# Create a Campaign Message

* Log in to your CrossEngage account.
* Go to `Campaigns` and click `Create new campaign` in the top right corner of the page.

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* Choose whether you want to create an Audience or a Realtime campaign. Information about the distinction between these types of campaigns found [here](/data-and-engagement-platform/campaign-management/campaigns.md).
* Once you have created your campaign and filled in the “Campaign setup” and “Target group” sections, go to the `Messages` section and click `Create new message`.
* Select `SMS` from the dropdown menu. The message setup screen will open.

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* Under the “Send via integration” heading, select the Twilio integration that you set up earlier.

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### Delivery Options <a href="#delivery-options" id="delivery-options"></a>

#### Sender number <a href="#from-number" id="from-number"></a>

* From the dropdown, select one of the numbers you have configured on Twilio.

  This number will be used to send the SMS messages.

#### Message text  <a href="#message-text" id="message-text"></a>

* Write the body of the SMS that you will send. The content can be customised using Handlebars. The [Handlebars ](/data-and-engagement-platform/messages/personalization.md)page goes into more depth about how you can take advantage of Handlebars.

#### Max price (optional)  <a href="#max-price-optional" id="max-price-optional"></a>

* Write the maximum cost per SMS that you would accept to operate with. Learn more on Twilio's [blog post about Max Price](https://www.twilio.com/blog/2015/08/introducing-max-price.html).

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