Definition. A sales call placed on the calendar with a prospect from outbound, with a time, a calendar invite and the right person. It is one step before a showed appointment and the unit most outbound agencies guarantee, which is why the definition and the no-show rate both matter.
Booked versus showed
A booked meeting is a commitment; a showed appointment is a conversation that happened. The gap between them is the no-show rate, and it is where a guarantee expressed in bookings can look generous while delivering little. Ask any vendor whose guarantee counts bookings what their show rate is and whether rebookings count twice.
What makes a booking stick
A confirmed time rather than "sometime next week", a calendar invite sent by a human with context on who they are meeting and why, a reminder, and a reschedule handled immediately when life intervenes. These are the unglamorous jobs that turn a booking into a showed appointment, and they are part of what a done-for-you service should own.
Where algoacquisition stands
algoacquisition's contract counts booked qualified meetings: a decision-maker, in the agreed ICP, sourced by us, booked through our link. The definition is what makes the number auditable, and confirmations, reminders and a warm call before the meeting are how the no-show rate is kept down. The buyer's guide explains how to read a guarantee for its noun and its remedy.
Related terms
- Booked qualified meeting — A scheduled call between a client and a decision-maker at a company matching the agreed ideal client profile, sourced and arranged by the agency and booked through the agency's link into the client's calendar. It is the unit algoacquisition guarantees, 80 a quarter on Core and 800 on Scale.
- Showed appointment — A sales meeting that was booked through outbound and actually took place, with the prospect present. It is the only outbound metric that directly produces revenue, and the one algoacquisition guarantees.
- Booking rate — The share of interested leads that become booked meetings. In algoacquisition's campaigns it runs between 10% and 30% depending on the niche, with a blended 13.5% across all campaigns, and the top of the range belongs to campaigns where a human calls every interested lead inside five minutes.
- Interested lead — A reply from a person at a company matching the agreed ICP that expresses intent to learn more, see pricing, receive information or book a call. Connection accepts, opens and polite declines do not count.
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