I know this has happened to all of us. We show up to a customers house only to have no one home, or the customer is home but forgot about the appointment. Reminder calls help A LOT, but i’m horrible at doing them. I was thinking of hiring a 3rd party company to handle all of my reminder calls. Does anybody know of such company that offers this?
We wear so many dang hats but to outsource reminder calls is just an added expense. When you know the customer has a cell phone you may want to text them a reminder message asking them to respond with a C to confirm, R to reschedule or X to cancel. I have done this in the past and it seems to work.
I usually call when i get ready to leave the job on on or my house, and give them an eta. that has saved me a wasted trip a few times, i also email an appointment letter so that way i we had a muisundestanding they can call and we can fix the situation.
Pat
I have had those no-show issues in the past. For the past few years I call prior to going over to confirm. At the time I make the appointment, I tell them that I will call prior to coming over to confirm. Has worked out pretty good overall…