Thryv makes it easy to send your marketing announcement through text message. Announcements sent through text message (SMS) generally will have a higher open rate than messages sent through email. Just make sure your intended audience is opted in!
Create an Announcement and Send
- Navigate to Marketing>Announcements.
- Select New Announcement.
- Select from the available templates or Create Your Own.
- If creating your own, select an action to 'Invite client(s)' to:
- Based on your selection enter the appropriate information:
- Visit your client portal
- No additional info needed
- Review
- Visit your client portal
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- Pay
- Schedule
- Share document
- No additional info needed
- Visit Your Social Media Profile
- You will have the option to choose whether to send your customers to your Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn pages.
- One of your predefined client portal actions
- Example client portal actions (configurable by the client)
- Example client portal actions (configurable by the client)
- The announcement will consist of a button for the action selected. You can also Add a coupon to your email, but only for the option of "Schedule." For instructions on how to create a coupon visit our Settings section in the Knowledge Center.
- Click Done.
- Click Send on your announcement
- Choose to send your announcement via Text Message (SMS)
- Enter your text message.
- Under If client's phone number is not available
- Don't send
- Send via email
- If Send via email you can adjust the Email subject line
- Click on Avoid re-sending to clients that this campaign was already sent to if applicable.
- Click Continue.
- Select the Tags or the Clients that you want to receive the announcement.
- Click Continue.
- Click on Send now for the immediate delivery of your campaign.
- Information on Schedule for Later is available on the Announcements>Email and SMS Announcements>Scheduled Announcements article in the Knowledge Center