4: what about text?
running out of emails
You probably have more phone numbers than emails on your phone. Here is how to invite them to your email list through text messaging.
same concept
Once again, the idea is to send an invitation with a link to your sign-up landing page.
mass text
How do you send a lot of people the same text message without ruining their day? Cause we all know, getting put in a group text is a modern curse.
The answer is the mass text.
Technically this is switching group messaging from MMS to SMS. Without getting in the weeds, SMS is your simple words-only texting. MMS is your data using messaging which allows you to send pictures and group people into a group message.
different for different phones
android phone
These are the phones I have always had. So I can give concrete instructions:
- In the texting app click on the three-dot menu in the upper right corner
- Go to Settings.
- Go to Advanced. yes, we are getting nerdy
- At the top is Group messaging. After clicking on that, select “Send an SMS reply to all recipients and get individual replies (mass text)”.
With that small change, you can create a group text. And when you send all of them the one text message, you will have created a new text thread between each person and yourself only.
iphone
Beats me. Instructions from online
samsung is different
I do not have a Samsung phone, but I know they have weird ways of building group texts and making the setting mass text. The best instructions I can find.
my text invitation
Good day! Sorry to interrupt, but there’s a little underground project I work on to help my musician friends “make it” online. You’d be awesome to enter your email at howmbase.com/ben to learn about what’s happening—Ben Brown
I texted this to over 100 people—family, friends, co-workers, and alumni. Several folks replied back.
practicals
Shorten your email message from the previous practicals to look like a more normal text message. Turn your group messaging to mass text mode. Then add everyone into a group. Send the text. Respond to everyone who texts you back.
resources and references
more reading
If you’re too scared to follow these instructions, get some encouragement by reading the collection new narrative for musicians.
If you’ve done this and you’re ready for the next step, read through the collection on Patreon.