MessageBird for Pipedrive CRM

Step 2: A set of terms and conditions will be given. Check the details and click Allow and Install.

Step 3: Sign in to Ulgebra to continue. You can either sign in with google or sign in with email. (Note: Make sure you are signing in to ulgebra with the mail Id for which you have activated the license.)

Step 4: Now you will get notified that the extension is installed and the modules in which you can access the extension to send messages. Click the "Go to Pipedrive" option to go back to your Hubspot account.

Step 5: Now, go to any of your Pipedrive contacts, and click the "Send MessageBird Message" option.

Step 6: Login to your Messagebird dashboard and get your live API key. Copy and paste the API key in the Messagebird for Pipedrive settings page.

Step 7: Once the values are entered, click the "Authorize" option to authorize your MessageBird account.

Now you have successfully authorized your MessageBird account.

Manage your MessageBird Channels

Step 1: Once you have successfully authorized your MessageBird account, you will be prompted with the option to capture the incoming messages inside your Pipedrive. If you don't want to receive incoming then you can disable the capture incoming messages option.

You can also select your Messagebird channels for receiving incoming messages inside your Pipedrive.

If you have multiple Messagebird channels you can select the channels from which you wish to receive the incoming messages by doing so you will receive incoming messages only from the channel you have selected inside your Pipedrive CRM.

You can also select the module to receive incoming messages. When a new message is received to your Messagebird channel, you can select the module under which you want to save the respective record inside your Pipdrive CRM. You can select the module from the drop-down option. Before creating a new customer in Pipedrive CRM, it will be checked with the existing clients in the CRM under the selected modules. If an existing client is found, then the incoming message will be synced with the existing client's profile.

Note: You can change this setting at any time you want to change.

Your Messagebird channels are successfully configured and you are all set to send messages using your Messagebird channels from Pipedrive.

This is the installation of the application "MessageBird Sync by Ulgebra".

Step 2:

Note: If you already have a country code added to the number in your lead you can use the default "Chat view" option for initiating the conversation.

• Select your Sender (Messagebird channel)

• Choose the recipient number to which you want to send the messages.

• While initiating a conversation using the Messagebird WhatsApp channel you are only allowed to send WhatsApp approved template. So select your WhatsApp-approved template from the drop-down.

• In the case of the SMS channel, you can either type your customized messages or you can select the pre-defined templates.

• After entering the Message click "Send WhatsApp".

Step 3: (Optional)

If you don't have a country code added to the number you can use the "Form view" option for initiating the conversation.

• Select your Sender(MessageBird Channel).

• The values in your both phone field and mobile field will be automatically fetched in the Pop-up. You can select the option to which number you wish to send messages by clicking on the respective phone number field.

• Enter your default country code value. Which will be used for sending messages to numbers that don't have any country code in them.

• In the case of sending SMS you can either type your own customized messages or else you can select the template for sending.

• For initiating WhatsApp conversations you are only allowed to send MessageBird-approved Templates to your customers.

• After entering Message click "Send".

You will be notified once your Message is successfully sent to your customers.

Step 4: The Messagebird messages you send and receive from different channels will be saved as notes inside each Pipedrive contacts which you can have as a reference and view in future.

Note: The messages can also be sent from the Deals, Leads and Contacts module.

2) Send messages from list view

Step 1: Go to Pipedrive contacts. Select the check box near the contacts to whom you want to send messages. Find the three dots at the top right and click Send MessageBird Message option.

Step 2: Select your Sender.

• Configure your default country code option. You have multiple options for configuring the country code.

i) Do not add Country code

If you have a country code for all your existing records in your CRM, you can select this option.

ii) Add for all phone numbers :

If all your existing records in your CRM doesn't have any country code you can select this option which will add country code for all your numbers.

iii) Add if phone number starts with 0

In case you have phone numbers in your existing records was saved with 0 (usually applies for abroad numbers) you can select this option.

iv) Add if phone number does not start with country code

In case some of your records in CRM doesn't have any country code in it you can select this option which will add country code only for the numbers which doesn't have a country code in it and ignore the ones which already have country code in it.

• Enter your Message and then click "Send SMS".

Other Additional Features

Go to any of the Pipedrive CRM leads/contacts/deals modules and click the "Send MessageBird Message" option on the top right corner.

Click your profile at the top right to view the additional features.

• Get the workflow webhook URL and parameters.

• Configure Incoming messages.

• Get desktop notifications of the messages.

• Manage the app usage for users.

• Reset the app configuration.

Step 2: Enter the template name and enter the template message content in the text box. You can also fetch values using the "Insert fields" option.

You can also insert emojis/smileys using the available option. Select the Visibility type as the template has to be visible only for the admin or for all users.

Once all the required details are entered, click the "Save template" option so that the template will be saved and can be fetched later.

Step 3: Now, you can fetch the newly created template inside the particular Pipedrive module.

Types of Messagebird Message views

There are three types of views which makes you more convenient to view your chats/messages and communicate accordingly. They are:

• Form view

• Chat view

• Conversations view

Form view: This view is the default view using which you can instantly send messages to your clients. You can just select the sender, fetch the template or type your message and send the message using MessageBird.

Chat view: In this view, you can view the messages you have sent or received with that particular client. With the available option at the top, select the "Chat View" option.

Select the sender and view the MessageBird chat you have made using that particular MessageBird channel. You also have the option to send reply messages by viewing the previous messages and while sending replies you can add emojis of your choice and you can also send attachments along with your message.

Conversations view: In this view you can view the conversations of the client from different channels. With the available option at the top, select the "Conversations View" option.

• Under the conversations view, you can able to view all the messages you have sent and received using your MessageBird channel under a single roof.

• Select the sender to filter the conversations related to the selected Sender(Messagebird channel).

• You can also search the phone number to view the specific conversations.

• Select any conversation and view all the messages you have sent and received to the specific user.

• You can send replies directly from the conversation view and make one to one conversations with your customers. You can also able to send attachments and add emojis along with your messages.

• You can able to view the "Read" status and "Delivered" status of your messages for WhatsApp and Messenger channels.

• In SMS you can able to view the "Delivered" status of your Messages.

• Multiple channel messages are differentiated with their specific chat icon.

How to enable Incoming notifications on your Desktop?

Configuration on the admin system:

Step 1:

Go to any of the Pipedrive CRM leads/contacts --> Click the "Send MessageBird Message" option from the top-right drop-down --> Click the profile picture --> Click "Message notifications".

Step 2:

• Enter the mail Id of the user to whom you want to receive the incoming notifications for the messages on their desktop at the given space.

• After entering the mail click "Add user".

Note: Enter the CRM mail Id of the user they have used for signing in to Ulgebra account in the previous process.

Step 3: After adding the user you can copy the "Subscriber invite link" and share it with the respective user for configuring the incoming message notifications on their desktop.

Configuration on user system:

• The user has to copy the link and paste it into their chrome browser.

• Sign in to Ulgebra using the mail Id invited by the admin to receive notifications.

• Once signed in using your CRM mail Id, enable the option "Receive local notifications" option.

• And click "Start receiving notifications on this browser".

Thus, in this way you can receive and send Messagebird messages inside Pipedrive CRM and connect with your customers easily. This is the installation and working of the app Messagebird for Pipedrive CRM.

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