USER MANUAL - CheapbulkSMSplus
Contents
1. lt gt Z lt gt ad LLI Y gt ma VEVETA ISP EEE EEE NN ROP DPD RRRRRAEEERRA EE AAA VA VA VA VA VA VA VA VAR SS RRRRREERE RRA EE VEIAS CEE AAA AAA VA AAA VR BENNO ee a Ro eRe Re eR Re A LLNS NAN SS CheapBulksMSplus com USER MANUAL Contents Maintain Groups Import Numbers Insert Single Number Bulk Import preparing your file Save File as a CSV Text Download Formats How to Import from a file Maintain Numbers Send Single SMS Send Bulk SMS remendos ga Create SMS Template Sent QueuUBO coccccccncncconionccinnninananinnanonos RepliesS o o oo Blacklist Auto Delete Sub Accounts eee BDay Groups BDay Import 1 Login First login with your username and password at www cheapbulksmsplus com Number of credits in your account are in red in the bottom left corner 2 Account Settings You can change the following here Change Your password Just enter the new one twice beside Password and Confirm Password Click on Update Account Contact Information name email and phone numbers Time Difference If you are international you can change your server time difference Low Credit Warning and Reporting Remove or change low credit warnings and summary reports that are sent to your email Forward r2. ERR ETE Alignment la Book Microsoft Excel Data Review View F Conditional Formatting dE Format as Table Y Cell Styles Styles General ee 18 28 Number Y A ne 7Y sa J Sort amp Find amp Filter Select Editing JA Delete gt TE Format Cells Cs How to create a template using the above Excel example that was imported 1 Goto SMS Templates 2 Beside Template type Value3 You will see 3 Click Create Template Menu gt Home Page gt Account Settings gt Maintain Groups gt Maintain Numbers gt Import Data gt Single Message gt Bulk Message gt SMS Templates gt Sender ID s gt Replies gt BDay Groups Hi click on Value 1 hit space click on Value2 hit space thanks for donating click on Hi value1 value2 thanks for donating value3 Logged in as steph1 Maintain Message Templates Create Message Template Template Preview Chars Used Template Create Template Hi value1 please pay value2 Delete Selected 4 The message will come out as Hi Peter Smith thanks for donating R300 The next SMS would read Hi John Black thanks for donating R4000 5 Before you send there is a Preview of the message and you will see the first person s details in the first message 10 Sent Queued View the results of the SMS s you ve sent Select the Date the message was sent select the
3. Campaign name if needed Tick off Include groups in Reports to see groups that were sent to Click on EXPAND then click on ALL beside VIEW or Download Status Delivered means it was successfully delivered to the Networks Cancel Messages Click on Pause Messages beside Waiting to be processed Then click on Cancel or release to send the messages Menu Logged in as steph1 Sent Report Select Date Range Home Page Account Settings Start date Feb 4 18 4 2010 EX Maintain Groups a Feb M 18 2010 Maintain Numbers ee S Include groups in report El yes Import Data E Single Message Search Bulk Message Cost Scheduled for Submitted dits VIEW ACTION SMS Templates is E oo 18 Feb 2010 11 30 18 Feb 2010 Sender ID s test Replies All View Download Staged View Download BDay Groups Queued View Download BDay Numbers BDay Import Data Sent Queued Summary Report Sub Accounts Sub Accounts Holding Blacklist Auto Deleted Unknown View Download Expired View Download Undelivered View Download Delivered View Download Replies View Download Opt outs View Download Event Status Refresh Paused You can only CANCEL paused messa Queued No messages to PAUSE Delivery status pending SMS sent to the network waiting delivery status update APY ide 11 Replies All replies automatically go under this menu option Search for Replies based
4. listed below the Search Filter area on Edit Numbers Each number can be edited by clicking EDIT next to the relevant number Delete Numbers Numbers can be deleted individually Select and click delete selected Send SMS to selected numbers You can send SMS to selected numbers or all numbers There is a SELECT ALL or NONE function to assist in working with your data Move Copy numbers in group 1 Select numbers to move copy from a group Click Move Copy Selected 2 Select Action Move or Copy and group 3 Update or ignore the contact if it exists in group 4 Click on Copy Move data Note Important The size of your sets can be set to 20 50 or 100 This is to assist when sending selected SMS Once you go to the next set the previous set selections are deleted It is important to select one page then send your SMS Going to the next set will not carry over your selection Menu Logged in as steph1 Maintain Numbers Search Filter Home Page 3 Sel Group name All groups vi tats arn Groups created by another user Maintain Groups Number Maintain Numbers Valuel Value2 Import Data Value3 Value4 Single Message Values Values Bulk Message Sort Number v ASC M Display M Display value fields in results Set Size 20 v SMS Templates Sender ID s rn Replies BDay Groups 7 Single SMS To send a single SMS 1 Goto Single Message 2 Setthe date and tim
5. on Date All Read or Unread replies You can also search by Campaign name From number and by Words To easily identify the sender include Values 1 to 6 by clicking Include Sent detail and click Search The SMS receiver has 7 days to reply Blacklist Selected You can directly blacklist cell numbers based on their replies from this page Download Replies Sort and download your replies 12 Blacklist Auto Delete Numbers are automatically added to your blacklist if the person replies with STOP REMOVE UNSUBSCRIBE or other similar words and swear words You can search for blacklisted numbers by cell number add 27 in front of cell number Campaign date and containing word You can manually add numbers to the auto delete list by one at a time or in bulk These numbers will be deleted and should the same number be imported again it will be deleted again on importing 13 Sub Accounts Sub Accounts Create an account for another user and transfer credits to them Give them a Username Password and Full name and then click on Create Sub Account Edit Sub Account Click on EDIT on the relevant line Change Password Full name activated or deactivate the sub account and change Time Difference Allocate credits to the sub account see below Sub Account Credit Allocation Allocate the credits to the sub account Enter number of credits beside Amount Add your own Note for your reference optional Click on Update Credits Note chec
6. e If left at default SMS will be sent upon clicking Send Messages 3 Beside TO Enter Mobile number 4 Enter message beside Message Maximum of 160 characters Add template if you have created one see How to create a template 5 Use Tag SMS if you have more to write also maximum of 160 characters costs 1 credit 6 Replies Forward to mobile Enter cell number you want replies to go to cost 1 credit Forward to Email Enter email you want replies to go to free Replies automatically go to SMSPortal too Send Response To send an automated response to the reply fill in the text area 7 Flash message The SMS only flashes and immediately opens on the cell phone It is not saved in their inbox cost 1 credit 8 Campaign name You can group messages under a Campaign Name to organize them 9 Click on Preview SMS Preview of message is shown Click Send Messages or click Close to edit the message 8 Bulk SMS To send a Bulk SMS 1 2 Go to Bulk Message At the top of the page Tick the box beside the correct group or groups You can view groups from your Subaccounts to if they have selected the Read Write option Select the Time Send Now Send Later or Send Between Send Between Use this option for sending a large volume of messages that request the person to call a number A few text messages are sent out every minute over a period of time thus regulating incoming calls Type your message beside Message max 160 cha
7. e if exists Ml Yes Replies p i p eted Dont import if number exists in Auto Deleted BDay Groups Duplication O ignore O Check all my groups O Check selected groups BDay Numbers All numbers imported into a group are unique This setting will allow you to import the number if the number exists in one of BDay Import Data your other groups Sent Queued Import single number Qumman Panar Bulk Import Preparing your file You can import your data from an Excel workbook Then save your Excel file as CSV Comma Delimited Prepare a spreadsheet in Excel with the cell numbers in column A You can add other data pertaining to that cell number beside it in the other columns ZA Bp 24 2B UA A LM 45 eyr SEA Formar 35 favre gt gT ugere WET Paste pr pr 5 so Sort Ek Find amp S 7 BO Ar Eyy 38 2 2 Cell Styles 23 Format 2 Fitter Select Clipboard Font Fa o oia Fa Number gt Styles Cells Editing D faj A E F G H i J 821234567 831234567 gt w N y Note In the spreadsheet to be uploaded the data These numbers can be written as 0831234567 2783234567 831234567 or 2783234567 Columns B to G is for any variable you wish to add into your cell number pertaining to the person linked to the relevant cell number This allows you to send a bulk SMS and make it personal For example Dear Peter Smith we thank you for your donation of R300 Dear John Black we thank you for y
8. eplies to mobile or email Incoming messages from the SMS s you send can goto the cell costs 1 credit or email number you enter Send response to reply If someone replies to your message you can send a response cost 1 credit Forward data to URL If you want to have sent messages and replies forwarded to a website Technical help is required to have this set up 3 Maintain Groups It s important to start here and create one or more groups Groups allow the storage of many cell numbers to be placed where they will be easily found Example Friends Customers Sales Team etc gt so 00 lO Un Enter Group name and Group description Sub Accounts If you want to share that group with someone else who will also be sending SMS s Sub Account holders can have only Reading access or they can Write SMS s see Sub Accounts for more info Click on Create Group Your created groups are displayed below Numbers is the number of mobile phone numbers in the group ex 47 Downloaded 47 numbers Group Name Description and Sub Accounts can be edited Click Edit for the correct group Share Group with Sub accounts Read they cannot edit the group Write they can edit the group Group can be deleted Click box above edit for the correct group Click Delete Selected Group can be Exported to Excel Click on the word Download View groups from Sub Accounts only if Read or Write as been selected or your account and Sub Account
9. er into the same group e Ignore Use this if you don t want to check to see if the mobile number is in other groups e Check all my groups Use this if you want to check to see if the mobile number is in any other groups e Check selected groups Use this if you want to check to see if the mobile number is in certain groups Click Bulk Import from File The task is finished when it says Upload and import complete Updated cell numbers were already in the file and any new values in the imported file were added to the correct cell number Errors counts the number of wrong mobile numbers these are not imported or any place where there was no cell number Duplicates are counted they are not imported 10 Opt outs are counted they are not imported these people have requested to be removed OD WactupWyCocs Testngiest 2 csv 47 gt 47 Kb 100 0 seconss Unknown a 6 Maintain Numbers View numbers in group 1 Select the group desired or leave to default to all groups 2 Enter search criteria add 27 in front of the cell number or leave blank to give all numbers or all numbers in a selected group 3 Select DISPLAY if you want to display the values you added in when loading you data e g Value1 could be the client name this will assist you to identify the number 4 Sort numbers by Number or Value and Ascending ASC or Descending DESC Choose Set Size 20 50 or 100 numbers viewed per page 6 Numbers are
10. k the primary credit stock before allocation of credit to see if there is enough credits available Require Authorization Check this function if any messages that the sub account sends will first need to be authorized by the main account These are viewed in Sub Accounts Holding on the menu Then release or cancel the message These messages can be sent to your cell phone costs 1 credit or to your email address free Maintain Groups When creating groups you have a choice to make the group available to a sub account holder as Read Only or Write The Sub Account holder can also create groups and make them Read or Write for the Main account 13 BDay Groups BDay Import Birthday Messages Birthday Messages are sent to your contacts automatically All you need to do is create a group add a message select a sending time and import your information When importing your data from an Excel spreadsheet the cell number should be in Column A Day in Column B Month numerical in Column C Column D may contain their name optional A short User Guide is available upon request 14 Logout To leave your session click logout so no one can access your data or send SMS s once you have left your PC
11. our donation of R4000 see How to create a Template Save your Excel file as a CSV Comma Delimited file 1 Inthe Excel file go to File and then click on Save As 2 At the bottom of the pop up window File Name rename your file optional and then beside Save as Type select CSV comma delimited pe Ezcel Workbook XML Spreadsheet 2003 Microsoft Excel 5 0 95 Yigetboo Comma delimited Formatted Text Space delimited Text download formats You can use NotePad found under Accessories in Microsoft 1 Mobile number needs to be contained as the first field in the file Mobile number can be written as 0831234567 2783234567 831234567 or 2783234567 2 Separate the columns with commas Up to 7 separated data fields with commas are allowed B tdtdtdtdtd Notepad E 5 xj Fie Edt Forma view Help 0821234567 Peter Smith R300 0831234567 John Black R4000 How to Import from a File Once the data has been set up in one of the above formats it can be imported w m 9 Select Group to which data must be imported If there is data already in the group the new data will only be added it will not overwrite your current data in the group Browse for the file you want to import Double click it when you have found it then the window will close Select the file type you wish to import Select Excel CSV or Text Duplication SMSPortal automatically does not let you import a duplicate numb
12. racters 3 OPTIONS A You can type a message that is the same for everyone or B Select the Template you ve already created or C Create a Template by using the Placeholder Values see How to create a Template Replies Forward to mobile Enter cell number you want replies to go to cost 1 credit Forward to Email Enter email you want replies to go to free Replies automatically go to SMSPortal too Send Response To send an automated response to the reply fill in the text area Flash message The SMS only flashes and immediately opens on the cell phone It is not saved in their inbox cost 1 credit Campaign name You can group messages under a Campaign Name to organize them Click on Preview SMS Preview of message is shown Click Send Messages or click Close to edit the message 9 SMS Templates This is a powerful feature for routine SMS s sent Set up SMS content here and save it Once you go to Single SMS or Bulk SMS menus there is a drop down menu from which you can select an SMS Template do some minor editing if required and send You will need to import other information in Columns B G to use the Placeholders Placeholders Value 1 Column B Value 2 Column C Value 3 Column D hin Section Microsoft Internet Explorer es doc Home Insert A Calibri 1 da az 2 A a Y Brid A Font O Paste Clipboard fx A Page Layout Value 4 Column E Value 5 Column F Value 6 Column G Formulas
13. s 1 Rare r Numbers lssi test 5 Import Numbers Insert Single Number A single number can be entered into a group 1 Select Group to Insert to Beside Number enter mobile number 3 Optional Enter Value 1 Value 6 Column B to Column G in the Excel Spreadsheet if you have more data to add to the cell number Make it similar to the numbers and descriptions already in your group See Bulk Import for more on Values 4 Update if exists Update the cell number with new values if it already exists in the group 5 Duplication SMSPortal automatically does not let you import a duplicate number into the same group Ignore Use this if you don t want to check to see if the mobile number is in other groups Check all my groups Use this if you want to check to see if the mobile number is in any other groups Check selected groups Use this if you want to check to see if the mobile number is in certain groups 6 Deleted If you check this box the number will not be imported if it is on the Auto Delete list see Blacklist Auto Delete o Menu Logged in as steph1 Import my data Insert Single Number Home Page ee to clients Numbers 0 v Account Settings i Groups created by another user Maintain Groups Number 0803345666 Maintain Numbers v 1 steph Import Data williams Single Message ta Bulk Message SMS Templates 6 Sender ID s g Updat
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search