Calendly Integration Guide
- Find your permanent link in Calendly by pressing Account on the right-side of the top ribbon bar on your Calendly dashboard. After pressing Account, select the menu option Share Your Link. Copy your link as your final step within Calendly.
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Go to Dashboard > Settings > Shortcuts in Olark. Note: Free accounts are unable to use the Shortcuts feature.
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Press the New Shortcut button.
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Name the shortcut ‘calendly’ or even use an abbreviation like ‘cal’!
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Paste your unique Calendly URL into the expanded message field. You can also include any additional text like “Pick a time to meet with me at calendly.com/yourcalendarlink."
- Whenever you want to schedule a meeting or direct someone to your Calendly, just type ; along with the name of your Calendly shortcut into your chat conversation.
- Press return and watch the expanded message auto-populate with your newly created shortcut.
- Press enter to send the message. Your website visitor will now have a direct link to your Calendly!
This is what your website visitors will see when you use a shortcut based on our example above.
See more on information on setting up Shortcuts here.