{"id":252,"date":"2025-11-04T09:58:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:43:31","slug":"how-to-set-automated-text-reminders-for-clients-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/how-to-set-automated-text-reminders-for-clients-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up TEXT reminders for clients\u2019 appointments?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-efc822081f52847af1400d1ebf0f44ce wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Fogo offers automated SMS appointment reminders to both practitioners and clients the day before the appointment to make sure both are well-prepared and no appointments are missed.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be6158831b38e64eb6a0e2a48de859df wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Step 1: Go to Messaging> New SMS Message Template<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-72.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-72.png 975w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-72-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-72-768x231.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61e86a58bf09354602fdf196d2d28532 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9d0100a0d83659adcb4042cd414c2fc7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Step 2. Create your personalized SMS template. Include your message along with the appointment confirmation link (text URL), then click <strong>\u201cSave.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-73.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-73.png 975w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-73-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-73-768x413.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61e86a58bf09354602fdf196d2d28532 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9b7ad54929fe9c6140a79fa779ed70b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Step 3: Once saved, your template will appear and you have the option to edit when necessary. Then set your SMS alert.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-74.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-74.png 975w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-74-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-74-768x161.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61e86a58bf09354602fdf196d2d28532 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bb2bf4db855fbbbc714fff13d4a67876 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Step 4: You can either \u201cAdd Customer\u201d or \u201cSearch Customer\u201d from your list.\u00a0\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-75.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-75.png 975w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-75-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-75-768x306.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61e86a58bf09354602fdf196d2d28532 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-76.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-76.png 975w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-76-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-76-768x147.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61e86a58bf09354602fdf196d2d28532 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cfcba43e2899883e7ebd367593ec3a9c wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Step 5: Once Customer has been selected, type in the name of your template to populate your saved SMS Template. To view your text before sending, hit \u201cClick to view\u201d hyperlink. Then click \u201cSend\u201d once ready.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-77.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427\" style=\"width:606px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-77.png 975w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-77-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/fogo365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-77-768x531.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61e86a58bf09354602fdf196d2d28532 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-782109b26a1cb48d764e3307469b28ab wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Need a demo or want to learn more? Email us at&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:contact@fogo365.com\">contact@fogo365.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fogo offers automated SMS appointment reminders to both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,105,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-client-management","category-messaging","category-schedule"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1389,"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fogo365.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}