How to Setup an SMS with Action Link in Zapier

Follow the steps below in order to set up your SMS with Action Links Zap.

Go into your Zapier account and click on Zaps on the left side

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Click on Create Zap button

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Select the App you want to trigger the Text Integration SMS and continue to configure it until you reach Step 2

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When you reach Step 2, search and select Text Integration from the choose app drop-down menu

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Select Sent Text Message from the Choose Action Event drop-down menu

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Choose your Text Integration account

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Setup and Customize your SMS.

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  • Mobile Phone:  This is where you put the phone number you want SMS to be sent to. You may use the drop-down menu to populate this field based on what app you have selected from Step
  • Text Message Body: This is where you compose the text message you want to send to your contacts. Feel free to also use the drop-down menu to populate the merge fields you want to fully personalize your text message.
      • Make sure that you use this merge field ~ActionLinks~ on the message where you want the embedded URL to show up.
  • Country: This is where you type-in or select from the drop-down menu (if applicable) the country you want to send your Text message to.
  • Active Link Keyword: This is where you will type in the keyword that will trigger the succeeding SMS Campaign.
      • Please note that this field is case-sensitive and does not allow any special characters or spaces.

Please note that if you are not going to use the non-required fields, kindly leave them blank.

Once done configuring the SMS, click the Continue button.

On the Send Data section, you may choose to run a test or skip the test, but do not forget to Turn ON your Zap.

This is a sample of an SMS with Action Link.

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After you have done setting this Action Link SMS up, You will need to set up the next sequence. Kindly refer to this link, How to Setup an SMS that is triggered by an Action Link.

 

 

 

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