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How to Sign Up to Text Service

Bulk-Text-Service | 7 Steps

How to Sign Up to Text Service

7 steps

Bulk-Text-Service
1
Navigate to the link provided to you.
2
Click "Sign up."
3
Fill in all Details requested in the form.

Please Note: The email specified will become the owner of your account and is automatically given full permissions to all aspects of the solution. Additional users can be added from the system.

4
Click the "I agree to the terms and conditions." field.
5
Click "Create an account"
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A verification email will have been sent to your email. Please verify or resend the email if you haven't received it using the "Resend Verification Email" button.
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Use the "Get Started" button in the welcome email, (you will receive this after verifying your email address), to access the login page.
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You have now set up your account. Please take a look at the rest of our help documentation for help on using our Text Service solution.
How to Add a Payment Method and Purchase Credits

7 Steps

How to Add a Payment Method and Purchase Credits

7 steps

Credits are used up whenever text messages are sent. The amount of credits used per message per phone number is calculated and displayed in real time when scheduling a campaign.
1
From the Text Service console, select "Credits:" from the top toolbar.
2
Click the "Name on card" field and give your card a friendly name
3
Fill out the Card number, expiry date, CVC and postcode.
4
Click "Add Payment Method."
5
Specify the amount of credits you wish to purchase. The price will update on the right hand side based on the rate specified. Note that rates are determined by your provider and cannot be amended by you.
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6
Click "Pay Now."
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Click "PROCEED."
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Payment complete, your newly purchased credits are immediately added to your account and visible at the top of the page.
How to Manage Contacts

22 Steps

How to Manage Contacts

22 steps

Contacts can be added either via csv bulk import or manually through the create contacts button.

Add contacts in bulk

1
From toolbar on the left hand side, select "Contacts."
2
Select the "Upload Contacts" button.
3
A template Zip file with the required csv layout can be downloaded via the "Download contacts template" button.
4
Select the group you wish to add the contacts too.
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Use the "Choose file" button to select your csv file.
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Click "Upload File."
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You will be informed of the success of the upload process as well as any failures and the reason for the failure.
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On the contacts page, click "Create Contact."
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Click the "Contact Number" field and type in the phone number you wish to add.
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Your Contact has now been added.

Manage Contact opt in status

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Toggle the " Opt in status" button to opt an opted out user back in
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Your contact has been opted back in
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Click "Save." to save any changes made as per above
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Deleting Contacts

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From the contacts page, select the "Delete" icon next to the contact you wish to delete.
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Click "Submit" on the confirmation window.
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The contact has been deleted.
You can bulk delete contacts as well!
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To bulk delete, select the checkboxes next to each contact you wish to delete, or use the select all checkbox to select all contacts in the table. Note that contacts visible in the table will depend on the group you have selected.
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Select the "Delete" icon to delete selected contacts.
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Click "Submit" on the confirmation window.
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Adding a contact to a group

Contacts may be part of multiple groups.
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Select the checkbox next to the contact or contacts you wish to add to a group.
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Select the "Add Selected Contacts to group" button.
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Select the group you wish to add your contact or contacts too, from the dropdown.
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Click "Assign."
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Your contact or contacts have been added to the selected group.

Removing a contact from a group

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From the contacts page, in the "Groups in" column of the contacts table, select the x icon next to the group you wish to remove the contact from.
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Click "Proceed" on the confirmation window.
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Your contact has been removed from the group.
How to Manage Campaigns

6 Steps

How to Manage Campaigns

6 steps

When a message is sent to a group of contacts, it automatically creates a campaign. This allows you to keep track of the various messages you may have scheduled and view additional details around the messages and contacts.
1
From the toolbar select "Campaigns."
2
To view the message that was sent via a campaign hover over "View Message."
3
Select "Results of this campaign" to view a list of all the contacts that received the message and how many credits each contact used.
4
The "Export Information" button can be used to export a list of contacts that were part of this campaign for further reporting.
5
Campaigns can be cloned using the "Copy this campaign" button if you wish to send another campaign using the same setup or where a template was not used and a custom message was inputted instead.
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To delete a campaign, use the "Delete this campaign" button.
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Deep dives

Further documentation

Imports, invoices, groups, departments, and team members.

How to Use the Contacts Bulk Import Template and Add Variables

8 Steps

How to Use the Contacts Bulk Import Template and Add Variables

8 steps

As per the How to - Manage Contacts guide, contacts can be bulk imported via a xlsx file import.

The bulk import template is also used to create custom fields, also known as variables to your account and populate them with data.

A great example could be a field called custom_firstname, and populating this with the first names of your contacts which can then be added as a variable in you messages.
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A template Zip file with the required csv layout can be downloaded via the "Download contacts template" button found on the contacts page under "Upload contacts."
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This link will Download the Zip file, the Zip file contains several examples of files you can use to upload the recipients list of numbers.

There is also a readme-instructions.txt file with details on the files.

You can upload as a CSV or XLSX file, using one of the example template files provided in the Zip, which have either a simple list of numbers to make it easier or a more detailed option with recipient details. Pick one of the files, change the numbers to your list, save as CSV or XLSX, and upload this singular file that you have saved.

Below also shows the example if using the file “contacts_import_template.xlsx” within the Zip to upload the recipient list of numbers.

3
In the contacts template delete row 3 as described in the spreadsheet.
4
Delete the "custom_" columns if you do not wish to add custom columns to your account, or rename them as you see fit.
Your custom fields prefix must always be "custom_" followed by the name of your field, for example "custom_fullname".
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In the example below we have deleted our custom fields. You can now populate the country_code (currently limited to the UK only) field and phone_number field.
Please exclude "0" from the beginning of your phone number.
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Click "Save."
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You can now upload your file and import your template using the "Upload File" option from the same page you downloaded the template from.
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Use the "Choose file" button to select your csv file.
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Click "Upload File."
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Tip! For more on custom fields and variables in messages, open Send Message.
How to View and Download Invoices

3 Steps

How to View and Download Invoices

3 steps

1
Select the multi-selection icon next to credits at the top of the screen.
2
Click "Invoicing."
3
Select "View Invoice" to download a pdf of your invoice.
How to Create and Delete a Contact Group

6 Steps

How to Create and Delete a Contact Group

6 steps

Groups in the Text Service enables you to both organise your contacts and send messages in bulk to groups of contacts.
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To add new groups, navigate to the "Contacts" page from the toolbar down the left hand side of the screen.
2
Click "+Group" to add a group.
3
Specify a name for your new group.
4
Click "Save Group."
Please note, you can only delete a user group that does NOT contain any users. Please move any users to a different group first, help on this can be found
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To delete a Group, click this button.
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Click "Proceed" to confirm deletion of that group.
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How to Create, Delete and Switch Between Departments

9 Steps

How to Create, Delete and Switch Between Departments

9 steps

Parts of your Company may have different requirements when it comes to marketing text messages. To accommodate this, this Text Service solution enables you to create different departments or teams. Contacts, message templates and campaigns within departments are isolated from other departments enabling you to better organise and manage your bulk text needs. Note: Members can only access departments they have been invited to. The owner of the account, of which there can only be one, has access to all departments that are created.
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Select the dropdown in the top right, this will be displaying the name of the department you are currently in, and select "Create New Department."
2
Give your new department a name.
3
Click "CREATE."
Your department has now been created.
4
To switch between departments you are a member of, select the dropdown in the top right corner of the screen. This dropdown will display the name of the department you are currently in.
5
Select a department to switch to it.
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Select the department you wish to delete using the steps described above. Click on the dropdown displaying the name of the department.
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From the dropdown select "Department Settings."
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Click "DELETE DEPARTMENT."
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Confirm deletion.
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Your department has now been deleted.
How to Invite New Members to Your Account and Remove Them.

8 Steps

How to Invite New Members to Your Account and Remove Them.

8 steps

1
From the dropdown in the top right corner of the screen (the one displaying the name of the department you are currently in), select the department you wish to invite a member to.
2
Click "Department Settings."
3
Fill in the email of the member you wish to invite.
4
Determine what role your member should be assigned to.
Role Definitions
  • Administrator: Same permissions as the owner of the account.
  • Editor: Can perform all tasks other than adding/editing new/existing members, editing company details.
5
Select the dropdown in the top right corner of the screen displaying the name of the department you are currently in, and select the department you wish to delete a member from.
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Click "Department Settings."
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Click "Remove" next to the member you wish to remove.
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Confirm removal.
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The member has now been removed from this department.