Automation

Start More Text Conversations & Close the Loop with Automation

Extend the reach of your messaging capabilities with chatbots, forms, and automation.

Maximize Follow-Ups & Replies - Automatically.

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Manage More Conversations

Generate text replies from broadcasts, chatbots, or web forms.

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Set Keyword Autoresponders

Automatically respond when contacts text a keyword.

Close the Loop via Integrations

Use Zapier to integrate your texts with your other tools.

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Set Out-of-Office Texts

Respond to contacts instantly outside of office hours.

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Start conversations

Start conversations with broadcasts, web forms or a chat bot.

Send a broadcast to contacts or directly your website visitors to a form or chatbot that starts a text thread on your phone line.

  • Send broadcasts with keywords for automatic replies.
  • Embed a chatbot to gather contact info and send replies.
  • Add forms to your website or landing page.
Autoresponders

Send automatic replies when contacts text a keyword.

Send automatic texts when contacts text a keyword. Then automatically group contacts based on their responses.

  • Use “QUOTE” or “HELP” to add contacts to groups.
  • Chain keyword responses to dynamically group contacts.
  • Assign teammates to text threads.
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Integrations

Close the loop with automated replies and actions.

Take action based on replies and more. Use Zapier to integrate MessageDesk with the other apps your organization uses.

  • Triggers automatically add or remove contacts from groups.
  • Auto-assign conversations to teammates based on replies.
  • Create automation for service, support, and more.

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Free Tools & Downloads

Download ebooks and check out our free tools including our free AI SMS Template Generator.

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Out-of-office texts

Automate responses when outside of office hours.

Let contacts know when you're unavailable. Manage expectations with office-hours tied to automated texts.

  • Set weekend and weekday availability as-needed.
  • Personalize responses with templates, tags, media and links.
  • Use call forwarding for more response capabilities.
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