Customizing SMS Messages
Buzzshot sends out SMS messages to your players after the game, these messages contain a link that allows the player to view their photo and to leave you reviews. You can edit both the SMS and page that players are linked to in the SMS settings page.
The SMS message itself is limited to 138 characters in length and must include {{url}} which will be replaced with the URL for the player to follow to view their photo.
You can also change the title of the page, which many phones will display to the user before they follow the link.
By default Buzzshot will include buttons for the reviews sites you have set up in the Integrations settings page. If you'd prefer to include your own custom content asking players to review instead of the Buzzshot review buttons you can select "Use custom content to request review". You can then include the Buzzshot reviews buttons within your custom content using the code {{reviews_widget}}.
You can also use most of the template variables available for emails in any of the fields on this page.
Advanced: Sending a different message when the team wins or loses
You can make use of Buzzshot's advanced templating features to send a different SMS message depending on whether the team win or lose. For example:
{% if game.did_win %}Congratulations team! {{ url }}{% else %}You did your best! {{ url }}{% endif %}
The {% if condition %} directive allows to select different things depending on some property of the game, {% else %} allows you to specify the alternative and {% endif %} specified the end of the conditional part.
{% if has_photos %}
Thanks for playing {{ Room Name }}! Get your team photo here: {{ URL of page with photos and review buttons }}
{% else %}
Thanks for playing {{ Room Name }}!
{% endif %}
The '{% if has_photos %}' allows you to send the specific first message when a completed group has a photo and {% else %} ensures that if a completed group does not have a photo then they instead receive the second message.
If you would like help setting up conditional output in any of your templates please do get in touch!
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