How ChatGPT Can Turbo Charge Your Campaigns

Figuring out the perfect thing to say isn’t always easy. Finding the time to create SMS marketing campaigns and email marketing campaigns is exhausting, even if you are a creative star. Thankfully, there are brand new products on the market that can create exceptional marketing content for a fair price, or in some instances, for free.

Ditch the overpriced consultant, or take back your lunch break, and give generative AI a try. We suggested some generative AI options in our last article. Pairing one of these services with Helios amplifies the impact of yourSMS marketing.With services like ChatGPT, you can generate content in seconds. Then with Helios, you can store the content as a template, choose who you want to send it to, and schedule delivery. It’s that simple.

Here’s a comprehensive guide to setting up an SMS marketing campaign:

The Prep Work

Like a master chef about to cook a delicious meal, precise preparation is key. Here’s a checklist to make sure you’re ready to start a new SMS marketing campaign:

Step 1: Define Your Goals

Before creating an SMS marketing campaign, you need to define your goals. What do you want to achieve with your campaign? Do you want to promote a new fitness class, offer a discount to new members, or encourage current members to renew their membership? Once you have defined your goals, you can create a campaign that will help you achieve them.

Step 2: Build Your SMS List

The success of your SMS marketing campaign will depend on the size and quality of your SMS list. You need to collect phone numbers of potential customers who are interested in your services. You can do this by adding a sign-up form to your website, social media pages, or through in-studio promotions. Note that ChatGPT can also help you create personalized messages that will encourage people to sign up for your SMS list. More on this later.

Step 3: Segment Your List

Segmenting your SMS list is essential to ensure that your messages are targeted and relevant to your audience. By segmenting your list, you can send messages that are specific to a group of people, such as new members or regular attendees. This will increase the effectiveness of your SMS marketing campaign.

Using ChatGPT, you can create personalized messages for different segments of your SMS list. For example, you can create messages that are specific to people who have signed up for a particular class or offer.

Using Generative AI to Create SMS Marketing Content

Ok, now we’re ready for ChatGPT. If you don’t know where to start, we recommend ChatGPT. If you’d like to use another AI service, that’s fine too. As always, the decision is yours – Helios is not dependent on ChatGPT and vice versa. If you’re interested in trying ChatGPT continue following along. Go to chat.openai.com. You can create an account with them or use other logins like your Google account to continue.

Once you have an account, you will see a home screen with a large search bar on the bottom. That’s where we input our command. We recommend giving the AI as much information as possible to maximize the quality of your result. See below:

You can see from our example that the AI listened to our requests regarding tone and information, but the message seemed long. Generative AI is not perfect, but it's pretty damn good. Notice that we replied with another request. By continuing the conversation, or using the term “based on your last response”, you can continue to finesse the message until it’s the perfect representation of your brand.

We know it should go without saying, but always read the response before blasting it out to your contacts. You are always responsible for the content sent out via your company. As stated, we recommend refining your message with your AI service. In our above example we also (intentionally) forgot to add our call-to-action or “CTA”. Another nice feature of ChatGPT is that you can add and remove things simply by asking the AI, so you never have to worry about starting from scratch.

And that’s using ChatGPT in a nutshell, so back to our list:

Step 4: Create Engaging Content

The content of your SMS messages should be engaging and relevant to your audience. You need to create messages that will encourage people to take action, such as booking a class or referring a friend. Your messages should also be concise, clear, and easy to understand.

ChatGPT can help you create engaging content by suggesting relevant keywords, phrases, and messaging that will resonate with your audience.

Step 5: Call-to-Action

Your SMS messages should have a clear call-to-action that encourages people to take action. This could be booking a class, redeeming a discount, or referring a friend. Your call-to-action should be easy to understand and follow.

ChatGPT can help you create effective call-to-action messages that will encourage people to take action. You can also use ChatGPT to create automated messages that will be sent to your SMS list when they take a specific action.

Back to Helios

Step 6: Save the Content as a Template

In Helios, go to your templates, click create and paste in your content. Check your list twice like Santa and schedule message delivery.

Step 7: Monitor and Evaluate

The success of your SMS marketing campaign will depend on how well it resonates with your audience. You need to monitor and evaluate your campaign to see if it is achieving its goals. You can do this by tracking performance on your dashboard. With those analytics you can

1. Compare the performance of your own messages versus the AI messages
2. Compare the performance of AI generated messages versus consultant created messages
3. Use two different AI services and pit their responses against each other

A successful SMS marketing campaign takes diligent optimization. Generative AI gives you the opportunity to try new ideas and spend more time on strategy and community.

*Note: Helios does not have any affiliation with OpenAI and/or ChatGPT. We’re simply fans of exciting technology. We truly believe that Generative AI can revolutionize SMS marketing and the way small and medium size businesses connect with their audience. We’re especially excited for the ways you can leverage this technology to unlock maximum value from Helios.