Archive for February, 2010

 

Police Force use Text Response in Recruitment Drive

 

Thames Valley Police are using Text Marketer again to help with their recruitment. This campaign is about attracting suitable candidates who might be interested in a career as a Special Constable.
A local advertising campaign in the Thames Valley area invites applicants to text the keyword SPECIALS to short code 88802. An automated text response is [...]

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Free Unsubscribe Service Now Available for All Customers

 

The Mobile Marketing Association best practive guidelines state that you need to have an unsubscribe service so that customers who no longer wish to receive your text alerts can easily remove themselves from your list.
Text Marketer offers all customers a free unsubscribe service when they set up a free bulk sms account.
How does the sms [...]

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Example of a Delphi/Pascal Interface for the Bulk SMS Gateway / API

 

For more information regarding the bulk sending API click here.
A code example for sending SMS via a Delphi Pascal language, thanks to Graham Murt for the example code.

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Two Thirds of Brits Want to Receive More SMS Alerts

 

A recent survey by Dialogue Communications found that a tiny 3% of people currently receive text alert reminders, while 83% receive reminders through traditional post.
However, a hefty 67% of people would be happy to receive sms text alerts in the future.
Nearly 60% would positively opt in and 80% of people say they would be interested [...]

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The Onward March of SMS

 

6 or 7 seven years ago, most industry pundits were predicting that the meteoric rise of sms messaging as a communication tool, would have levelled off by 2010 and would probably have been overtaken by a new form of instant, low cost messaging.
The Mobile Data Association’s recently released figures show that our appetite for the [...]

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