TL;DR: Make 1 on 1 scheduling when networking, or catching up with people, the easiest thing ever.
If you’ve ever DMed or emailed someone about connecting, and then went through an awkward proposal of trying to find the best time because you can’t see their calendar, Calendly will remove that awkwardness.
If you’ve ever said “hey just find time on my calendar”, but they don’t have your calendar, and you don’t want to check your own calendar either, Calendly also removes that awkwardness.
It does two things that I love:
”Hey can we meet up for a 1 on 1?”
“Sure here’s my calendly. LMK if you can’t find a time. Talk to you then.”
2. Calendar Sync It syncs to all your calendars (I had Outlook, Gmail, and Apple), and then finds any open availability. Based on that open availability, as well as any additional parameters you set such as operating hours (can only book meetings between 9am and 5pm, for example, if it’s free), calendly gives a simple list of options.
I noticed recruiters had calendly to deal with the significant amount of interviews they had to do. I adapted it for networking purposes. I now use it to power my online networking - I’m up 100 people in the last 6 months (I started January 2022).