Sound familiar?
When the calendar starts running the business.
“My calendar fills with calls, and the real work never gets time.”
Meetings go only into the windows you allow, with a daily cap for each meeting type.
“Half my discovery calls are with people who were never going to buy.”
Eva answers the basics first and asks your questions, so every call starts with a brief.
“Rescheduling one call takes six emails.”
Every booking comes with a secure link to reschedule or cancel within your rules, and a reminder the day before.
A discovery call that starts with a brief.
Pick a conversation. On the left is what the other person sees on your desk. On the right is your phone.
What the prospect sees · 13:05
Email verified with a one-time code
Eva is an AI assistant. Times come from the hours Priya allows.
Your phone · 13:09
Discovery call · Friday 10:00
Booked into a window you allow. Your writing mornings stayed closed.
An animated example. The people, organisations and fees are made up.
Read the three conversations as text
Speaking enquiry: Sam Naidoo (example)
- Organiser: Hi, is Sam available for a keynote on 11 March in Durban?
- Eva: 11 March is open. What's the event, and roughly how many people?
- Organiser: A leadership summit for about 450 people. What does a keynote cost?
- Eva: Sam's keynotes start at R45 000, plus travel from Johannesburg. Shall I pencil in 11 March while Sam reviews your brief?
- Organiser: Yes please.
- (Email verified with a one-time code)
- Eva: Done. 11 March is pencilled in for you for 72 hours. Sam confirms every booking personally.
- Email to the organiser: Good news: Sam has confirmed 11 March. Your calendar invite is attached.
- Your phone: Keynote · 11 March · Durban. You tap Accept. In your calendar, with travel blocked on 10 March.
Discovery call: Priya Govender (example)
- Prospect: Hi Priya, could we have a quick call this week about a pricing review?
- Eva: Happy to help. How big is the business, and what prompted the review?
- Prospect: About 120 people. Our margins slipped after the July price increase.
- Eva: Thanks. Priya has three times for a 30-minute discovery call: THU 14:00, FRI 10:00, FRI 15:30.
- Prospect: Friday 10:00, please.
- (Email verified with a one-time code)
- Eva: Booked: Friday 10:00 on Google Meet. Your invite is on its way, and Priya has your notes.
- Your phone: Discovery call · Friday 10:00. Booked into a window you allow. Your writing mornings stayed closed.
Partnership request: Thabo Mahlangu (example)
- Caller: Hi, could I get 30 minutes with Thabo this week? We'd like to propose a distribution partnership.
- Eva: Thabo reviews partnership proposals before setting up a meeting. Could you tell me your company, what you're proposing and when you need an answer?
- Caller: Northline Logistics. Last-mile delivery in Gauteng. We'd like to start a pilot in February and need an answer by month-end.
- Eva: Thank you. Your brief is with Thabo now, and you'll have an answer by email within three working days.
- Email to Northline: Thabo has read your proposal and won't take it further this quarter. Thank you for the detail. You're welcome to get in touch again in the new year.
- Your phone: Partnership proposal · Northline. You tap Decline. Your “not this quarter” reply went out. Nothing was added to your diary.
Made for advisory work
Your intake, your rules, your hours.
Questions before calendars
Prospects ask about your services, process and fees first. Anything you haven't approved comes to you, not a guess.
Meeting types that fit you
Discovery call, briefing, coffee: each with its own length, notice period, buffers, daily cap and questions.
Protected windows
Keep mornings for client work and writing. Your desk offers only the times you allow, and never says why.
Time zones handled
The visitor's time zone is detected and confirmed, so an international prospect never joins an hour early.
Project enquiries with a brief
Bigger requests become enquiries with scope, timing and budget band, so you reply with a proposal, not more questions.
Clients who can always reach you
Put key clients on your private VIP list and they can book into protected time when you allow it.
The VIP list, enquiries with date holds and the weekly planner are in the Pro Desk plan. Desk covers questions, meeting types and protected windows.
Moving from Calendly?
Bring your meeting types. Leave the back-and-forth.
Diarised has its own booking engine, so you don't need Calendly alongside it. Setup includes a short step for recreating your meeting types. Google Calendar users get Meet links automatically, and Outlook and Apple users get invites by email.
Founding members
30 founding places in South Africa.
We're opening Diarised to a small group first, and setting up each desk with its owner.
You get
- 30% off for your first 12 months
- Your desk set up with you, not by a help article
- A direct line to the person building it
We ask
- A 30-minute onboarding interview
- Honest feedback once a month
- A case study, if it works for you
Questions
Questions people ask first.
Do I still need Calendly?
No. Diarised has its own booking engine: meeting types, hours, buffers, reminders, and reschedule and cancel links. Moving over is a short guided step.
Which calendars work?
Google Calendar connects directly, and Diarised writes holds and bookings to its own calendar there. For Outlook, Microsoft 365 or Apple, you add a busy-only calendar link and Diarised sends invites by email. A direct Microsoft 365 connection is planned.
What if someone asks something Eva doesn't know?
Eva answers only from the profile, FAQs and fee text you've approved. Anything else becomes a question for you, and the person is told you'll reply. Each week you see the unanswered questions and can add an answer in one click.
How do you stop fake bookings?
Before any booking or hold, the person verifies their email with a one-time code. Rate limits and conversation budgets stop anyone hammering your desk.
Is Eva a real person?
No. Eva is an AI assistant and says so on your desk and in every email. You can give your assistant another name; it will still say it's an AI. Every decision stays with you.
When can I start?
We're opening Diarised to 30 South African founding members first, in small groups. The public launch, with a 14-day free trial and no card needed, follows. Apply for a founding place.
Spend your mornings on the work, not the inbox.
Founding members get their desk set up with them, and 30% off for a year.