Sending bulk SMSs from Bookem

You can send bulk SMS messages to specific groups of your clients from Bookem. For example, you could filter by location, date of birth, or purchase history.

How to send bulk SMSs

  1. Go to Messages > Bulk SMS

  2. Click 'Create bulk SMS'

  3. In the Filter section, select the filters you want to use

  4. In the Message section, enter your message

  5. Click Send

Sending SMSs uses Tokens. Click here to read more on: What is a Token?

Here is an example of how to use filters:

This business is having a 20% off sale for all services at Location 1 with Harry Potter on Friday.

Note: A single SMS message technically supports up to 160 characters, or up to 70 if the message contains one or more Unicode characters (such as emoji or Chinese characters).

How to send forms in bulk SMSs

  1. Go to Forms in the side menu

  2. Under sendable forms, click the three-dotted kebab next to the form you want yo send

  3. Select 'send' on the drop-down

  4. Click 'Bulk SMS' to set it up and add a form link to your bulk message

  5. Type a name and SMS body with the variable by typing '#' and link to the form: #linkto"yourformname"

    This variable will ensure that each client receives an individualised link to their own form

  6. Search for all the client numbers you'd like to send it to and click 'Add clients'

  7. Now, once you're happy, click 'Send'

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