Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, How to, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software, Web to SMS

SMS Applications Are Evolving

When most people think of how their business might use a web sms service, they think of using it a marketing tool, a way of contacting thousands of customers or prospects with a sales message.

Well that it of course true but there’s also a much more mundane and down to earth use for a text messaging service. Think of the mobile phone simply as another way of communicating with people. In the same way that you might drop someone a quick email you can also send them a text alert. It doesn’t have to be all about selling, it could just be that you have an interesting bit of news that you’d like to let everyone know about.

Increasingly customers are using web sms as a way of keeping in touch with members of staff, particularly if they are home based or spend much of their time out of the office.

Sending someone an sms that requires the recipient to do something, creates a sense of urgency that sending an email just doesn’t achieve. It’s all too easy for people to say the email never arrived or got stuck in a spam filter. So if you need something done now, then sending a text is an obvious way to go.

Whether you’re sending a text to an individual or thousands of people, the whole process takes a minute or so and there’s no software to download or install.

As there is no minimum order or set up fee, Text Marketer’s sms software is the ideal tool if you’re looking to dip your toe in the water with web to sms. The text message prices are the lowest in the industry and there is a ‘best buy guarantee’ that ensures that you are getting the best deal.