Are you looking for a quick way to collect leads for your SMS marketing campaigns? 

Many small businesses use SMS marketing because it is cheaper. 95% of SMS messages can be read in less than 3 minutes.

Studies show that 48% prefer to receive brand updates via SMS, while 22% prefer emails.

Sending SMS to your prospects with urgent offers can be a great way for them to get in touch. An SMS popup allows you to inform customers about special offers and provide information. 

• Find new leads
• Engage more
• Boost sales

This article will show you how to create an SMS popup for your website free of charge using Kobe Digital. Now you can start generating SMS leads and increase customer awareness.

Let’s start with SMS popups. Why would you want customers to provide their phone numbers?

What’s an SMS Popup?

Many SMS popups can also be used to collect leads’ email addresses. However, they ask for this information in exchange for a lead magnet or discount.

Text messages are much more popular than email and consumers tend to pay more attention to them. This makes SMS marketing more efficient for marketers.

Popup SMS campaigns can be used to quickly draw attention to your website.

How can you make one? Keep reading to find out more.

How do I create a popup for an SMS subscription

We’ll use only two tools to create an SMS popup campaign.

• Kobe Digital
• SMS and email marketing software is used (such as SendinBlue, ActiveCampaign, or SendPulse).

Kobe Digital is the most efficient lead generation tool and conversion tool. It allows you to quickly create smart popups in just minutes. 

Kobe Digital may also be used for:

• Add to your email list
• Increase in Sales
• Increase engagement, conversions

Not all Email Service Providers Offer Free Plans.

Let’s look at the steps to create a popup for an SMS subscription.

Step 1 – Select a template for your SMS campaign

You can create a Kobe Digital Account and then go to your dashboard to create a new Popup. To customize the template, choose from either a premade or canvas template.

Kobe Digital has a wide range of pre-built templates. These templates are compatible with desktop, mobile, and tablet devices.

You can choose a template where you can upload an image of your lead magnet. This is an offer that you can use to entice leads.

Step 2: Create your SMS popup 

After you’ve chosen a template, let us personalize our SMS popup to match your website. These are the basics:

Any aspect of your popup can be changed as follows:

• Background color
• Image
• Title and description
• Font sizes and typefaces 
• Formulation fields
• Types and colors of buttons, colors, and types
• Countdown Timer
• Popup effect, and more

To begin creating your campaign, click on the Customize tab from the left-hand navigation.

Choose whether or not you want to include a privacy declaration. 

Done! The demo SMS popup you see below took 3 minutes.

Add a telephone number field to your popup.

A template can be customized by clicking on Add new field > Phone input.

Let’s now move on to the next step. Decide who and when you want to display the popup on your website.

Step 3 – Create Targeting and Display Options

It is important to ensure that your popup converts well. Kobe Digital makes it simple.

You’ll find guidelines and triggers on the Target tab in the left corner.

We offer powerful targeting options including

• Operating system detection
• Returning or new visitors
• Source for traffic
• Browser language
• Cookie Targeting
• Geo-Targeting

Kickass triggers are also available:

• On Exit Intention (works also for mobile)
• After X seconds
• URL browsing
• Scroll down until X percent
• In-activity Mode
• HTML targeting
•  Popup 

The Smart mode feature is even better. This collects information about visitors to create the most effective targeting with Artificial Intelligence.

There are two choices: you can either set the rules yourself or let the AI handle them.

Are you planning to display your popup mobile-friendly? Click on the mobile icon in the right-hand sidebar. A red color means that mobile targeting is disabled.

Go To Target > Visitor Device > Choose Mobile > Save to Make Your Popup Visible to Mobile Users

Step 4 – Connect Email Marketing Software with Kobe Digital

Your popup looks great! Now we need to link it with our email marketing service provider via SMS automation features.

Kobe Digital can integrate with many email marketing tools, including.

• SendinBlue
• SendGrid
• SendLoop
• Sendy
• MailChimp
• Email Octopus
• Klaviyo
• ActiveCampaign, and many other

Zapier lets you connect to your service provider even if it isn’t visible.

How do you connect Kobe Digital with your email marketing service? It’s easy. Let’s use SendinBlue as an example.

1. Click Integrations from the left menu. Next, choose SendinBlue.
2. Set the Status to On, and give your campaign a name.

1. Click the Extras tab within your SendinBlue account. Copy the API Key. Kobe Digital allows you to then copy and paste the API Key into the API Key field.
2. Select the list to which you wish to link your SMS popup. Choose the field you wish to add to that list (e.g. input from your smartphone).
3. Save and Close. After you publish your SMS popup, you can instantly capture your phone numbers.

Note: Integration works the same way as with other email service providers.

Now, you have an SMS popup that automatically collects mobile numbers and converts them into SMS marketing leads. You will see a huge increase in conversions.

The Leads table is now open. This table contains detailed information like the page, device, and country browser. It also includes language information.

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