Connecting your HubSpot Account

Connecting HubSpot to the TNZ SMS app

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Tailored specifically for HubSpot users, TNZ SMS is a HubSpot marketplace app that transforms how you communicate with your contacts by seamlessly integrating TNZ's SMS messaging into your HubSpot ecosystem.

Features

  • Direct SMS to Contacts: Send SMS messages to your contacts within HubSpot directly from the sidebar.
  • Workflow SMS Triggers: Automate SMS messages in Deals and Workflows, ensuring timely and relevant interactions without manual effort.
  • Conversation Continuity: Keep the conversation flowing with support for SMS replies. All conversations are neatly organized in the HubSpot Timeline, ensuring you never miss a beat.
  • Contact Sync: Sync your HubSpot contacts into the TNZ Dashboard to fully utilize TNZ's SMS, Email and Voice broadcasting and marketing tools.
  • Exclusive Focus on New Zealand and Australia: Enjoy competitive pricing and unparalleled service quality for sending SMS to mobile numbers in New Zealand and Australia.

 

Connecting TNZ SMS

Step 1: Log into your TNZ Dashboard

Login to your TNZ Account: https://my.tnz.co.nz

Ensure your TNZ login name matches your HubSpot login name.

If you do not have an account, you can register here: https://www.tnz.co.nz/Services/SignUp

my.tnz.co.nz Login

 

Step 2: Connect TNZ to HubSpot

From the menu, select Service Settings, then Integrations, then HubSpot and connect your HubSpot account.

Ensure your TNZ login name matches your HubSpot login name.

HubSpot - Connect TNZ

Note: Each HubSpot user will need to repeat this step individually (connect TNZ <-> HubSpot).

Step 3: Find the TNZ SMS app in HubSpot

In HubSpot:

  1. Open a Contact, Company or Deal with a linked Mobile Phone Number.
  2. Find TNZ SMS in the sidebar.
  3. Select Send SMS to create a new message.
  4. After sending, you'll see the history update to reflect the sent message.
Can't find TNZ SMS in the HubSpot sidebar?

Add through Connected Apps

Ask a HubSpot Super Admin to complete this setup. See HubSpot’s app card guidance for details.

  1. Open Settings → Account Management → Integrations → Connected Apps.
  2. Select TNZ SMS, then Settings → App cards.
  3. Select Manage locations for the card you want to add.
TNZ SMS app settings with Manage locations controls for the TNZ SMS and Helpdesk cards
  1. On the Contacts tab, select TNZ SMS beside each view and location where you want the card to appear.
  2. Repeat on the Companies, Deals and Tickets tabs. Each tab has its own selections.
  3. Select Save.
  4. Repeat for each card type you want to configure.
Contacts tab with TNZ SMS selected for the default record page and conversations inbox views

Return to the record and check its sidebar.

Add manually to views

Select Customize:

HubSpot - Sidebar-Customize

Select your view:

HubSpot - Sidebar-Customize-DefaultView

Click Add on the Right-Side Sidebar:

HubSpot - Sidebar-Customize-Add

Search under Card Library and select TNZ SMS:

HubSpot - Sidebar-Customize-AddTNZSMS

TNZ SMS sidebar with sent and received messages and the Send SMS button

Step 4: View message history in the HubSpot Activity Feed

Under a Contact, Company or Deal, recent SMS messages sent and received will display in the activities section.

First, you'll need to add "TNZ SMS" to your Activities view:

  1. Open a Contact in HubSpot
  2. Click on the Activities tab
  3. Check the 'SMS' and 'TNZ SMS' options

HubSpot - Activity Filter

Note: HubSpot currently does not update the "Last Activity Date" for 'SMS' communications - this is limited to Note, Call, Email, Meeting and Task.

 

Step 5: Send SMS in Workflows

You can optionally use SMS messaging in Workflows, for example, automatically send a welcome SMS when creating a new Contact.

  1. Create a workflow or edit an existing one
  2. Set up your Trigger, such as 'user completed form' or 'contact created'
  3. Set up an Action and select SendSMS

HubSpot - Workflow Action

 

Step 6: Export A Contact List for Broadcasting

You can send SMS, Email and Voice broadcasts to your contacts.

In HubSpot:

  1. Select CRM, then Contacts

  2. Create a Filter, View or List that contains your chosen contacts

  3. Click 'Edit Columns' and ensure 'Mobile Phone Number' is displayed

    HubSpot - Edit Columns
    HubSpot - Edit Columns - Add Mobile
  4. Click 'Export' and select 'CSV'

    HubSpot - Export CSV

  5. Save the export to your PC

In the TNZ Dashboard:

  1. Follow the appropriate guide for your message type:
    SMS Broadcasts
    Email Broadcasts
    Voice Broadcasts

  2. When Selecting Contacts, import your HubSpot CSV list

    Dashboard - Upload A List

 


Topics:   Installation

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