The basic system is made to be as simple as possible. However sometimes = people want more flexibility, in particular for sending a message to multip= le recipients.
A single email address
For advanced users, a different email address is available for the email= -to-SMS gateway: gateway@textmarketer.co.uk
Please note that the email address for advanced use should is gateway@te= xtmarketer.co.uk (as above) and NOT gatew= ay@textmarketer.biz.
Also, sending an email to <mobile-number>@textmarketer.co.= uk will not work
Using this email address, you must specify the mobile numbers of the rec= ipient(s) in the email body, as explained below.
Multiple/sin= gle recipients in the email body
It is possible to specify the mobile numbers to send the message to in t= he email body. You can specify one or many numbers as recipients in this wa= y. Here's how it works...
The mobile numbers of the recipients must follow both the originator (op= tional) and the message in the email body, for example, if Jane's mobile nu= mber is 07777123456:
Hi Jane,
Just a quick reminder that you've got a=
n appointment at Joe's Hair Salon
tomorrow at 5pm.<=
/span>
See you then!
Joe##
H=
air Salon#
07777123456
will send this message to Jane's mobile number 07777123456 with =E2=80= =9CJoe's Hair Salon=E2=80=9D as the sender
This will also work, but will use the default originator as set in = your account.
Hi Jane,
Just a quick reminder that you've got a=
n appointment at Joe's Hair Salon
tomorrow at 5pm.<=
/span>
See you then!
Joe##
0=
7777123456
However this won't work, because the mobile number is before the me= ssage.
07777123456
Hi Jane,
Just a qu=
ick reminder that you've got an appointment at Joe's Hair Salon
tomorrow at 5pm.
See you then!
<=
span>Joe##
Multiple recipients
You can send to multple recipients in two ways.
By listing the numbers on a single line, separated by commas:
Special offer at Joe's! 10% off all cut and blow-dry appointments this m= onth. Please call us on 02012345678 to book your appointment.##
Hair Salon#
07777000001,07777000002,07777000003
You can achieve the same result with the following email body:
Special offer at Joe's! 10% off all cut and blow-dry appointments this m= onth. Please call us on 02012345678 to book your appointment.##
07777000001
07777000002
07777000003
In the above example, all the mobile numbers are on a new line, without = any commas. In this example we have removed the originator, "Hair = Salon", to show that you do not allways need it, but you would ne= ed to set the default originator to be "Hair Salon= " on the account to achieve exactly the same result as the previous ex= ample.
Other way is, by adding @textmarketer.biz at the e= nd of each number and writing them directly into the email recipient s= ection like this:
07777000001@textmarketer.biz; 077770= 00002@textmarketer.biz; 07777000003@textmarketer.biz
Testing with the Sandbox
So that you can test the system without using any credits, we have provi= ded a sandbox system for testing. This is simply an email address that you = can send test messages to, witch will not be sent as text messages. Instead= an email is returned to you with a confirmation of what would have been se= nt, if you'd used the live system.
The sandbox email address is: gateway-sandbox@t= extmarketer.co.uk
For example, sending the previous example message to the sandbox address= , you would get the reply:
Your test would have successfully sent this message:
'Special offer at Joe's! 10% off all cut and blow-dry appointments this = month. Please call us on 02012345678 to book your appointment.'
With originator: Joe's Hair Salon
to the following numbers:
1) 07777000001
2) 07777000002
3=
) 07777000003
Two-way messaging with txtUs© and reply= keywords
We have found that people love using the email-to-SMS gateway because it= 's so convenient and easy-to-use. Imagine how convenient it would be i= f your customers could also text you, using a special keyword that is = unique to you, and the incoming text was converted to an email and spe= cial keyword that is unique to you, and the incoming text was converted to = an email and to-SMS gateway.
That's the power of reply keywords.
How the shortcode reply keyword works
Your marketing includes the ability for a customer to text your chosen k= eyword to the number 88802, e.g. =E2=80=9CText CREATE to 88802=E2=80=9D. Th= e entire incoming message is captured, i.e. anything after the initial keyw= ord. For example, you could ask people to text in your keyword followed by = their name and email address. You could configure your account to forward i= ncoming text messages, which were sent to your keyword, on to your email ad= dress.
So you have received an incoming text message in your email inbox. Using= the email-to-SMS gateway you can simply 'reply' to the email, and the mess= age will be converted back to a text message and sent your customer.
You can get a reply keyword via your account, go to https://messagebox.textmarketer.co.=
uk/ and click on the Purchase button:
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Imagine too how convenient it would be if your customers could simply re= ply to the text message you sent them via the email gateway, without even n= eeding a special keyword, and that text message reply came back to your ema= il address with a history of the conversation between you and the customer.=
That's the power of txtUs©=
.
How the txtUs© number works
With a txtUs© number, you will be given a dedicated= mobile number, e.g. our txtUs© number is 07860 021840= .You can use this number to receive text messages. All messages sent to you= r txtUs© number are allocated to your account.
In a similar way to the reply keyword, you can configure your txtUs= © number to convert incoming text messages to emails to be = delivered to your inbox, including (optionally) a history of the conversati= on you have had with that customer. Again, you simply hit 'reply' to send a= text message back to the customer.
This is a great way of enabling a true two-way conversation via text mes= sage, but all from the comfort of your inbox.
You can get a txtUs© number via your account,=
go to https://m=
essagebox.textmarketer.co.uk/ and click on the Purchase butto=
n: