Posts tagged list building.
Only if the petition clearly asked for text consent and they agreed. A signature on a petition is not, by itself, permission to text, the same way a vote or a donation isn't.
No, not compliantly. A purchased list is a list of people who consented to someone else, or to no one, which makes your texts to them unsolicited. Buying numbers buys you liability, not consent.
When a voter gives you their number, they gave it to you, not to whoever you sell, lease, or share it with. The carrier standard on list transfer, and why buying a list is buying a problem.
Put a clear, honest opt-in everywhere your supporters already are, website, events, forms, a text-to-join keyword, and tell them what they'll get. The campaigns with the biggest consented lists collect opt-ins constantly, not in a last-minute scramble.
A text-to-join keyword lets people opt in by texting a word (like JOIN) to your number. They text the word, get a confirmation with the required disclosures, and they're a documented, consented contact, the cleanest opt-in there is.
Your official constituent list and your campaign list have to be separate. Here's how to build a real opted-in list of the people you serve, the right way.
Collecting a phone number isn't collecting consent. The carrier standard requires a clear, conspicuous call to action, here's what one actually contains, and what makes it hold up.
No, not just because they're on your email list. Consent to email is not consent to text, and the standards differ. You need separate, documented permission to send texts (prior express written consent), even to people who opted in to emails.
An opt-in isn't a blanket permission slip. The carrier standard expects consent for each messaging program, and treating one opt-in as a pass for everything is how campaigns get flagged.