Sending Messages: Advanced Features

There are some options you can use to send out great messages. Click on New Message in your account to see these options.

Here we will show you how to:

Use Message Templates

Personalize Messages

Add A Picture (MMS)

Add Links

Make A Recurring Message

Send-From-Phone Feature 

Message Forwarding

Use a Message Template

Select a previously saved message content and settings to reuse.

Here is a guide on how to use them.

Personalize My Message 

Insert a code corresponding to any contact field(s) to customize your message with information specific to your contact. For example:,“Hi {#FirstName#}, please don’t forget about today’s meeting,” will substitute the code with the name listed in the "First Name" contact field in your list.

Here is a guide on how to create custom fields and personalize your messages.

Add A Picture (MMS)

Photos added to SMS (text only) will be inserted as a link to the photo.

To include the photo as an image in the message body, choose MMS, then click Upload New File.

Link Shortener

Add a link to your text and track how many people have clicked on it. Find more details here on how this works.

Make A Recurring Message

Designate the message to be sent at a regular interval to a specific Group or Groups. Specify a limited or infinite number of recurrences. These can also be created or stopped by clicking on Campaigns on the left panel > Recurring Texts

Send From Phone

You may want to send out a text to a group without having to log on to a computer. This Send From Phone feature allows you to do so directly from your phone instead!  

Here is a step by step guide on how you can set up this feature: Send-From-Phone Feature

Message Forwarding

Have your incoming messages forwarded to your phone or email so you can always know when you get a response.

Go to Tools > Message Forwarding

Please note that forwarding messages to your phone will require credits. Forwarding them to email is free.*

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