In order to boost lead engagement and comply with FCC regulations, Follow Up Boss will not send out action plan initial text messages from 9 pm - 8 am, based on the local time of the agent that the lead was assigned to. The text message will be sent at 8 am the following morning.
Automatic Cancellation
If any contact is made between the lead and the assigned agent (via FUB text, email, or call) before 8 am, then the queued autoresponder text message will be automatically canceled.
This is to prevent the lead from receiving a text message meant as an initial contact point after contact has already been made. When the queued text message is canceled, it simply disappears from the lead's timeline.
Manual Cancellation
You can also manually cancel a queued text message before it is sent by clicking on the cancel link on the text message item from the lead's timeline.
Action Plan Emails
This delay does not apply to emails that are scheduled to be sent immediately via action plans – those emails will still be sent immediately, as soon as the lead flows into Follow Up Boss. Automatic cancellation does not apply if your action plan sends an email immediately after the plan begins.
Mobile Apps Support
At the moment, Follow Up Boss mobile apps will show quiet hours' queued text messages as if they have already been sent. We will be updating our mobile apps to correct this discrepancy soon. You can always check the desktop version of Follow Up Boss if you are confused about whether a text message was sent, or is queued.
Lead Reassignment
The text message is queued from the original assigned agent, if it's reassigned before 8 am keep in mind the text would still be coming from the original assigned agent so you may in this case want to do a manual cancellation.