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hello vipers here's how to get started

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if you are a text only user

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and so if you're text only user what

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you'll want to do is

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head over here to the setup page which

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you can get to by clicking on your name

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and then going to setup

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on here

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it's these two places right here in that

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right column that you're going to be

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needing to set up in order to get

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started

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so let's start with the user settings

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here you'll want to fill out

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some of this basic information most

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importantly just your first and last

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name and any information that you would

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want to

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be merged automatically into texts uh

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because you know for instance you can

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put in like social media links and

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things like that here

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and then simply in your your text

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templates

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use a merge tag to automatically pull

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that information so you don't have to

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look it up every time for instance so

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things that would be helpful to have in

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that case do that right there very

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importantly make sure your time zone is

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set correctly

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because that will affect the scheduling

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of of texts that are uh scheduled in

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advance

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and

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and you can note right here

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at the very bottom here is where you can

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reset your password if needed

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so then uh next you can go to texting

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and basically everything on this page

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you're going to want to

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take care of so

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first and foremost you can click right

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here to

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search for a number these numbers in

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case you don't know

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are going to be real 10 digit numbers

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that are unique to you

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and so you can put in your

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area code

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and

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you'll see a selection if there are

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numbers available for that given area

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code and you can also

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start to narrow down as well if there

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are strings of numbers that

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appeal to you so let's say

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something like this oops i need to go

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down here and search there we go so you

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are able to uh narrow down to numbers

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that that look good for you

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once you find one that looks good click

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on it and hit the claim number button

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so next

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you'll want to um well actually you you

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might consider porting a number um

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we are able to get existing texting

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numbers from outside services

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though just know that this can take a

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little while potentially like as in

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a few days to maybe a week maybe a

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little bit more than that it all depends

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on the speed of your existing

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provider

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and how uh

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how cooperative they are with getting

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the number over here

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know that wherever you transfer the

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number from that place will no longer

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have that number available so

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you can't really

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transfer over your existing phone's

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texting number because you would lose

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your phone number with your current

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phone

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um

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and also while this is taking place

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i that you're no you're not able to text

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that number so there is like a bit of

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down time

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while the number is in limbo so it's

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much quicker to

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capture a new number right here would

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search for a number but if you want to

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keep the consistent number you can fill

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this out right here

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and then

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you need to fill out this campaign

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registry information so every single

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texting use case with the digit number

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needs to be registered with the campaign

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registry uh it's a governing body

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basically that just keeps all the

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various campaign use cases uh on record

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and helps with reducing spam

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so if you

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register with the camp what actually

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rather when you register for the

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campaign registry we take care of

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the whole registration process we just

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need you to fill out this fill this out

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so we can take care of that

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so

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make sure you fill out all of your

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information right here

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pertaining to your business

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um you have to give an example of your

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of your what exactly your campaigns are

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about and also

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give some example texts that you might

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send out

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the copy doesn't have to perfectly match

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um what you're sending it's just the

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gist of the text that is important

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and when you get down here you've got

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business type

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very important right here to make sure

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you get this correct

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the two most common cases here are

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private company and sole proprietor sole

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proprietor is basically if you are

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um just operating under your name

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and you don't have like an llc

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established or anything like that in

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other words you can go to a lawyer to

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get your business set up you just

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started doing business one day

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so in that case you choose sole

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proprietor

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if you do have an llc you know you got

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an official business on record with an

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ein

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then you'll want to choose private

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company

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so that's also another big

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distinguishing factor there whether or

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not you have an ein if there's no ein

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and you just file your taxes under your

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social security numbers then chances are

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uh you are a sole proprietor

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now if you are a private company there

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are a couple of pass-through fees that

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are imposed by

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the uh by the campaign registry um again

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we take care of all that for you uh the

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billing just goes straight through us

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and we pass the money on over over to

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them those fees are a one-time 54 dollar

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charge plus two dollars a month ongoing

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and um

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yeah and then like i said we take care

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of that for you and um

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once you submit this

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then we handle that on our end we take a

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look at it make sure that everything is

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looking good then we pass it back to you

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again and you will find that uh on this

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page right here you'll get a message

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from our support team telling you you go

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to your text settings page and do

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another once over on this and then once

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you have

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filled out any additional information

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that is needed and you submit it and it

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goes to the campaign registry and should

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take a couple of days then to get

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processed once that's done then you are

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ready to purchase credits which you are

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able to do right here

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and you're ready to start sending

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so of course if you have any questions

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anywhere along the way

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by all means reach out to us and we will

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be more than happy to help thank you