Getting Started with SMS Messaging with FunnelFLARE

 

With FunnelFLARE it is easy to send SMS messages, engage in SMS conversations, and route SMS messages to your phones.

 

First you have to Rent a phone number that support SMS capabilities

 

 

 

Sending Text Messages

You can send a text message using

1. The Power dialer (Chrome Extension)
   You can choose an SMS template to send an SMS message
   
   
   
2. The Simple Dialer (Chrome Extension)
   
   
   
   
3. Using the SMS Messanger App (Chrome Extension)
   
   Messages App:

 

The browser Messages tool:

1. The user's contacts that have SMS messages
2. The (i) shows the details of the message
3. The user's messages
4. Email shortcut (email this contact)
5. Select the contact's phone number to send a message to
6. Show only messages from the selected phone number

 

 

3. From the contact page in the web app

 

 

Receiving Text Messages

 

If your prospect sends you a text message, you can read it from the Chrome extensin SMS Messenger app

 

 

You can set up automatic text forwarding on the number edit screen

 

The default text in the Forwarded Text Message edit identifies where the SMS came from.

Account: %CONTACT.PROSPECT_ACCOUNT.BUSINESS_NAME%

Contact: %CONTACT.NAME%

Phone: %CONTACT_HISTORY.TEXT_MESSAGE.FROM_PHONE.PHONE_NUMBER%

Texted to: %CONTACT_HISTORY.TEXT_MESSAGE.TO_PHONE.PHONE_NUMBER%

View Contact: %CONTACT.EDIT_LINK%

 

%CONTACT_HISTORY.TEXT_MESSAGE.MESSAGE%

 

 

Or you can route the SMS to your phone number. Every time someone texts to a tracked number this workflow fires:

 

 

We suggest putting in a decision to route SMS messages:

 

 

with this query

 

 

Then daisy chain queries to get the right message to the right salesperson

 

We suggest something like this for your sales rep query

 

Using this dynamic field to relay the message to Mary : 

From: %CONTACT.FULL_NAME%:%CONTACT.PHONE.PHONE_NUMBER

%CONTACT_HISTORY.TEXT_MESSAGE.MESSAGE%