Messages

Reach people in their language

Send emails and texts from the client’s page. Texts can go in the language each client reads best, and every message stays in their file.

Mariam Al-Sayed’s Messages tab, with four texts written in Arabic.

Write

Email or text, from the client’s page

Pick a template or write your own. Cairn fills in the details and adds your agency’s name and contact.

  • Your site’s name, phone and email in each email
  • Every text starts with your agency’s name
  • People who haven’t agreed to be contacted are skipped
Writing a text to a client: the English draft, its Arabic translation and a preview of how it arrives.

Their language

Texts in the language people read best

Draft text templates in other languages with machine translation. A colleague reviews each one before it’s used.

  • 58 languages to write in, including right-to-left scripts
  • Only template wording goes to translation, never client details
  • Optional translation of one-off texts, shown beside the original
Text templates in English, French, Ukrainian and Arabic, each version reviewed by a named person.

Stay informed

Replies and updates reach the right person

Text replies are matched to the client. Staff see what needs them in the notification bell.

  • Replies matched to the client by phone number
  • A reply of YES confirms the appointment
  • Each person picks which notifications they get
The notification panel open over the Today page.

Made for everyday contact

Reminders, class emails and group texts, with the client’s choices respected every time.

  • Appointment reminders

    Text reminders 2 to 72 hours before, once an admin turns them on. Texts go between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

  • Group texts

    Text up to 100 people from a class, a session, a wait-list or a list you pick.

  • Class emails

    Invitations, welcome letters, wait-list checks and certificates for a whole class.

  • Templates

    Insert client, agency, site and class details, and restore any earlier version.

  • Stop and start

    STOP and START by text, in English or French, and an unsubscribe link in every email.

  • Delivery status

    Sent, delivered or couldn’t deliver, shown on each message in the client’s Messages tab.

Try it before anyone gets a message

While you set up, messages stay inside Cairn or go only to the addresses and numbers you approve.

  • Messages kept in Cairn until you’re ready
  • Send only to approved test addresses and numbers
  • A test send from Settings
  • A monthly text limit, with a usage page

Questions about messages

Can’t find what you need? Write to us and a person will answer.

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Can messages go out in other languages?

Texts can. Each text template can have a reviewed version in the client’s language. Email templates are written in one language each.

What if there’s no version in the client’s language?

The text goes in English or French, and Cairn tells you before you send it.

What happens when a client replies to a text?

Cairn matches the reply to the client by phone number. A YES confirms the appointment, and other replies show on Today for the person who sent the text.

Do we have to use translation?

No. Translating one-off texts stays off until your agency turns it on, and translated templates need a named reviewer before use.

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