Setup SmartText

1.	Click SmartText in the left-hand menu.

2.	You’ll notice the “Account isn’t configured yet” message.

3.	Click the Setup tab or the “via Setup” link in the “Account isn’t configured yet” message.

4.	Read the Overview on-screen and the Differences between Shared and Custom Keywords information.

5.	Once you’ve determined your keyword, type that into the keyword box and click Check Availability.

Figure – Sample Shared keyword of gvc is checked for availability

6.	After finding the desired available keyword, ensure the keyword is typed in the field and click Reserve and Enable.

7.	The Current Keywords section will populate with your unique SmartText information.

8.	You are ready to advertise and start receiving subscriptions to your text service.

Note: If desiring to have different lists of subscribers (event list, board member group etc), you must also create groups and have your subscribers opt in to the desired group. You must setup these groups prior to advertising your opt-in information to the public so that subscribers are placed in the proper groups. Subscribers may not be moved from one group to another.

In the shared keyword example above, you would advertise that your subscribers should text

Notify gvc to 313131

This would subscribe them to your generic list titled “Subscribers without Specific Groups”.

Note: Creating a custom keyword ($25/month) would eliminate the phrase “notify” from the opt in text. In the example above, if “gvc” were a custom keyword, then subscribers would be told to text

gvc to 313131

This would subscribe them to the generic list titled “Subscribers without Specific Groups”. When allowing subscribers to opt-in, then having a custom keyword is much easier.