Each person's journey as a Cal.com user is unique. However, despite this, they all share a common goal. It's a passion for filling every waking hour with meetings. It's a commitment to saving time and ensuring that moments spent together in collaboration are fruitful.
We know each user's workflow is unique. However, there are common areas of overlap. This is great since it means there are simple things that Cal.com users can do to up their calendar schedule in-game and become power users.
The power of the Cal.com app store
One of the most impactful things that a user can choose to do is to take advantage of our App Store. The Cal.com App Store has been built to make the process of customizing your calendar scheduling environment efciant and effortless. In this article, we're going to talk about five Cal.com apps that you can install that will make a big difference to the way you work.
When reading the following sections you might find out that you've already installed or are using some or all of these apps, if so congratulations. You are well on your way to achieving scheduling mastery. However, you won't know if you're using these apps until you read the article, so take a moment to learn what your doing right and how you can make Cal.com work even better for you.
Calendar integration: syncing multiple calendars
The first app we're going to talk about isn't actually a single product, but rather a category of apps. It's our calendar category. The Cal.com App Store has built this category so that no matter how many different calendars you utilize across various products, you can easily sync them with your Cal.com account. This makes it easy to avoid double bookings and other types of scheduling snafus.
In the calendar category of the Cal.com App Store, you're going to find:
Google Calendar
Apple Calendar
a variety of Microsoft products,
Notion Calendar
and few other options.
You don't have to limit yourself to one, two, or even three digital calendars. You can connect as many as you need based on how you work. Making sure that all of your digital calendars are connected to your Cal.com account makes a huge difference because it ensures that nothing slips between the cracks.
Cal Video: enhanced teleconferencing
If you use Cal.com, especially for any form of teleconferencing, you might have already heard of Cal Video. It is one of our most popular and most recommended apps. The reason why it makes sense to use Cal Video is because it comes with a variety of unique options and features that you're not going to find anywhere else.
If you're someone who has a team or organization plan, then you can take advantage of Cal Video's built-in recording. Cal Video is extremely comparable to Zoom in terms of functionality. However, you don't have to pay an extra monthly subscription fee to use it. If you're a free user, using Cal Video means you don't have to worry about the call suddenly ending after 45 minutes. If you're a paid user, you can use Cal Video to host virtual meetings and events with groups of up to 300 people, and you can also download recordings made in it later.
Additionally, for anyone who's using our platform or enterprise-level product, since Cal Video is powered by Daily.co, you can actually white-label aspects of it to better reflect your brand. Cal Video is one of the best options, if not the best teleconferencing option that you will find within our App Store.
Stripe: seamless payment integration
Adding Stripe to your Cal.com account opens a wide range of possibilities. It means that if you're a consultant or a life coach, you can actually have clients pay for their session or meeting slot at the time of booking. If you work in other industries and you want to prevent no-shows, you can take advantage of the held payments feature.
This means that a nominal charge (choose a number that works for you) will be put on the client's card. However, this charge will not go through as long as they show up to the meeting. However if the meeting attendee fails to follow the the correct cancellation procedures, well then, it'll cost them. This a great way to protect your time and share valuable life lesson that all reasonable adults need to learn.
Wipe My Cal: emergency schedule clearing
This in-house app is a little cheeky, but it's a lot of fun. Cal.com knows that sometimes life throws a curveball. Things get weird, things get wild, and we need to completely clear our plate. That's where Wipe Your Cal comes in. Once you've installed this app and it acts like a big red button that you can push when you need everything in your day to be cleared because something has happened and you just litterallly can't right now.
Analytics: privacy-focused insights
The last app that we're recommending you install is an analytics solution. We'd like to recommend not just one, but two. The analytics products that we're featuring are called Plausible and Fathom. They're separate products, but they're similar in one respect, and that is that they are privacy-focused analytics.
You could install these products while still respecting visitors, users, and clients' privacy. It'll help you get meaningful data-based insights, so that you can improve your services while also respecting privacy rights.
If you've made it this far, then you've read the entirety of our post. Incorporating Cal video, adding Stripe, using analytics, connecting all your calendars, and having wipe my Cal in your back pocket for an emergency is a great way to ensure that you're on the path to becoming a power user. If you enjoyed this post and you'd like to learn more about Cal.com and the various integrations that we have available, please check out the apps section of our blog. As always, happy scheduling!
