Save every event contact to Google Contacts.
Speakers, coaches, and solo business owners: people text a keyword or scan a QR code, answer a question or two, and they’re saved to your Google Contacts, on your phone and in Gmail.
14-day free trial. Connects to Google Contacts through Zapier.
At your event
HELLO
Thanks for stopping by! What’s your work email?
ben.ortega@gmail.com
Added to Google Contacts
Through Zapier · Saved to Contacts
Booth and conference leads that make it into Google Contacts
Badge scans arrive days later in a spreadsheet, and business cards get typed up by whoever has time. With Textiful, visitors give you their details by text and they’re in your CRM before they reach the next booth.
On your phone before you leave
New contacts sync to your phone and Gmail, so you can follow up from the car on the way home.
A keyword or a QR code
Say “text DEMO to 33777” from the front of the room, or put a QR code where people can scan it. Either one starts your capture flow.
Qualifying questions by text
A capture flow asks for company, role, or timeline one text at a time, and each answer becomes a field your reps can sort by.
Connect it with Zapier
- 1
Start with Textiful
In Zapier, create a Zap. Choose Textiful as the trigger app and New Contact as the trigger, then sign in to Textiful.
- 2
Pick your flow
Choose the capture flow to watch. Finish the flow once from your own phone, then test the trigger so Zapier has a sample.
- 3
Add Google Contacts
Choose Google Contacts and the Create Contact action. Map name, email, and phone. Add an Add Contact to Groups step to label them by event.
- 4
Turn it on
From then on, everyone who finishes the flow becomes a lead or contact in Google Contacts.
See Textiful + Google Contacts on Zapier, or read the Zapier setup guide.
The Google Contacts action to use
Your Zap has two steps: Textiful’s New Contact trigger, then Google Contacts’s Create Contact action. Here’s every field Zapier shows for that action, and what to put in each one.
1. Trigger
Textiful: New Contact
Runs when someone finishes the capture flow you pick.
- Campaign NameRequiredYour capture flow
Always sent
Email, First name, Last name, Mobile number, Keyword (empty for a QR code scan), Number texted, Flow name and ID, Time they finished
Sent when your flow asks
Zip, City, State, Time zone, Company, Birthdate and age, Your custom fields, Poll answers
Each answer arrives as its own field you can map.
2. Action
Google Contacts: Create Contact
Creates a new contact.
More Google Contacts fields, including any custom fields, appear once you connect your account in Zapier. Field names as listed on Zapier, checked November 2026.
Questions people ask
Yes. Each Zap watches one flow, so give each event its own flow and Zap. Use Add Contact to Groups to put each event’s people in their own label.
No. The short codes 33777 and 55444 work in the US only, and QR codes text those same numbers, so Textiful is for audiences in the US.
More CRMs that work with Textiful
- HubSpotCapture booth and session leads into HubSpot (built in)
- KeapCapture workshop and talk leads into Keap
- HighLevelCapture event leads into HighLevel
- SalesforceCapture trade show and event leads into Salesforce
- Zoho CRMCapture trade show and event leads into Zoho CRM
- PipedriveCapture trade show and event leads into Pipedrive
- All integrations
Get your next show’s leads into Google Contacts.
Try Textiful free for 14 days. Set up a QR code or keyword in minutes and see who shows up.