With Eventdrive, you can create and send SMS messages to your attendees to communicate about your event.
From the Eventdrive Back Office, go to the "INVITE" menu -> "SMS".
Click on "Create a new SMS" and fill in the following fields:
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Name: Give your SMS a name to find it when sending. This name is not visible to attendees.
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Tags: These allow you to differentiate and sort your SMS messages from the list. To add multiple tags, separate them with a comma and no space. Example:
vip,free -
SMS Content: Write the message you want to send to your attendees. You will see how many SMS credits your message will consume.
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Merge tags: Personalize the content of your SMS messages.
Don't forget to save your work to avoid losing any progress.
At the bottom right of the SMS editor, you will find a button that lets you send yourself a test SMS.
This test SMS will not be deducted from your SMS credit balance.
While writing the content of your SMS, you can include merge tags.
To do this, simply click the following button to display the available fields:
• %attendee_first_name%: Attendee's first name
• %attendee_last_name%: Attendee's last name
• %event_name%: Event's name
• %organization_name%: Organization's name
Click on the merge tag to see it appear in your SMS.
Notes
- An SMS can contain a maximum of ~160 characters. It may be less if you use special characters (such as emoticons). Don't worry if you exceed this threshold, the next SMS will add up automatically (same as sending long SMS on your mobile).
- Emoticons can be inserted in an SMS. An emoticon counts as 3 characters.
- Default sender name is "Eventdrive".If you wish to change the sender name of your SMS messages contact us! support@eventdrive.com. Please note the sender's name is limited to 11 characters