Nate Riggs: Social Business Strategies; communication, social web strategies, & passion in Columbus, Ohio.

Are you using Tungle yet?  You probably know about my recent obsession with this software.

It’s killer scheduling software that has already had a huge impact on my business.  I still use Google Calendar for managing personal appointments, like keeping track of Kaden’s activities, and to coordinate with his mom on the whole shared parenting thing.  Amy is a Google Calendar expert.  For people who need to coordinate with one other person, Google Calendar is great.

Coordinating between multiple people can be a much greater challenge on Google’s platform, which is where Tungle has Google beat.  With any software comes a slight learning curve.  After about 3 weeks of booking most (probably about 90% – no joke) of my meetings through Tungle, here are some tips I’ve learned that may be helpful to you too:

Be Clear
Make sure to write clear meeting titles.  The example in the image needs a bit of work.  The title that you create will show up when the appointment is synced on each parties local calendar.  Make sure to be descriptive, so that each person involved can be reminded as to what the meeting is about at a quick glance.  Two critical things to include in the title would be the name of each person attending the meeting, as well as the location of the meeting.

Share with Regulars

If you meet with contacts on a regular basis, it’s a good idea to go ahead and simply share your calendars from inside your actual Tungle dashboard on the web.  Doing this will give you a few more options when you are proposing times and make things a bit easier.

Use an Email Signature

If you use your Tungle.me email link (I use this the most), you might try building a signature within your email client that contains a short message and the link.  Doing this will save you even more time.

Leave Some Room

When you block off times on your Tungle Calendar, make sure to place 30 minute breaks in between each meeting.  Giving yourself a small window of free time will help you if a meeting runs over or if you have drive time in between.  (I learned this the hard way in week one when I blew a few appointments.  Bad form.)

A lot of you have started using this application.  What are some of the things you’re learning as you go?  What’s helping you get better at using Tungle?

(P.S.  I’m still not an affiliate, just a happy user.  Don’t believe me?  Ask Marc.)