What is Click to Text?
A click to text is a very convenient way to get your website visitors to send you a text instead of calling your business. When clicked, a click-to-text link or a button will allow your website visitors to easily send you a text message from their mobile phone. Click-to-Text links and buttons are preferred over the widgets that asks your website visitors to fill out a form to start texting.
How Does Click to Text Work?
A click to text can either be a link or a button on your website that when clicked, will allow the person to send a text message to any phone number you add.
If you are reading this blog from your mobile phone, try tapping on the button below to see how a click to text button or a link works.
How can I add click to text on my website?
Adding a Click-to-Text link or a button on a website is quite simple. All you have to do is drop a short HTML snippet in the body of your website. Take a look at the click to text button and link HTML snippets below.
Add a Click to Text Button
<a style="padding:8px 16px; border-radius: 8px; background-color: blue; color: white;" href="sms:+12125550690?&body=Hi. My name is">
Text Us
</a>
Add a Click to Text Link
<a style="color: blue;" href="sms:+12125550690&body=Hi. My name is">
Text Us
</a>
There are 3 sections in the snippets that must be updated for it to work on your website.
Required
- Phone Number: replace 12125550690 with your own business landline/VoIP phone number that you want visitors to send a text to.
Optional
- Body: replace Hi. My name is with any text content you want add automatically to the text message.
- Label: replace Text Us with any label your website visitors will see and click.
What Phone Number Should I Use in the Click-to-Text Link?
The best phone number to use is your existing business phone number. In the past, texting using a landline number was a very difficult and expensive luxury that only corporations could afford but now, any businesses can send and receive text messages from their existing landline or a VoIP phone number. All you need is an existing landline or a VoIP phone number and a device with internet connection like the one you're using to read this blog post.
Visit the Texty Pro Blog to learn more about business text messaging and the business industries that are benefiting from business texting.
- Small businesses
- Car dealerships and auto repair centers
- Medical offices and healthcare providers
- Handyman services and construction
- Insurance agencies
- Veterinary practices and pet care
- Law firms
- Real estate agencies
- Takeout and dine in Restaurants
- Retail businesses
- Hair salons and day spas
- Gyms & fitness professionals
- Customer service
