Recurring Text Messages

How to Set Up & Send Recurring Text Messages

Sending recurring text messages with Textedly is quick and simple. Whether you're a business looking to engage customers or an individual managing personal tasks, Textedly’s user-friendly platform makes scheduling repeat messages effortless. By setting your preferred frequency, you can ensure your audience receives timely communication without the hassle. Now, let's walk through the steps to set up recurring text messages.

Create a Textedly Account

The first step will be to sign up for a Textedly account. You can create one for free.

Write Your Message

Next, you’ll craft your recurring message. You can customize each one.

Schedule Your Recurring Message

Set the date, time, and recurring send time interval.

Start Sending

Double-check your cadence and your repeat messages are ready to go.

Tips for Sending Recurring Texts

Here are a few of the best practices to consider when setting up and sending recurring messages.

Organize Recurring Texts by Group

By creating custom groups based on criteria like location, interests, or engagement level, users can ensure that each segment receives relevant content. This feature is particularly useful for businesses looking to send targeted promotions, event reminders, or updates to specific customer segments. Once groups are established, recurring messages can be scheduled and sent automatically, ensuring each audience gets the right message at the right time.

Send Personalized Recurring Messages

Personalization matters in today’s day and age. Be mindful that you’re sending highly personalized texts to your customers. You can include their first name, relevant content, and more. Here are some ways to personalize specific recurring messages:

Birthday Messages

Users can set up recurring messages that automatically send personalized birthday wishes to subscribers. You can include the recipient's name, special offers, or discounts tied to their birthday, making the message feel personal and thoughtful. These messages can be scheduled to go out on the exact date or even a few days in advance, giving subscribers a memorable experience.

Event Reminders

For businesses that host regular events, Textedly allows users to create recurring reminders tailored to each event. Whether it's a webinar, sale, or store opening, users can schedule messages to automatically go out to specific groups of customers. These messages can be personalized with event details, dates, times, and links to RSVP or register, ensuring no one misses important events.

Special Promotions

If you run regular sales or promotions, you can create recurring messages that automatically remind customers of upcoming deals or limited-time offers. Textedly makes it easy to customize these messages with specific promotional codes or unique offers based on customer segments, ensuring each recipient gets relevant, timely content.

Track Message Analytics

Ensure you’re measuring performance of your recurring texts. Here are a few metrics to keep an eye on:

Monitor Delivery Rates

The delivery rate is the first thing to check in your message analytics. If you notice many failed deliveries, there are likely issues with your contact list (e.g., incorrect phone numbers). Keep your contact list clean and up-to-date to avoid delivery problems.

Analyze Open Rates

Tracking open rates is essential when sending recurring texts. Open rates tell you how many recipients are opening your messages. If your open rates are low, it may indicate that your message isn’t grabbing attention. Try experimenting with different message formats, personalization, and sending times to optimize engagement.

Assess Unsubscribe Rates

An unsubscribe rate gives you insights into how your audience is reacting to your recurring messages. A high unsubscribe rate may suggest that your messages are too frequent, irrelevant, or not adding enough value to your subscribers.

Best Ways to Use Recurring Text Messages

Here are some of the best use cases for recurring messages.

Birthdays

Send personalized birthday greetings or exclusive birthday offers or discounts each year. With this recurring text feature, you can set up a text to trigger automatically on your customer's birthday.

Holidays

Set up a holiday greeting to send to your contacts each year. For example, you could send holiday greetings and wishes, offer holiday-specific deals, promote holiday-themed products or services, create holiday gift guides or bundles, or send last-minute holiday reminders.

Service Reminders

Schedule monthly semi-annual service reminders for maintenance or other routine services. For example, a pool builder in the Midwest could schedule an annual pool opening service reminder for spring.

Payment Notifications

Many businesses use recurring texts for payment reminders. You can send monthly rent reminders, credit card reminders, or other recurring payment requests.

Payment Notifications

Many businesses use recurring texts for payment reminders. You can send monthly rent reminders, credit card reminders, or other recurring payment requests.

Internal Business Updates

If you share schedules monthly, you could set up a recurring message to remind employees to check the schedule when it is ready. You can also schedule recurring reminders about training.

Other Powerful Textedly Features to Know

Here are some other features you can pair with recurring messages.

Unlimited Contacts

You will never have a limit. Get as many mobile phone numbers signed up as you possibly can. Textedly will never limit your contact list.

Two-Way SMS

Customers can reply to any of your messages, enabling your business to engage in a two-way text conversation. Textedly’s inbox makes it easy to reply to any subscribers who reply to your messages.

Omnichannel Inbox

Manage all your messaging conversations in one single place. Textedly allows businesses to connect and manage multiple messaging channels like SMS, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and more. Plus, you can easily request payments for reviews from your contacts right from the messaging inbox.

AI Text Messaging

With the power of ChatGPT, Textedly allows businesses to improve their messages. With its AI feature, businesses can simplify or reword their message in a few clicks.

Multimedia Messaging Service

Textedly enables businesses to send and receive MMS messages. This lets you send photos, attachments, links, and more.

Rich Fonts

Make your recurring text messages stand out with bold and italic fonts. Use these rich fonts to emphasize your most important words.

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