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title: Send a Message from a Contact, Lead, or Person Account Record
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# Send a Message from a Contact, Lead, or Person Account Record

Send a single message to an individual from a contact, lead, or person account record.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d30441e38 ">To use Quick Send:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d30441e38 ">DMAdministrator License permission set and Administrator permission (mcdm_15
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              is required.</td>

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1. Navigate to a contact, lead, or person account record.
2. In the Quick Send Messages component, select a business unit.
    
    ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_cross-cloud_products-264-0-0-production-enus/bd617332-480f-48e8-b283-3477883c1320/images/icon_tip.png)
    
    Tip Your organization determines the business units you can access. You may not see this option.
3. Select a message type.
    
    ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_cross-cloud_products-264-0-0-production-enus/bd617332-480f-48e8-b283-3477883c1320/images/icon_tip.png)
    
    Tip Your organization determines the message types you can access. You may not see this option.
4. Search for and select a message.
5. Click the pencil icon.
6. Optionally, customize the message.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_cross-cloud_products-264-0-0-production-enus/bd617332-480f-48e8-b283-3477883c1320/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note Your organization determines the content you can customize, so there’s a chance you can’t modify some messages. You can still send the message.
7. To send the message, click **Send**.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_cross-cloud_products-264-0-0-production-enus/bd617332-480f-48e8-b283-3477883c1320/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note If your organization uses manual approvals, there’s a Submit button to click instead. Your message sends after it’s approved

#### See Also

- [Send a Message from a List View](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_dm_qs_from_list.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Send a single message to up to 75 individuals at once from a contact or lead list view.")
- [Send a Message from a Case](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_dm_qs_from_case.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Send a single message to the primary contact or lead on a Case.")
- [Send a Message from a Quick Send Message Record](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_dm_qs_from_message_record.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Send a single message to a single contact, lead, or person account from a Quick Send Message Record.")
- [Send a Message from an Opportunity Record](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_dm_qs_opportunity_record.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Send a single message from an opportunity record.")