[Clever Forum Name]

What a life saver today.

Today for the first time ever I am having to salt. The design of these new estates is causing mega issues with freezing water on paths and at houses.

So I clean customer.

Put rock salt down.

Put bill through.

Open App.

Send SMS - generic salt rock text.

Mark as done

Bloody simple and saving me time so it ain't a ball ache.

[Fin Clearview]

How do you send a text generically - is it in settings, or are you using the text service CP provides?

[Clever Forum Name]

How do you send a text generically - is it in settings, or are you using the text service CP provides?

Texting the night before I use CP via text local. Costs around 4 odd pence. I set the messages to always go out at 7pm customers love it. As sometimes I would text at 4/5/6/7/8/9pm ! Texting at 4pm usually means customers forgets.

When I am out and about. Load up CP app on iPhone. Click send SMS and I have templates on my phone. It send it via the iphone. I get unlimited free texts so its free.

The texts from Text local via CP can't be replied to you see. So none of this. Leave next time. Not that I get that a lot anyway.

[andyM]

What a life saver today.

Today for the first time ever I am having to salt. The design of these new estates is causing mega issues with freezing water on paths and at houses.

So I clean customer.

Put rock salt down.

Put bill through.

Open App.

Send SMS - generic salt rock text.

Mark as done

Bloody simple and saving me time so it ain't a ball ache.

I know it's been cold and icy but sending a text containing rock salt is a bit much innit? 

[Clever Forum Name]

What a life saver today.

Today for the first time ever I am having to salt. The design of these new estates is causing mega issues with freezing water on paths and at houses.

So I clean customer.

Put rock salt down.

Put bill through.

Open App.

Send SMS - generic salt rock text.

Mark as done

Bloody simple and saving me time so it ain't a ball ache.

I know it's been cold and icy but sending a text containing rock salt is a bit much innit? 

I don't want people complaining of stained carpets

[Fin Clearview]

How do you send a text generically - is it in settings, or are you using the text service CP provides?

Texting the night before I use CP via text local. Costs around 4 odd pence. I set the messages to always go out at 7pm customers love it. As sometimes I would text at 4/5/6/7/8/9pm ! Texting at 4pm usually means customers forgets.

When I am out and about. Load up CP app on iPhone. Click send SMS and I have templates on my phone. It send it via the iphone. I get unlimited free texts so its free.

The texts from Text local via CP can't be replied to you see. So none of this. Leave next time. Not that I get that a lot anyway.

Sounds good, it is a shame you have to pay for this though if you have free texts from phone. It would be great if this can be done without the text local service.

[Clever Forum Name]

How do you send a text generically - is it in settings, or are you using the text service CP provides?

Texting the night before I use CP via text local. Costs around 4 odd pence. I set the messages to always go out at 7pm customers love it. As sometimes I would text at 4/5/6/7/8/9pm ! Texting at 4pm usually means customers forgets.

When I am out and about. Load up CP app on iPhone. Click send SMS and I have templates on my phone. It send it via the iphone. I get unlimited free texts so its free.

The texts from Text local via CP can't be replied to you see. So none of this. Leave next time. Not that I get that a lot anyway.

Sounds good, it is a shame you have to pay for this though if you have free texts from phone. It would be great if this can be done without the text local service.

You Probably can ask Rob. The issue for me is the times they are sent. In the winter my van is sorted and ready by 5pm. I dont want to then start sending texts at 7pm. I switch off at 5pm and let CP do it for me. While my van is filling, i am on CP

[Rob @ Cleaner Planner]

How do you send a text generically - is it in settings, or are you using the text service CP provides?

When I am out and about. Load up CP app on iPhone. Click send SMS and I have templates on my phone. It send it via the iphone. I get unlimited free texts so its free.

H2O - does iPhone have built in text templates? Or do you use a 3rd party app? (I have Android and iPad here but not iPhone)

If you can do this with built in templates on the iPhone that would compliment the "Send SMS" button in the Cleaner Planner app perfectly (and I think that's what you're saying?)

If you could explain how Fynn and others can do that I think it would be a top tip

As for bulk + scheduled SMS from the PC/Mac that's where the integration with Textlocal comes into it's own (and pays for itself in terms of time saved for those who use it).

[Clever Forum Name]

That just complicates the process lol.

When you click SEND SMS. It takes you to a new message. I just copy a paste from a file I have on the iPhone. It's a rare thing texting a customer after I have done the job.

So I just copy and paste. Yesterday was all about rock salt texting.

So every time I clicked SEND SMS. When it opened I just clicked paste. Simples.

[Rob @ Cleaner Planner]

This might be worth a look though for those who (generally, not just for CP) would like SMS templates on their iPhone:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/message-templates/id379908829?mt=8

[Clever Forum Name]

This might be worth a look though for those who (generally, not just for CP) would like SMS templates on their iPhone:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/message-templates/id379908829?mt=8

Will have a look at that thanks.

Like I say VERY rare to text a customer on the day. Good for rained off work tho!

[Fin Clearview]

Thanks for the info guys. Pure - I agree all sounds spot on auto texts at 7pm etc. I think those benefits outweigh the cost. The only problem for me is that I don't do exactly the same work as I did the month before and I take it Text Local works on this basis , I.e it will text the same amount of clients for say tomorrow's work load. (Hope you follow what I'm trying to get at).
Rob Ive just got the app you linked, works well thanks for the copy and paste method. Thanks

[Clever Forum Name]

Thanks for the info guys. Pure - I agree all sounds spot on auto texts at 7pm etc. I think those benefits outweigh the cost. The only problem for me is that I don't do exactly the same work as I did the month before and I take it Text Local works on this basis , I.e it will text the same amount of clients for say tomorrow's work load. (Hope you follow what I'm trying to get at).
Rob Ive just got the app you linked, works well thanks for the copy and paste method. Thanks

No no no lol. You tell it who you want to text. You create a worksheet. Then click SEND SMS and it will send to all OR select the ones you want. You have total control over it.

[PoleKing]

This might be worth a look though for those who (generally, not just for CP) would like SMS templates on their iPhone:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/message-templates/id379908829?mt=8

Thanks for that Rob.

Not sure if I've asked before but...
Can you design a keyboard that that is just the numbers please?
Im on iPhone. I copy/paste the text and then input customers number.
I don't want to store their number in my phone and don't want a block of customers saved either.
I just want it so that when I have the screen to put the phone number in it is like:

123
456
789
*0#

not:
1234567890

Can you do that so that its a 'keyboard' option?
So that you can click the globe where the emoji keyboard is and just the numeric one come up...
(should i start a new thread on this?)

[Fin Clearview]

Thanks for the info guys. Pure - I agree all sounds spot on auto texts at 7pm etc. I think those benefits outweigh the cost. The only problem for me is that I don't do exactly the same work as I did the month before and I take it Text Local works on this basis , I.e it will text the same amount of clients for say tomorrow's work load. (Hope you follow what I'm trying to get at).
Rob Ive just got the app you linked, works well thanks for the copy and paste method. Thanks

No no no lol. You tell it who you want to text. You create a worksheet. Then click SEND SMS and it will send to all OR select the ones you want. You have total control over it.

yes yes yes lol 

[Rob @ Cleaner Planner]

Fin - just to add, you can mark your jobs as "Remind customer" and they then appear with an orange bell icon next to them throughout the system, including the worksheets on the PC/Mac and mobile app (I think you're already doing this?) With this and SMS set up you get a button top left of the worksheet "Send SMS Reminders" all you have to do is click that, tweak the last message you sent and click "Send" and the message goes out to all customers with mobile numbers and reminders enabled. The orange bell for these customers then goes green and crossed out on the worksheet so you know you've reminded them. The rest you can call or email. Hope that makes sense, feel free to drop me an email or give me a call if you want to discuss further.

PoleKing - didn't used to be possible to develop custom keyboards on iOS but looks like they now support it in iOS 8. OS customisation isn't really my focus to be honest, but I imagine now this is supported in iOS all sorts of custom keyboard apps will start to appear on the App Store. Have you had a hunt round and come up short?

[PoleKing]

Fin - just to add, you can mark your jobs as "Remind customer" and they then appear with an orange bell icon next to them throughout the system, including the worksheets on the PC/Mac and mobile app (I think you're already doing this?) With this and SMS set up you get a button top left of the worksheet "Send SMS Reminders" all you have to do is click that, tweak the last message you sent and click "Send" and the message goes out to all customers with mobile numbers and reminders enabled. The orange bell for these customers then goes green and crossed out on the worksheet so you know you've reminded them. The rest you can call or email. Hope that makes sense, feel free to drop me an email or give me a call if you want to discuss further.

PoleKing - didn't used to be possible to develop custom keyboards on iOS but looks like they now support it in iOS 8. OS customisation isn't really my focus to be honest, but I imagine now this is supported in iOS all sorts of custom keyboard apps will start to appear on the App Store. Have you had a hunt round and come up short?

Yes mate. Nothing doing. That I could find.
I'd imagine it wouldn't be that difficult but just not my thing.
Could you point me in the direction of someone who could do it?

[Fin Clearview]

Thank Rob - email sent 

[Rob @ Cleaner Planner]

Yes mate. Nothing doing. That I could find.
I'd imagine it wouldn't be that difficult but just not my thing.
Could you point me in the direction of someone who could do it?

Sorry, can't think of anyone off the top of my head. As it's a very clearly defined task, you might have some luck putting it on one of the freelance project boards and see what you get back by way of proposals/quotes - e.g. www.peopleperhour.com, www.elance.com.

[Fin Clearview]

Yes mate. Nothing doing. That I could find.
I'd imagine it wouldn't be that difficult but just not my thing.
Could you point me in the direction of someone who could do it?

Sorry, can't think of anyone off the top of my head. As it's a very clearly defined task, you might have some luck putting it on one of the freelance project boards and see what you get back by way of proposals/quotes - e.g. www.peopleperhour.com, www.elance.com.

They look like a good, cheap way to get certain jobs done Rob. Might just give one of those a try.