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πŸ“… How to insert Google calendar invites into emails?
πŸ“… How to insert Google calendar invites into emails?

Learn how to create a calendar invitation and add it to your email sent from RSVPify

Updated over a year ago

RSVPify offers the ability to send calendar invitations for your event along with the confirmation email. However, sometimes event hosts want to include calendar invites in their marketing emails. You can do that in a few steps.

Create a public calendar

You'll need to add the event to a public calendar. You can create a new calendar for this, or set an existing calendar's settings to public.

  • Click here for steps to create a new calendar.

  • Click here for steps to make a calendar public.
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To insert a Google Calendar Invite

Step 1: Create the Google calendar invite

  • Open Google Calendar in your browser.

  • In the upper left, click Create.

  • A new event dialog box will open where you can add relevant event information.

    • Make sure to set the calendar to your public calendar.

    • You'll also want to set the event visibility to public.

Step 2: Generate your link

  • In the upper right, click the More actions dropdown menu and select Publish event.

  • In the dialog box, click Copy next to the Link to the event field. Copy and paste this URL into a text editor for easy access.

    Step 3: Add the calendar event to your RSVPify email

  • In your event's left navigation menu, locate Email Communications and from there select New Email

  • Add a custom button or type the text that you'd like the recipient to click on to add the event to their calendar.

  • Paste the URL you copied from the Google Calendar event in the link field.

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