Step 1: Upload your contact list or enter contacts manually.

Step 2: Navigate to the Campaign tab.

Step 3: Schedule the message for delivery and compose it using either an existing template or a one-off message.

Schedule your messages to be sent between 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM local time to adhere to the applicable guidelines published by the Mobile Marketing Association. Familiarize yourself with the specific regulations and best practices for the country where you are sending messages. If you want to send your message immediately, leave the field as is, and don’t select a date or time.

To use an existing message template, select the one you want to use from the Message Template drop-down list. If you want to create a new template, click the Campaign Template.

Enter your message in the message text entry box. SMS message parts are limited to 160 characters, including opt-out text. Note that longer messages can be sent using concatenation, but you will be billed for each message part. Read more about concatenated SMS here.

Messages containing non-GSM (Unicode) characters are limited to 70 character segments. Read more about how you can check that your messages do not contain non-GSM characters here.

The Message Footer field will be appended to the message when sending and will add to the total characters used within your message.

Step 4: Click the Save/Send message button.

Also see:

• How do I add a campaign group and what is it used for?

• How do I personalize a message using a merge field?

• How do I upload my contact list?

• How do I measure and optimize my outbound SMS campaigns?