Typing in Recipients
This was previously called Form Entry.
Under 2 – Choose Recipients, select Type them in to enter your recipients by hand. This is the quickest option when you have a short list, or when you don't have a spreadsheet handy.
Typing in recipients supports a single variable being piped into your messages – the person's name. If you need more variables, use Upload a CSV instead.
It also supports sending group texts / MMS messages.
Step-by-step example
Here's an example that may be useful to teachers.
A Message like this:
And a Numbers, Names field like this:
Would generate these 2 texts:
Alternatively, if you've disabled sending group texts in the 1 – Choose Settings section, it would generate these 3 individual texts:
So you could easily send custom individual messages to both students and parents about a recent test.
On the other hand, if you Upload a CSV, you can tell your students their grade in the message directly!
Additional tips
- You can format your Message field however you want (line breaks, emoji, spacing, etc), but you should include
{name}in order to pipe in the name. Click the {name} button under the message box to insert it. - The Numbers, Names field should have one line per message that will be generated, with the phone number(s) going first, then a comma (
,), and then the person's name. - If you want to send group texts, phone numbers should be separated by a forward slash – the
/character. - Everything after the first comma is treated as the name, so names like
Doe, John Jr.work as expected. - If you leave off the name, Bulk Texter Pro will substitute "friend".
- Use the Recent button next to the Numbers, Names field to reload a contact list you've used before.