I use the google calendar service and it works very well to remind me of appointments etc, but I realized after a couple of my radio shows went awry that I needed to remind my radio show guests to call in to the show on the correct day. Soon after that I discovered Follow Up Then. I love it. Here's how it works:
How to Use FollowUpThen
FollowUpThen requires no account to get started!
Just compose an email and include [schedule format]@followupthen.com in the "Cc", "Bcc" or "To" fields of your email. Each is a bit different:
BCC: You will receive a followup but we won't bug the original recipient. TO: You will get a followup after the time interval you specify. CC: If your recipient has not responded by the scheduled time, both of you receive a followup. Note: Your recipient has to “reply all” to include followupthen on their response for us to know about it. You can always cancel followups by emailing pending@followupthen.com. Supported FormatsHere are some examples of the scheduling formats you can use:
Time Interval
1minute@followupthen.com
2hours@followupthen.com
3days@followupthen.com
4weeks@followupthen.com
5months@followupthen.com
6years@followupthen.com
Day of Week
tuesday@followupthen.com
Common Scheduling Terms
tomorrow@followupthen.com
nextweek@followupthen.com
nextmonth@followupthen.com
Specific Date
mar30@followupthen.com
2010-05-30@followupthen.com
Specific Time
11am@followupthen.com
1132am@followupthen.com
1500@followupthen.com
Specific Date and Time
tomorrow9am@followupthen.com 12pmAug25@followupthen.com
Recurring Reminders
everywed@followupthen.com
everymar30@followupthen.com
Viewing and canceling pending remindersJust email pending@followupthen.com and you’ll receive an email back with list of pending followups, along with a link to cancel any reminder.
I can even send myself emails and I'm getting better organized all the time. I'd love to hear how you get organized.
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