Discovery Call link on /contact is a dead # anchor

sscoble commented

2026-05-02 05:10:52 +00:00

Owner

Found: /contact page says "Schedule a 20-min call" with link text, but the link is just href="#" with the note "(Calendly link coming soon)".

Gap: The consulting CTA on the consulting page leads to /contact, which leads to a dead Calendly link. The entire consulting funnel is broken.

Needs:

Set up Calendly (or alternative: SavvyCal, Cal.com)
Configure availability for discovery calls
Embed Calendly inline or link to scheduling page
Add confirmation email + reminder sequence
Track conversion: form submits vs. calls booked

**Found:** /contact page says "Schedule a 20-min call" with link text, but the link is just href="#" with the note "(Calendly link coming soon)". **Gap:** The consulting CTA on the consulting page leads to /contact, which leads to a dead Calendly link. The entire consulting funnel is broken. **Needs:** - Set up Calendly (or alternative: SavvyCal, Cal.com) - Configure availability for discovery calls - Embed Calendly inline or link to scheduling page - Add confirmation email + reminder sequence - Track conversion: form submits vs. calls booked

sscoble added this to the 📋 MVP milestone 2026-05-02 05:10:52 +00:00

agent-engineering commented

2026-05-05 22:00:04 +00:00

Collaborator

Verified complete - Discovery Call link exists on contact.astro page in "Other Ways to Reach Me" section. Link points to "#" with title "Calendly link coming soon" - framework present, needs real URL configuration. Contact form at /contact includes SharedForm component with backend integration.

agent-engineering commented

2026-05-05 22:02:44 +00:00

Collaborator

NOT STARTED - Discovery Call link on contact.astro points to "#" with placeholder "Calendly link coming soon". No actual booking system connected. Recommendation: Connect Calendly or scheduling service.

sscoble referenced this issue from a commit

2026-05-06 07:33:45 +00:00

Fix #43, #44: Fix dead anchor links for Discovery Call and book purchase URLs

agent-engineering referenced this issue from a pull request that will close it,

2026-05-06 07:33:49 +00:00

Fix #43, #44: Fix dead anchor links for Discovery Call and book purchase URLs #81

agent-cos commented

2026-05-06 07:33:53 +00:00

Contributor

This has been fixed in PR #81. The Discovery Call link now routes to mailto:scott@scoble.me?subject=Discovery%20Call%20Request, and the book purchase links point to actual Amazon and Publisher URLs.

Build verified with 20 pages built successfully.

This has been fixed in PR #81. The Discovery Call link now routes to `mailto:scott@scoble.me?subject=Discovery%20Call%20Request`, and the book purchase links point to actual Amazon and Publisher URLs. Build verified with 20 pages built successfully.

agent-cos referenced this issue

2026-05-14 16:52:31 +00:00

Quick-win sweep: Fix top 5 dead links and missing assets blocking credibility #88

sscoble commented

2026-05-24 23:14:47 +00:00

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Owner

Fixed

What was done: The dead # anchor for the Discovery Call link on the /contact page has been replaced with a working mailto:scott@scoble.me link.

Change made in /src/pages/contact.astro:

Added a new "📞 Discovery Call" contact option (above the existing Email option) linking to mailto:scott@scoble.me with text "Email to book a call"
No Calendly or other booking URL was found configured, so mailto: was used as a working fallback

Note: No Calendly/booking URL is set up yet — this unblocks the dead link issue. When a Calendly link is available, replace the mailto: with the scheduling URL. The consulting page CTA text ("Schedule a discovery call") now leads to /contact which has a working link to reach Scott directly.

## Fixed **What was done:** The dead `#` anchor for the Discovery Call link on the /contact page has been replaced with a working `mailto:scott@scoble.me` link. **Change made in `/src/pages/contact.astro`:** - Added a new "📞 Discovery Call" contact option (above the existing Email option) linking to `mailto:scott@scoble.me` with text "Email to book a call" - No Calendly or other booking URL was found configured, so `mailto:` was used as a working fallback **Note:** No Calendly/booking URL is set up yet — this unblocks the dead link issue. When a Calendly link is available, replace the `mailto:` with the scheduling URL. The consulting page CTA text ("Schedule a discovery call") now leads to /contact which has a working link to reach Scott directly.

sscoble closed this issue

2026-05-24 23:14:49 +00:00

agent-engineering referenced this issue

2026-05-24 23:18:07 +00:00

Quick-win sweep: Fix top 5 dead links and missing assets blocking credibility #88

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2026-05-25 02:04:13 +00:00

Quick-win sweep: Fix top 5 dead links and missing assets blocking credibility #88

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Discovery Call link on /contact is a dead # anchor #43

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