{"id":1987,"date":"2016-05-18T15:43:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:45:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T15:45:56","slug":"schedule-text-messages-via-zapier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/schedule-text-messages-via-zapier\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule Text Messages via Zapier!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve made an exciting update to our Zapier integration&#8230;not only can you trigger a message to be sent to a customer you can now also schedule the messages to be sent at a future time and date meaning automation just got super-clever!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not already familiar with <a href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\">Zapier<\/a>, it is a web automation platform that allows businesses to connect hundreds of web services, like FireText, to many others such as; Freshdesk, Eventbrite and Mailchimp without the need for any coding or development work. We get everything hooked up with Zapier and you simply tell them what to connect.<\/p>\n<p>Our latest update means you can&nbsp;add the Schedule Message function to our&nbsp;existing features including Send Message, Add Contact and Receive New Message.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s super-easy to schedule a message on FireText via Zapier, when you&nbsp;create a Zap, just choose&nbsp;<strong>Schedule Message&nbsp;<\/strong>from the FireText Action options as below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1990 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-1.jpg\" alt=\"ZAPIER SCHEDULE\" width=\"900\" height=\"895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-1-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-1-768x764.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can then fill in the details as you usually would but&nbsp;add a date and time in the <strong>Schedule For<\/strong> section so your message will go out at the desired time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-DATE-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-DATE-1.jpg\" alt=\"ZAPIER SCHEDULE DATE\" width=\"900\" height=\"895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-DATE-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-DATE-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-DATE-1-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firetext.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ZAPIER-SCHEDULE-DATE-1-768x764.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View full <a href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/zapbook\/\">Zapier App Directory.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need an account with Zapier and one with <a href=\"https:\/\/app.firetext.co.uk\/\">FireText<\/a> too, then you can go ahead and start creating Zaps. Not sure how you can use Zapier? 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