Does Follow Up Boss Have Mass Texting?

Can you send mass or drip texts in Follow Up Boss?

Not natively. Follow Up Boss includes 1-to-1 texting, group texting, and text templates you can send by hand — but it does not include automated drip campaigns or mass/bulk texting in the core product. That's a deliberate design choice, not a missing feature.

To send automated sequences or text a whole segment of your database, you connect a third-party texting tool. Follow Up Boss triggers the texts through your Action Plans; the partner tool actually sends them.

• ✓Built in: 1-to-1 texting, group texting, saved text templates
• ✓Not built in: drip/automated text sequences, mass/bulk texting
• ✓Added by a partner tool that reads your Action Plan steps

Why Follow Up Boss leaves mass texting out

It's a deliberate choice — and a sensible one. Follow Up Boss keeps automated bulk texting out of the core CRM to protect your business number's reputation and keep your main line reserved for the one-to-one conversations that matter most: the texts to your hot leads and clients you never want to miss.

That's why how your follow-up gets sent matters as much as what you send. The right partner sends the way a person would — with natural, measured timing, on a schedule you set, from your own number — so your follow-up goes out consistently while your number stays yours and stays trusted. The real question isn't whether to add a texting partner, but which one does it carefully.

How to add automated texting to Follow Up Boss

There are two models. Most partner tools run in the cloud and send from a separate marketing number they provision — which means your leads see a number they don't recognize, and you're often billed per text on top of a monthly plan.

SendMate takes the other path. It sends from your own Follow Up Boss number with 10DLC handled, runs local-first on your Mac or Windows computer, and charges a flat monthly rate with no per-text fees. Your existing Action Plans keep working — the same bracket-tag notes trigger the sends — so there's nothing to rebuild.

• ✓Sends from your own FUB number — the number leads already recognize
• ✓Local-first: your contacts, notes, and message content stay on your computer
• ✓Flat monthly pricing, no per-text fees, no setup fee, no kickoff call
• ✓Keeps your existing Follow Up Boss Action Plans exactly as they are
• ✓You review and stay in control of every message that goes out

What to look for in a Follow Up Boss texting tool

Once you've decided to add texting, these are the things that actually matter month to month — and where tools differ most:

• ✓Whose number sends? Your own FUB number keeps recognition and reputation with you.
• ✓Flat or per-text? Per-text (and per-reply) fees make a busy month unpredictable.
• ✓Where does your data live? Local-first keeps message content and contacts on your machine, not a vendor's cloud.
• ✓How fast can you start? Some tools require a kickoff call and a multi-day carrier-registration wait; using your existing FUB number lets you start right away.
• ✓Is compliance built in? Landline detection, auto-STOP handling, and send-window controls protect you and your leads.

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