How to use Sequences to automatically schedule SMS and/or Call Reminders for compliant follow-ups with prospects who have already responded.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Starting a Sequence
- Adding Steps to the Sequence and Saving
- Adding Prospects to a Sequence
- Accessing Reminders and Responses
Starting a Sequence
Step 1: Access the Sequences section
- The Sequences section is located on the Campaigns page
Step 2: Click "Create" to start a new Sequence
- The "Create" button is located in the upper right corner of the Sequences section
Step 3: Name your Sequence
- Create a name for your Sequence and click "Start Building" to continue building the Sequence
Adding Steps to the Sequence and Saving
After you click "Start Building", a default Send SMS step will be provided
Tip: If you would like the first step to be a Call Reminder, first use "Add a step" to create a Call Reminder step and then use the 3 dot menu button to delete the initial Send SMS step.
Step 1: Editing a Send SMS step
- Choose the number of days to Wait until the step is triggered (5-day minimum wait)
- For the initial step, this will be the number of days starting from the day the prospect was added to the sequence; otherwise, it will be the number of days starting from when the previous step was completed
- Write a templated message following our Messaging Best Practices guidelines
- This is the message that will be sent to the prospect when the step triggers an SMS Reminder to complete
- Click "Done" when you have completed editing the Send SMS step
- Clicking "Done" does NOT save the Sequence
Step 2: Adding Additional Steps...
- ...to the end of a Sequence
- To add additional steps to the end of a Sequence, click "Add a Step" at the bottom of the page
- Choose if the step will be to Send SMS or a Call Reminder
- ...to the middle of a Sequence
- To insert additional steps in the middle of a Sequence, use the round "Add" button located between the desired steps on the vertical timeline
- Choose if the step will be to Send SMS or a Call Reminder
- If you would like to rearrange the order of the steps, simply drag and drop steps into the desired order.
Step 3: Editing a Call Reminder step
- Choose the number of days to Wait until the step is triggered (5 day minimum wait)
- Click "Done" when you have completed editing the Call Reminder step
- Clicking "Done" does NOT save the Sequence
Step 4: Save the Sequence
- Click "Save" in the upper right corner when you are done
Adding Prospects to a Sequence
*Before a prospect can be added to a Sequence, they need to have responded at least one time
Step 1: Access available Sequences
- Click "Add to Sequence" above the reply text box on a prospect page
Step 2: Add the prospect
- Choose the desired Sequence and click "Add"
Step 3: Removing prospects
- Click the option now labeled "Sequence Activated" above the reply text box on a prospect page
- Click to "Remove" the prospect
Accessing Reminders and Responses
SMS and Call Reminders are located on the Sequences page. When a Sequence is triggered for a prospect, a red dot will appear over the Campaign tab icon. Reminders will be queued up in their respective sections for you to easily work through.
When a prospect responds to one of your Sequence's SMS messages, they will be removed from the Sequence and their response will be available in your account's Inbox.