FileMaker Text Message Integration with Message Media

In today's world, one of the fastest and most effective ways to reach your customers is through text messaging. With Message Media integrated into your FileMaker solution, you can contact any potential prospects or existing customers with minimal effort, right on their mobile devices. Let's take a look at how we can do this.

Getting Started

Before getting started, you will need a Message Media account. A free trial version is available that allows 25 messages to test functionality before committing to a purchase. After signing up, you will be granted an access key and secret, which serve as your login credentials to use the services. You'll want to keep this information secret and store it in a secure location.

Sending A Text Message

One of the main features of Message Media is the ability to send text messages. To do this, all you need is an access key and secret, a valid phone number to send the message to, and the message itself. You can send multiple messages at once to different people in a single request, making it very easy to reach a large customer base.

Here is an example of how simple the request can be:

Below is an example of the response received from a successful request:

Note the Message ID that is returned. This is the key piece of information you will need in order to track and verify the status of the message you sent. For more detailed information and to review other features of Message Media, refer to the documentation here.

Conclusion

Keeping in contact with your customers not only fosters better relationships but also creates opportunities to build new ones. With the ability to easily integrate Message Media with your FileMaker application, you can even set up automation to reach out to customers you haven't heard from in a while or to follow up to seal the deal with a prospecting customer.

Explore our integration options to see what else is possible for your FileMaker setup. If you have any questions or wish to discuss integrating Message Media with your FileMaker system, please contact DB Services.