Messaging customers
When you record an email address or mobile telephone number
on a customer’s record, your employees can send them messages throughout
Ascend. In the November
2020 update, you can view message history without having to exit the
customer record at all!
Email messages
Send a message
To send a message, just look for the Email button in the following areas:
- Customer record (Edit Customer dialog box), next to the Email field
- Customer record > Email tab > click the Add button
- Transaction screen
- Database Explorer > Customers
- Database Explorer > Customer Groups
Message history
On the customer record or Customer Panel, select the Email tab. You can view the following information:
- Date: The date the message was sent.
Sherpa tip: Hover your mouse over this field to view the time the message was sent. - Subject: The message title/subject.
- From: The address the message was sent from (Location or Workstation address).
- To: The address the message was sent to.
Sherpa tip: Emails sent prior to upgrading to November 2020
are NOT stored.
Ascend does not store the body of emails sent.If you need to
verify full messages sent to customers, configure
an email address to receive a blind carbon copy (BCC).
(multi-store
retailers) Messages sent from another location do not display.
SMS (text) messages
- Just look for the SMS button in the following areas:
a. Customer record (Edit Customer dialog box), next to the Phone 1/2 field with type Mobile selected
b. Database Explorer > Customers - All messages sent to the customer from this location in the
last 30 days display.
a. Click the Load More Messages button to display messages from the previous six months.
b. Click the Load More Messages button again to display more messages, up to a maximum of 13 months. - Click the Send New Message button to create a
message.
Sherpa tip: A maximum of 314 characters (including spaces) can be entered.
Additional resources
Article: Set up email integration
Article: Set up SMS (text) integration
Article: Trek Connect Retail Marketing (TCRM) post-purchase emails