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Never Be Late for #Tweet Chats with Google Calendar Reminders (Free)

Published: May 19, 2015; Updated: April 15, 2017 Filed Under: Gadgets, Software, Video

Update June 2015: Google is retiring the SMS features from its calendar notifications. In principle, this guide works but you must know that on June 27th SMS delivery will cease unless you become  customer of Google Apps.

It’s highly likely that any SMS notifications you’ve already set up will be changed over to the pop up notifications automaically. For this reason it is important to sync Google’s calendar with the calendar on your iOS or Android smartphone.

Read about how to do that here.

Do you participate in Twitter tweet chats? Are you busy and sometimes forget to attend?

Tweet Chat SMS Reminders

 

If you haven’t already tried it, Google’s free SMS calendar tool could keep you on track by sending preset text messages directly to your phone.

It’s like having a personal assistant in your pocket and I’ll show you the benefits of setting it up.

I use the phrase “SMS” and “text message” interchangeably.

Google Calendar - My Calendars

The beauty is, you can send as many texts as you like and it’ll never cost you a penny.

Just have an active SIM card installed in your phone and you’re good to go.

Notification Types

Although I’m mainly interested in SMS reminders, the Google calendar also sends emails.

Obviously, you would need to enable Gmail on your mobile device and ensure you have WI-FI enabled all day, otherwise you’ll miss the email.

Google Calendar SMS Notification Types

Calendar pop up notifications are available too, but you’ll need to be signed in to Google to receive those.

Advantage of SMS

You’ll probably prefer receiving the text messages; there’s a low barrier of entry since your phone network carrier is forwarding the message directly to the handset.

You simply create an event on the calendar and add the details.

Most tweet chats are weekly, so you can set the SMS to send every week indefinitely.

Google Calendar Edit Event

To get notifications I use an iPhone 4s but any phone will that can receive SMS will work.

iPhone Tweetchat SMS Reminders

Set the SMS Schedule

I like to set the SMS to send earlier in the day before the chat commences, and then an hour or perhaps even 10 minutes before the chat begins.

That way I’ve received fair warning. It’s good to have time to prepare.

So, how do we set up Google Calandar to send the text messages?

Setting Up Google SMS

If you’d like to learn more about Google SMS setup, I’ve produced a YouTube video and a SlideShare presentation.

Only one phone number can be registered per account, but you can change them around if you want.

Register a second Google account and create another calendar if you wish to receive notification on more than one phone at a time.

How to Set Up Tweet Chat Reminders

Below is a video showing how I have created a dedicated calendar for Twitter chats within the main Google calendar. It’s important to segment different activities to help you stay organised.

The video is a little long at 5 minutes but I’m sure you’ll find the idea very useful and a massive time saver.

Hey #BizHour many of you participate in lot of Tweetchats. Are you using Google #SMS to get reminders texted to you? https://t.co/FUaQDeTnOx

— Small Biz Geek (@SmallBizGeekUK) May 6, 2015

Watch video on YouTube

 

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Filed Under: Gadgets, Software, Video Tagged With: Google, Management, Phones, Planning, SMS, Social, Twitter

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  1. Carly Richards says

    May 21, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    Great idea! I love some of the Google apps! They constantly set the bar for other services

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  2. Matthew says

    February 28, 2016 at 7:56 am

    It’s pretty annoying for many that Google removed SMS reminders. While popup notifications work they’re not obviously as effect as SMS reminders. At Appointment Reminder we’ve created an integration with Google Calendar that allows your automatically send reminders direct from Google. If any Small Biz Geek followers would like to see how it works would love to show you a free demo.

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    • Small Biz Geek says

      February 28, 2016 at 1:35 pm

      Are these reminders for me or reminders to send to clients? How much is it?

      What I liked about Google SMS is that when I received the messages I would forward them to clients manually via my mobile phone handset.

      Reply
  3. Sanmoy says

    May 6, 2022 at 10:08 am

    Thank you for the details. It’s a fantastic idea for everyone, including me.

    Reply

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