You can create an SMS send using an automated scenario.

To create an SMS send:

• Go to Scenario in the Touchdown menu
• Click + New to create a new automation scenario
• Enter the Name of the scenario
• Select one of the automation templates
• Click Add an entry point and select your entry point – for more information about automation entry points, view this article
• Click a plus sign and select Execute an action > Send SMS
• Select the sender name by clicking the number on the top of the phone screen
• To add content, click Please fill in your message in the blue area:
  • You may personalise your SMS using tags, click  and select the tag you want, for example, Hi ((first name)),…)
  • You may add links:
    • If you want to track clicks on the link, click and paste a link
    • If you don’t want to track clicks on the link, paste the link directly in the message 
  • In the top right, you see current number of characters of your content
  • Note: one SMS is composed of 150 characters if your content contains more characters the message will be automatically composed of two or three SMS
• You may manage your unsubscribed contacts:
  • Click on No blacklist selected
  • Select one or more blacklists – for more information about creating blacklists, view this article
• In the area showing the Default country code:
  • Click on the selected country
  • Select the country code you want
• You may send an SMS test:
  • Click on the dashes —
  • Type a phone number you want to receive the SMS test
  • Click Send to 1 phone number
• When you are done preparing your SMS, click OK