Forms

Google Forms

Text people who answer a Google Form, and text yourself the answers.

What you can do

  • Text each person who answers your form, when the form asks for a phone number.
  • Text yourself the answers to each response.

How it connects

  • Recommended

    Zapier

    BlueBot’s Zapier app has a Send Text action and instant triggers for incoming texts and every change of state.

    Zapier in the docs
  • Make

    BlueBot’s Make app sends texts and starts scenarios when a text comes in or changes state.

    Make in the docs

Recipes

Two recipes to start from.

Set one up as written, or change it to fit how you work. The docs have the same recipes step by step.
01With Zapier

Text people who answer a form

Starts when

Google Forms’ New Form Response trigger in Zapier

  1. Add a question for a mobile number to your form.
  2. Start a Zap with Google Forms’ New Form Response trigger.
  3. Add BlueBot’s Send Text action and map the phone answer to To.
  4. Write the text with the person’s first name mapped in.

The text it sends

Hi {{first_name}}, thanks for signing up for the open house on Saturday. Reply here with any questions.

From your own number

02With Make

Text yourself each response

Starts when

When a Google Form gets a new response

  1. Start a scenario with Google Forms’ module that watches responses.
  2. Add BlueBot’s Send Text module with your own number as the recipient.
  3. Map the answers you want into the text.

The text it sends

New RSVP: {{name}}, party of {{guests}}.

From your own number

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