Omnichannel messaging
Send bulk, scheduled or automated SMS through your own provider account. Add short links that open a screen in your app, or a Micro Page for people outside it.
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AppBoost SMS Marketing is a channel for marketing and product teams to send text-message campaigns to contact lists or single numbers. It works with your own SMS provider, including Twilio and Amazon SNS, and supports deep-linked SMS that open a screen in your app and rich SMS that open a Micro Page.
The problem
A plain SMS reaches the phone but ends there. Without a link that opens the right screen, or a page for people who have not installed the app, you cannot tell what the message achieved.
Capabilities
Connect an account with Amazon SNS, SMS Misr, Victory Link, SMS Global, SMS Country, Alfacell, Twilio, mobily.ws, Jormal or Messagat Saudi.
Download the CSV template, add target list names, mobile numbers and user IDs, then upload. Each list carries a unique name for later targeting.
On the delivery page, send to one specific mobile number or to a whole contact list, and set when the campaign goes out.
Use Appgain Short Links to drive a user to a specific page inside your app straight from the message.
Point the message to a Micro Page when the goal sits outside the app, such as a landing page for people without it.
Display an alphanumeric or numeric sender identity so recipients recognize you. Appgain account managers can help with Sender ID setup.
Use SMS as a step in marketing automation flows, and add merge tags for names and order details in transactional messages.
Open the Campaigns section, choose SMS Campaigns, and review the success ratio for each send.
How it works
For a specific country, your business must be registered and submit a Sender ID request to mobile network providers. Appgain can assist through your account manager.
Open Project Settings, Communication Channels, SMS. Select your vendor and enter the account details it gave you.
From the Store area, open Contact Lists, download the CSV template, fill it in and upload it.
Choose New Campaign, then SMS Campaign. Enter the name and message, add a link if needed, pick recipients and timing, and submit.
Who it is for
You want a direct channel for promotions and reminders where you can see whether the message worked, without switching tools.
You want SMS to return people to a specific place in the product and to fit the flows you already automate.
Use cases
Send new product news or limited offers to a contact list, with a short link that opens the relevant screen in the app.
Use rich SMS to open a Micro Page for contacts who have not installed the app, where they can take an action on the web.
Personalize order and account messages with merge tags for the user name and order details.
Frequently asked questions
Learn more
Step-by-step guides on docs.appgain.io
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Tell us your countries and provider. We will help with Sender ID and your first deep-linked campaign.