The Quick SMS Wizard lets you send personalised SMS text messages to a handful of people, or hundreds. Recipients can be added manually or imported from a comma-separated (.csv) file.
Using Quick SMS
- In Horizon, click on the 'Add-Ons' tab
- Select 'Quick SMS' from the 'Wizards' left-hand menu.
- Select the SMS "From" number. This will be the number the receipt receives the message from.
- Either type your SMS content or select a pre-defined 'Content Item'. To learn more about 'Content Items', see Content Items: Re-usable pieces of content
- Add the receipts name and/or Facebook profile link if you wish. This is optional, but it allows you to personalise the message.
- To manually add a recipient for the message, type their mobile number into the "SMS number" field and click 'Add'
- To import recipients from a spreadsheet or comma-separated (CSV) file, click 'Load from file' and select the file on your computer.
Note: You need to use the headings "first_name", "last_name" and "sms" in the first row of the file. The file size limit for an upload is 5MB and there is also a limit to how many Contacts can be included in a single SMS broadcast. This can be set per account but by default is 150 Contacts. If you wish to change the default, speak to your HTK account manager