated)? How are you managing the need to collect info from the lead form and book a call without having to manually manage it?
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Does anyone have a workflow or workaround for a situation similar to this:

• I set up a session on the scheduler that is a free 20-min “meet and greet” on zoom.
• I then used this session within a lead form so that I could embed this lead form in my website.

• What I want is for someone on my website to be able to book a 20-minute call through the scheduler in the lead form all in one place in one step, then to auto-send them a custom confirmation email (using my brand language but otherwise a templated email) with all of the details. I’d also like to auto-send reminder emails 1 day and 30 min before the session.

It would appear that I can’t customize the email response through the lead form, and if I tried triggering an automation to send the confirmation email template I can’t auto-populate the session details (time, date, zoom link), I have to manually enter it (so why bother with an automation if at step 1 I have to manually update it and it can’t be sent immediately?).

On the session set-up page you CAN customize a confirmation message, but it only goes out if someone books through a link directly to the scheduler not the lead form, so it isn’t capturing the rest of the lead form info (I don’t see a place to add fields to collect name, business info, contact details, and a couple of short answer questions in the session scheduler set-up).  

When I tested this form I got a confirmation that sort of matches part of the session scheduler info — the place where I inserted instructions shows up, but not the confirmation text I wrote. Nothing went out that matches the un-customized canned email associated with the lead form. 

I’m so confused about how to use the schedule with a lead form in a way that allows me to customize a response. This seems so simple and obvious that if I can customize a confirmation message in the session set-up that I could do so in the lead form as well. 

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The Edge 18

Wish I could help. Following if anyone can. I am having  a hard time with it too.


Anne-Louise Monfort

Best solution I’ve found so far -

There is an auto-confirmation message that goes out with the link/event details that’s bland and technical. I set up an automation to send another email that does not include the zoom details, but has my custom message. This message is set to go out ~2minutes after the booking is set. In this message I refer them to the technical email so that it doesn’t get overlooked.  

It’s not perfect, but it does leave all of the lead form / scheduler as one step in my website. I would still love to just be able to set up a confirmation template with all of the session info + marketing copy.


Alicia Bauer
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@Anne-Louise Monfort - I know that this isn’t the perfect answer either but maybe integrating the free version of Calendly may be helpful. You can include a list of questions you want to gather and the zoom information is sent via email. I have a lot of zoom calls with my clients and I still use Calendly with Honeybook since it is a bit more user friendly at this time for my clients. 

 

I would also suggest submitting a feature request in the Ideas section of the community with your specific needs. I know that the scheduler is a bit of a pain point with it’s lack of customizations. 


Anne-Louise Monfort

Thanks ​@Alicia Bauer  - I appreciate your thoughts here. Can Calendly process a payment (and be linked to set up a client and project...)? One of the lead/scheduler forms I have was set up to do the payment processing at the moment of booking (fill out the form, select a date/time, see the invoice, submit cc payment, then you are booked).

 

I’m wanting to utilize automations as much as possible and cut down on the number of apps I need to manage as part of the process to be as streamlined and simplified as possible. Having to manage too many things means that there’s more opportunity for error.

Maybe the HB scheduler/lead form integrations will improve over time. 


Alicia Bauer
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@Anne-Louise Monfort  - Just tossing out an idea off the top of my head…

You could include a link to a calendly scheduler in your lead form and still collect the information and have it connected to an automation but have the information about the Zoom meeting come from Calendly. It will also send text message reminders as well.

You can take payments via Calendly but that is an upgraded option and not available on the free version. 

I completely understand wanting to limit apps and keep things within Honeybook. I do try to keep everything I can in Honeybook but I do still use Calendly for scheduling calls. 

My main value in business is creating a simplified version workflow and service. I absolutely get it!