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Send welcome text message to new leads instantly

Automatically detect new lead form submissions across Facebook Lead Ads. Automatically send welcome texts when leads submit a form or opt in consent is checked or duplicates are skipped—so you can confirm first touch, personalize messages, and reduce manual follow-up without manual outreach.

How this automation delivers instant first touch messages

When new leads arrive without instant messaging, early engagement slips and reps lose momentum. This automation captures new lead submissions, normalizes contact data, and sends personalized welcome SMS messages—so your team can confirm first touch quickly.

  1. 1.Detect new lead form submission

    Integrate Facebook Lead Ads and lead capture tools to trigger on new lead form submissions and capture submitted fields.

    Facebook Lead Adsor swap with your favorite app
  2. 2.Normalize phone and sanitize name

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and data cleaning tools to normalize phone numbers into E.164 format and sanitize names.

    Formatter by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  3. 3.Send personalized welcome message

    Integrate SOLAPI and messaging templates to send personalized rich-text SMS messages to the normalized recipient.

    SOLAPIor swap with your favorite app

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
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    Choose the events that should start your workflow, like a new submission, updated record, completed task, or customer action.

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