Text to Join for ConvertKit

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What is Join By Text?

Join By Text is a service that lets people sign-up for your email list by sending a text message.  This is especially effective for capturing email addresses at events, at a physical location, or as a call-to-action in traditional media ads (print, radio, TV, etc.) Your sign or ad copy would say something like “Text SIGNUP to 12345 and get a special offer when you join our email list!”

How Does Text to Join for ConvertKit Work?

After someone sends a text message with their email address Join By Text automatically passes this email address into your ConvertKit account and signs them up under the appropriate list.  Whatever welcome or offer email you have configured for new subscribers will be sent to them (it works just like a signup on your website). You can connect different keywords to different email lists and change your keywords whenever you want.

How Do I Setup this Service?

First, when signing up for your free trial, you will pick a keyword your users will text to a five-digit number to signup for your list. This should be one word and preferably a word that’s easy to spell.

After reserving your keyword for the free trial, you will connect your Join By Text account to your ConvertKit list. There are few things you need to do inside your ConvertKit account.

First, login to your ConvertKit account and go to your Account Settings (drop-down in the top right corner).  On that page look for the API Key and copy that string of characters. Over on the Responses page of your Join By Text account click the link to “setup an integration”, and after selecting ConvertKit, paste the string of characters in the API Key field.

Now go back to your ConvertKit account one last time and go to the Forms page at the top.  And then select the form you want to connect your Join By Text keyword to.  After selecting that form look for the Form ID in the URL of the page you’re on.  It should look something like this “https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/12345/edit” and you will copy the numbers bolded in the example.  Go back to your Join By Text account and paste these numbers in the Form ID field. Click the “Connect to ConvertKit” button and the connection has been completed.

Finally, you will decide what auto-response messages the Join By Text system will send back to users who are signing up for your list.  The first message will ask for their email address and the second will confirm receipt and give them any other important details, like a link to your mobile website.

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