How to Create Posts in a Telegram Channel or Group via Your SendPulse Chatbot

The SendPulse chatbot builder allows you to not only create a Telegram chatbot with auto-replies but also сreate useful posts and send campaigns to your channel or group using the bot. You can create scheduled posts or send them right away, design your campaigns, and add buttons with links, images, and files.

In this article, we'll look at how to add a chatbot as a channel or group admin and send a campaign using it.

How to Add Your Chatbot to a Telegram Channel

To add a chatbot to a channel as an admin, go to your channel settings. In the mobile app, click on the channel icon in the top right corner, and click "Administrators." In the desktop app, click on the three dots in the top right corner, and select "Manage Channel" > "Administrators."

Click "Add Admin." In the search box, enter the name or username of your chatbot, and click on it.

Set the permissions for your chatbot, and click "Done." Your chatbot will be included in the list of channel admins.

How to Add Your Chatbot to a Telegram Group

You can add your chatbot to your group as an admin via the SendPulse settings or manually.

Via Settings

To add your chatbot to a group as an admin, go to the "Channels and groups" tab on the chatbot management page, and click "Add to a group."

When a bot is added to public groups, it recognizes which group member has contacted it. Based on this, your flow script will be launched. The information about who used the bot in the group will be displayed in the chat.

In the next window, click Send message.

Next, go to the Telegram app. In the search bar, enter the name of your group, and click on it.

Set the permissions for your chatbot, and click "Add Bot as Admin."

In the next window, confirm that you want to add your chatbot as a group admin.

Manually

The process of adding a chatbot as an admin is different for private and public groups as well as private groups with enabled chat history.

Adding Your Chatbot to a Private Group

To add a chatbot to a private group as an admin, go to your group settings. In the mobile app, click on the group icon in the top right corner, and click "Add Members." In the desktop app, click on the three dots in the top right corner, and select "Manage group" > "Administrators" > "Add Administrator."

In the search box, enter the name or username of your chatbot, and click on it. In the next window, click Yes.

Next, go to your group settings, and click "Edit." Go to the "Administrators" menu, and click "Add Admin."

In the search box, enter the name or username of your chatbot, or select it from the list of group members. Set the permissions for your chatbot, and click "Done." Your chatbot will be included in the list of group admins.

Adding Your Chatbot to a Public Group or Private Group with Enabled Chat History

To add a chatbot to a public group or private group with enabled chat history as an admin, go to your group settings. In the mobile app, click on the group icon in the top right corner, and click "Add Members." In the desktop app, click on the three dots in the top right corner, and select "Manage group" > "Administrators" > "Add Administrator."

In the search box, enter the name or username of your chatbot, and click on it. Click "Done."

Next, go to your group settings, and click "Edit." Go to the "Administrators" menu, and click "Add Admin."

In the search box, enter the name or username of your chatbot, or select it from the list of group members. Set the permissions for your chatbot, and click "Done." Your chatbot will be included in the list of group admins.

How to Find a Channel or Group in Your Chatbot Audience

In the "Audience" tab, you can check if your channel and group have been added as your bot's subscribers.

The channel or group will be added as your bot subscriber in the SendPulse account when this channel or group has more than one subscriber and after the admin sends a message to it.

How to View a Channel or Group Where Your Chatbot Is an Admin

To view the groups and channels where your chatbot is an admin, go to the "Channels and groups" tab on the chatbot management page.

You can also view the number of subscribers and copy the share link or invite link in a chat with your group or channel.

Learn more: Number of Subscribers and Subscription Link.

How to Send a Campaign to a Channel or Group

Go to the "Chatbots" section, and click Create campaign.

You can send a campaign to a channel or group only on a paid pricing plan.

Select the group or channel where your chatbot is an admin from the drop-down list.

Enter your message text, and add variables and emoji. You can also add buttons, images, files, audio, video, and text.

Enter your campaign name, and select the sending time. For the "Send later" option, specify your sending date and time.

Last Updated: 15.03.2023