How to Format your file for SMS Broadcast

How to Get Your List Ready for Sending Text Messages: 🌟 Before We Start: Make sure your list is in a file that ends with “.csv” (when downloading it from Google Sheets, Excel or any other location).

1. Make a List:

• Open your list file.
• Write names for each column at the very top. These names tell us what each column is for (like phone numbers, first names, etc.).
• One of these names should be sms_number for phone numbers because we need them to send texts!

2. Phone Numbers:

• This column MUST be called sms_number or it won’t send any messages.
• Write phone numbers with a “+” sign and your country code first (like +1 for the USA). So, if a phone number is 603-555-1212 in the USA, you’ll write it as +16035551212.

3. Name Your Columns Wisely:

• You can have any names for your columns, but some special names like ‘first_name’, ‘last_name’, ‘email’, and ‘sms_number’ tell our system exactly what to do with them.
• Don’t use the name ‘_botcoid’ – it’s our secret code!

4. Upload Your List:

• Once your list looks good, save it.
• In our SMS Broadcast feature, there will be a place to upload this list. Just click, find your file, and upload!

🚀 Ready, Set, Go! Now, you’re all set to send your messages to everyone on your list.

When writing your message don’t forget to use your newly created attributes to personalize the SMS Broadcast:

🎁 Bonus: A Simple Example! Imagine you have a list like this:

• Column 1 named ‘first_name’ for first names
• Column 2 named ‘last_name’ for last names
• Column 3 named ‘email’ for email addresses
• Column 4 named ‘sms_number’ for phone numbers

Remember, phone numbers should look like this: +16035551212 This way, everything is neat and easy for us to understand who we’re sending your messages to!