With business text messaging at your veterinary clinic and animal hospital, pet owners can easily send an SMS text message to your existing landline phone number for quick two-way communication for appointments, questions, updates, scheduling changes or cancelations.
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Business text messaging from a landline number allows veterinary practices and pet care services to quickly text pet owners about an upcoming appointment, billing and share text or photos of pets that are in your care. You can also leave private notes directly in the text message that only you and your team members can see.
Pet owners can conveniently text veterinary practices and pet care services on their landline and ask questions or request updates on their pets.
Simplify scheduling for visits by allowing pet owners to text your existing business phone number. You can reply to scheduling related text messages by offering them available time and days.
You can also send a text message alert reminder to the pet owner the day before the appointment date to reduce no-shows and offer the option of re-scheduling the appointment if needed.
Pet owners can experience an average call of 9 minutes to make an appointment for their pets. Calling a veterinary practice and pet care service or waiting for a call-back slows down the scheduling process for both the pet owner and the veterinary practice.
By text-enabling your veterinary practices or your pet care services with Texty Pro - Business Texting Service, you'll get instant responses, reduce appointment booking times and eliminate pet owner no-shows.
Communicate quickly and effectively while staying focused on the topic with colleagues and care teams with Team Chat private channels and direct messages.
Increase administrative efficiency by sending a business text message from your office's existing phone number to all the pet owners to check in, send upcoming appointments, their pet's status, check-reminders and request for an honest feedback by sharing a link for an an online review.
Business text messaging for veterinary clinic and animal hospital is a surging trend being adopted by many practices due to the convenience, ease of use, and effectiveness and is the most preferred channel of communication for pet owners these days. It's the fastest and the most convenient way of for busy pet owners to quickly check in on their pets with veterinary practices and pet care. With Texty Pro, business texting provides a simple and frictionless experience that pet owners expect.
Texty Pro was built from the ground up for business landline texting with ease-of-use in mind for veterinary practices and pet care.
Send business text messages from your landline to pet owners to confirm appointment and surgical procedure visits.
Veterinary pracitices and pet care services can send photos of pets to the pet owners with discharge time and instructions.
Use Team Chat feature with all your team members to quickly send announcements, have private discussions and collaborate on tasks.
Shared inbox that allows every team member to see every text message sent and received with your veterinary and pet care landline number.
Text with pert owners at the office using a computer or download our mobile app to text from anywhere.
Collect name and the reason for texting from your prospect customers automatically when they text your landline for the first time.
Let pet owners know your business hours automatically or re-direct them to an emergency line when they text you during off hours.
Check in with pet owners who have not texted your office recently to let them know that you are there for them.
Don't confuse pet owners with a virtual text-only number. Text-enable your existing vet office VoIP/landline phone number instead.
Save time in your busy mornings by scheduling your important reminders and other outgoing text messages in advance.
Send personalized text messages to pet owners with just a few clicks using Texty Pro's SMS canned responses.
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Questions about business text messaging
Have other questions? Here are 10 frequently asked questions about business text messaging including why you should use your current business landline/VoIP phone number instead of getting a new one.
Texty Pro can text-enable your existing business landline or Voice over IP number to give your customers an option to text you on the same number they’ve been calling you on. You don't need expensive equipment or a landline phone with texting capabilities to text from a landline. All you need to text using your landline number is Texty Pro and a computer or a mobile device. You'll be able to read and reply to the business text messages from any device or a computer you already own and you’ll still be able to talk on the phone just as you normally would as it does not affect your phone service. Texting from a landline is free for 14 days for businesses.
Continue Reading →Businesses can use their existing landline or VoIP numbers for texting in the U.S. and Canada. These numbers must be registered under the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) and capable of receiving calls. Supported providers include Verizon, AT&T, Vonage, RingCentral, and others. However, residential numbers, cell phone numbers, toll-free numbers, and numbers from free texting apps like Google Voice are not supported. Keep reading to learn more.
Continue Reading →In most cases, your business number becomes text-enabled in less than a minute, allowing you to start sending and receiving texts almost immediately after signing up. Occasionally, the process may take longer if your number has restrictions or is already provisioned for texting through another service, in which case activation may take up to 24 hours. You’ll know your setup is complete when SMS and MMS messaging becomes operational from your Texty Pro account. Keep reading to learn more.
Continue Reading →Customers can reach your business by simply entering your number into their phone’s standard messaging app and sending a text, with no app download or sign-up required. To your customers, it feels just like texting a friend, with no need to install a new app or create an account. Keep reading to learn more.
Continue Reading →Yes, Texty Pro supports messaging your employees in several ways, including SMS, Team Chat direct messages, private channels, and private notes that appear only to your team. With Pro and Team plans, team members can log in using their own credentials and send or receive texts using your business landline or VoIP number. Keep reading to learn more.
Continue Reading →When you send a text message to multiple recipients in Texty Pro, each person receives an individual SMS as a one-to-one conversation with you and they will not see that the message was sent to others. You can send to up to 10 recipients at a time. Unlike group chats in apps like iMessage, SMS does not support group messaging where participants see each other’s responses. This approach ensures privacy and clarity while still allowing efficient outreach to multiple contacts. Keep reading to learn more.
Continue Reading →Yes, you can receive both a phone call and a text message at the same time on your business landline or VoIP number. Text messages are handled independently from voice calls, so receiving a text won't interrupt an ongoing call. This dual functionality is facilitated through third-party SMS service providers that enable text messaging on your existing business number without affecting your voice service. There's no need to contact your phone carrier for additional setup or modifications. Keep reading to learn more.
Continue Reading →No, Texty Pro does not support using personal cell phone numbers for business text messaging. The service is designed to work with U.S. and Canadian landline or Voice over IP (VoIP) numbers. To use Texty Pro, you'll need a dedicated business landline or VoIP number that can be text-enabled through the platform. Keep reading to learn more.
Continue Reading →Yes, we offer a 14 days free trial to our new business customers.
Continue Reading →Texty Pro sends standard SMS text messages with a 160-character limit per message, which aligns with the GSM-7 encoding standard. If you compose a message longer than 160 characters, Texty Pro splits it into multiple segments, each using an additional SMS credit. So a 300-character message would count as two credits. Keep in mind that using non-GSM characters, like emojis, will reduce the allowed characters per segment due to encoding differences. Keep reading to learn more.
Continue Reading →Yes, incoming SMS messages are free with Texty Pro. You can receive SMS texts from your customers at no additional cost, whether they are replying to your messages or reaching out to your business directly. This makes it easy to stay connected with customers without worrying about extra charges on your account. Since replies often come quickly by text, having free incoming SMS ensures smooth, cost-effective communication for your business. Keep reading to learn more.
Continue Reading →Start by learning the ins and outs of business text messaging today. When you're ready to get ahead, give the free trial a try.
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