Tutorials: Blasts

From the VoxSMS Dashboard, select the "Blasts" tab.

To send a new blast, click on "Send New Blast" in the top right corner of the screen. You can also click on the gear icon to modify the "Compliance Footer Default" setting.

Fill out the blast's required fields.

Type in an easily identifiable blast name:

Select a blast status:

Draft: saves a blast, so it can be sent out at a later date. Send Now: immediately send out a blast; it will take about a minute for it to send. Schedule: sends a blast out at a specific date and time.

Fill out a message you want to send in this text box:

The compliance footer automatically appends a message to the end of your blast. Contacts will be opted out of automated messages when they reply with: STOP, END, CANCEL, QUIT, or UNSUBSCRIBE.

You could select a pre-existing contact list to send the blast out to:

Or you could create a custom list from your contacts:

When you are finished filling out your blast's information, click on the "Save Blast" button.

You can modify your blast if it is in the "Drafts" or "Scheduled" phase. Simply click on your blast and it will open the editor. You can modify all of the fields mentioned above.

You could also click on "Delete Blast" from here as well.

You can click on the "Drafts" tab, the "Scheduled" tab, the "In Progress" tab, or the "Sent" tab to view your blasts.

This example shows a blast that has already been sent: