How-To: Create Text-2-Screen Campaign

These SMS campaigns are strictly "Inbound" campaigns. You are waiting for users to text in voting for a particular keyword.

1. Go to "Campaigns > SMS Messages". When you reach this page, click on "Add SMS Campaign".

 

2. Choose "Create Campaign" under the "Inbound" section so you can continue to the next step.

 

3. Select the list you would to use. This is the list that subscribers will be inserted in if they choose to "Opt-in" after they participate in your "Text to Screen" campaign. You can also change the name of your campaign at this point. This is only for your reference, your subscriber will not see this title.

Click on "Continue" to go to the next page.

4. Under the "Campaign Type" section, choose the last option, Text-to-screen voting. After you select that radio button, options will appear so you can customize your campaign. Continue to Step 5.

5. All of your SMS keywords will show up in the selection box. Click on the keywords you want to use in this campaign. (Hold the Ctrl key to select more than one keyword.) You can select as many keywords as you like.

6. In the "Create your vote autoresponder" section, you customize the initial message that gets sent back to the subsciber. We have already placed a default message in the box for you. You are welcome to change this message to your liking. You also have the ability to modify the "opt-in" message that is sent to the subscriber. (Be sure to watch that character count!)

7. Scroll down the page a little bit, and customize your "welcome message" to your new subscriber(s). This message notifies them that they have been successfully added to your SMS list you choose in Step 3.

8. As with all "Inbound" SMS campaigns, you must a select a date and time when the campaign must come to an end.

Click on "Continue" once you have completed this selecting a date and time.

9. Here's where creating the campaign gets fun! In the "Graph Design" section, choose one of the three types of graphs.

10. The next step is to choose the "Page Background" color. Use the tiny color picker to change the background from the default (white) to any color you like.

11. You can even change the progress bars in the graph. Again, use the tiny color picker to customize it.

12. When you reach the bottom of the page, you can choose to upload a banner, or your company's logo to the top or bottom of the page. 800 pixels wide x 100 pixels is the largest image dimensions you can submit. (This step is optional and not required.)

Click on "Continue" once you are satisfied with your customization.

13. The next page, "SMS Campaign Details", gives you an overview of all of the options you've selected. Click on any of the pencil icons to go back to that section and makes changes to your campaign.

If you are ready to start your campaign so that users can text in and vote, click on the "Launch" button. Otherwise, click on the "Save as Draft" button to start the campaign at a later date and/or time.

After you click on the "Launch" button, you will return to the "SMS Messages" page. You will see the status of your campaign is "Running".

There are several options for your "Text-to-screen" campaign. To learn more about them, click here.