The process of sending "mail merge" SMS messages is broken up into 2 steps:
- The preparation of a file containing the mobile phone numbers and data you want to mail merge into the outgoing message
- The uploading of the data prepared in the previous step and the sending of the message batch
Step 1 – Prepare Your Data
The following video will walk you through the process of preparing a Microsoft Excel file containing the data you wish to include in your messages.
Step 2 – Send You Mail Merge Batch
The following video will walk you through the process of sending mail merge SMS using the data contained in the Microsoft Excel spreadhsheet containing created in step 1.
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