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title: Our Welcome Message Guide
description: "You introduce yourself when meeting someone new right? \nDo the same thing when texting your subscribers for the first time!"
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# Our Welcome Message Guide

## You introduce yourself when meeting someone new right? Do the same thing when texting your subscribers for the first time!

### What makes a good welcome message?

A good welcome message is the love child of an elevator pitch and a social media bio: personable, but tells the audience what you are all about. It's a great way to set expectations for your channel and solidify a tone for your audience. 

### Tips for an effective welcome message 🤓

- ***Set Expectations:*** What is this texting channel about? How often will you text? Who is sending these texts? Here’s where you can set the stage for future communications.
- ***Save the Contact Card:*** Consider adding a line at the end of your welcome message encouraging new subscribers to save your contact card so in the future they’ll always know it’s you.
- ***Ask Questions:*** Feel out your audience. Incorporate questions such as “what do you want to know from me” or “what’s your name.” It’s a great ice breaker!

### Your welcome message can also include "keywords" 🔡

Keywords are special words or symbols that users can text back that tag them into specific groups. You can then target these groups with more personalized content! 

**Note:** A keyword must exist before we add it to your welcome message.

Check out our **[segmentation tutoria](https://help.joinsubtext.com/segmentation?hsLang=en)**l for more details!

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