Creating a Scheduled SMS Campaign

In the Yext sidebar, click Campaigns.
Click Create a Campaign.
Select Scheduled Campaign.
Enter the campaign name and description, then click Continue.
Click the Campaign Scope card to select entities, then click Save.
- Campaign Scope determines which entities can use the campaign, and limits the potential audience to only contacts that are associated with the chosen entities.
Hover over the Campaign Scope card and select Add SMS Channel.
Click the SMS Channel card to configure the audience, then click Save.
- You can select individual contacts or lists of contacts you want to include in or exclude from the campaign.
Click Add Next Step > Add SMS.
Click the New SMS card to configure your first text in the campaign, then click Save.
1. Optionally, change the name of the message. This name change is not visible to the recipient.
2. Under Message, add the text of the message. Optionally, click the + icon to include variables in the message, which resolve to the Knowledge Graph for each specified entity.
3. Select the date and time you want the first text to go out.
Repeat steps 8 and 9 until you’ve added all the desired texts to the campaign.
Click Add Next Step > End Campaign.
Do one of the following:
- To save it as a draft, click the back arrow.
- To activate the campaign, change the Inactive toggle to Active.

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