How to Book Photo Mini Sessions Using Honeybook (Demo & How To)
2024 NOTE: I'm leaving this video up in case you really, really, REALLY want to do mini sessions through Honeybook. That said, it's important to note that because Honeybook is a project based app, it is fundamentally not built for mini sessions. I highly recommend setting up an account with Session and running your mini sessions through that software. It is SO much easier and more intuitive because it is literally BUILT for mini sessions - It is worth every penny, I promise you!
It's finally available! (But a bit tricky to set up) Here's how! IMPORTANT NOTE: There is a HUGE caveat to this - if you set up the contact form with the project date as I described in the video, that entire date will become unavailable once the first person completes their booking UNLESS you go in and manually adjust the project start time and end time. (Which honestly defeats the purpose of automating it to start with.)
As a commenter noted, to truly automate it, leave out the project date in the contact form and just put the date in the contract inside the smart file without attaching it to the project date smart field. Note that done this way, the payment schedule doesn't work as well. So it's best to charge the entire session fee upon booking when doing it this way.
Contents:
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Demo of Client Journey
02:05 - What You Need to Make this Work
03:00 - Tips for Success
04:52 - Creating the Project Type
05:46 - Creating the Contact Form
09:00 - Creating the Session Type (Scheduler)
10:04 - Creating the Smart File
15:28 - Creating the Email Template
16:22 - Creating the Automation
19:32 - If You Need More Help
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