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Reduce No-Shows

Reduce No-Shows

Confirm appointments, send reminders, and handle reschedules automatically to keep your calendar full.

Who this is for

  • Any appointment-based business experiencing missed meetings
  • Teams booking via phone/text where details get lost
  • Businesses with expensive capacity (service crews, clinicians, advisors, sales reps)

The problem

No-shows are rarely “random.” They happen because:

  • the appointment wasn’t confirmed clearly
  • reminders weren’t sent (or were sent too late)
  • rescheduling was inconvenient
  • the lead wasn’t properly qualified or committed

The outcome

Reduce No-Shows helps you:

  • increase show rate
  • keep calendars full and predictable
  • protect rep/service capacity
  • improve customer experience (easy confirmations and reschedules)

How Run Wild delivers it

  1. Confirm the appointment immediately after booking (time, place, expectations)
  2. Send reminders via SMS/email at the right cadence
  3. Make rescheduling easy inside the conversation
  4. Update the pipeline automatically (booked → confirmed → completed / no-show)
  5. Re-engage no-shows with a fast reschedule flow (optional)

What’s automated vs what stays human

Automated

  • confirmations and reminder sequences
  • reschedule/cancel handling
  • collecting required details before the meeting (optional)
  • pipeline updates and logging

Human-owned

  • exceptions and VIP handling
  • complex conflicts
  • final “salvage” calls for high-value no-shows (optional)

Common scenarios (plays)

Play 1: Lead booked but hasn’t confirmed

Trigger: meeting booked, no confirmation signal
Run Wild action: send confirmation prompt + “reply YES to confirm” flow
Result: fewer ambiguous bookings and better commitment

Play 2: Same-day schedule conflict

Trigger: lead replies “can’t make it”
Run Wild action: offer new times immediately → rebook → send updated confirmation
Result: salvage meetings that would otherwise be lost

Play 3: No-show happens

Trigger: meeting missed
Run Wild action: friendly follow-up + reschedule options + update stage
Result: recover opportunities without manual chasing

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Implementation notes

  • Choose a reminder cadence that matches your sales cycle (e.g., 24h + 2h + 15m).
  • Best practice: include “what to expect” in confirmations to reduce anxiety and flakiness.

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