Hey, guys. What's up?
It's Christine Seale, the High-Level Queen.
In this video, I'm going to show you how to get approved for A2P registration
the first time so that you can start sending text messages right away.
We'll do this in just three easy steps.
Let's get started.
Step one, the first thing that you want to do is go to your state's LLC lookup
and then look up your LLC because you are going to need all of this information
and it is going to need to match word-for-word from your LLC listing.
I'm going to give you an example,
but you need to go to the state that you registered your LLC in.
Here I'm just going to do a business
lookup and I'm just going to do an example.
I'm just going to choose a company that got dissolved,
but you want to make sure that you're choosing your company here.
You're also going to need your EIN number.
This is super important.
So once you have this information, we can go to step two.
Step two: high-level makes A to P registration quick and easy.
You can also do this in Twilio, but it's way easier to do it in High Level.
I have another video on Twilio if that's the one you're interested in.
So what we're going to do is sign up for High Level.
You can get a free trial using the link below.
And after you create your first sub
account, you're going to go to settings and then phone numbers.
Okay,
now it's going to tell you that your phone system has to have configuration if you're
not already using Lead Connect or phone system.
Now, Lead Connect your phone system is
actually cheaper than Twilio and integrates directly into high level.
So we're going to click on phone system
settings and we're going to click on use LC phone system.
Okay, so after you agree to this,
go ahead and click that you acknowledge and confirm that.
Once that's done, it's going to tell you that you're good to go.
Now, if you already have phone numbers and an existing Twilio system,
it does take a little bit of time for that to migrate over.
But the good news is you'll be able
to keep all of your phone numbers in there, okay?
So this is a brand new, fresh account.
So just keep that in mind.
What I'm going to do next is go ahead
and switch back to my sub account and go to settings.
And then I'm going to click on numbers.
Okay, I also had to go ahead and click that little link button on the previous
screen because it said I was still having an issue with my sub account settings.
After you do that, you'll be able to add a number.
Go ahead and add a phone number here
and you can choose your area code, your country and all that and it looks
like it's a $1.15 to buy it, which is fine.
Go ahead and add your number.
Now to get to the good stuff, the A to P,
what we want to do after you buy your phone number is click on Trust Center.
And it's going to say that we are unverified, which is expected.
So as of August 31st, 2023, you
have to have an A to P valid registration in order to start texting people.
So let's go ahead and click
on Start Registering Now and answer these questions here.
Now, you do want to put your tax ID in here, just FYI.
So make sure that you say yes in this box.
I'm doing a demo, so I'm just going to put no there.
Now, this is where you need your official LLC information.
Remember how I said, Hey, go back over here and look at your LLC
and make sure that all the information is correct, make sure it matches exactly.
I'm literally just going to copy and paste.
The address here needs to match exactly what's here.
If this is wrong, fix it first before you
apply for A to P, because that's what's going to be in there.
You want to copy the address in.
I'm going to paste it in there and it's
going to be word for word, exactly the same.
Don't come at me and be like, Girl,
I followed the instructions and I didn't get approved.
I'm going to say, Did it match exactly?
You're going to be like, No, don't come at me.
Okay, so go ahead and do that. Click Continue.
First name, last name, all that should match exactly.
I'm not going to actually submit this, but I'm just showing you.
This needs to be exact.
Now, the email does matter.
It says you cannot use the same email for more than five brands.
And you can also not use private email domains for SolProp.
They don't want you to use a G Suite, Hotmail, Yahoo.
They don't want you to use a G Suite.
They want you to use a public domain email like Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo.
This all needs to match, okay?
Here you're going to put CEO, continue.
Okay.
So here, if you fit these requirements,
go ahead and keep these checked, and then go ahead and check the box there.
Now, once you do that, it's going to go ahead and charge you.
Then go ahead and put the exact
business name, phone number, and everything in here as well.
It has to match, guys.
It has to match.
This is very important.
Also, what I'm about to tell you,
take notes on this too, because this name right here needs to be on your
official website that you submit in your A to P registration.
So if you can put it at the bottom like copyright 2023,
your business name ink, whatever, or LLC, make sure that's all in there because
they're going to go to your website and make sure you're legit.
So if your website is random and
it doesn't have your LLC name, that's going to be a problem.
So we've done, we've gotten our LLC information.
We have started the AP process in step three.
We're going to do our campaign details now.
This is the very tricky part.
So stay with me.
Okay, here we're going to select to store a provider.
Then here, use case description.
This is going to be very specific.
We're going to put appointment,
reminders for customers, clients, and opted and prospects.
Don't say anything about leads.
No leads, no lead generation. Zip it.
You will get banned immediately.
Do not say any of those things.
Sample message number one,
go into your high level and go into your appointment reminders and copy and paste.
Mine says something like,
your call has been scheduled for appointment start time.
I'll send another text one day before with the link to join.
Talk soon.
Okay, then sample message 2,
we're going to say like,
to-to-do, hi, contact, first name.
We have a session in 30 minutes.
It's at appointment start time.
I emailed you the link to join at that time.
Talk soon.
I'm going to take that.
Actually, if you're going to include a link, keep that checked.
If you're not going to send any phone
numbers, uncheck this, then click on Continue here.
Okay, then go ahead.
And before you submit that,
I forgot to mention you're going to want to make sure on your website that you
have a consent check box before they submit any information.
So it's going to say something like, I agree to receive marketing messages.
I understand I will receive blah, blah, blah.
Stop to opt out.
Okay, that is going to be really important to your approval as well.
Now, as of the time of this video,
this is actually default for new forms with a phone number field, which is cool.
But if you have old forms like me,
you're going to want to make sure to add this in there.
Other things to keep in mind, you need to display your phone number
on your website so customers can find it and use it to opt in for messaging.
Okay, and again, this is what I said.
You want to make sure that your LLC address, E-I-N, phone number, name,
all that stuff, website, your LLC is on your website.
That way you will be able to get approved.
That's how you register for A to P registration.
A quick and easy way through high level and three easy steps.
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