NCT - the UK’s leading charity for parents, now communicates with its members by sending text alerts via the SMS gateway.
The charity, which helps a million mums and dads each year through pregnancy, birth and the early days of parenthood, adopted sms as a faster and more responsive way of keeping in touch.
Members now receive [...]
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In addition to our simple HTTP SMS Gateway API, explained here, we also provide a ‘RESTful’ SMS API to give you access to information about your SMS marketing account (don’t have one? Create a free account).
If you are familiar with REST APIs, you may wish to jump to our REST API specification document.
WHAT’S A ‘RESTful’ [...]
For an overview of what REST and our RESTful SMS API is all about you may like to read our RESTful SMS API Overview.
If you prefer you can use the simple SMS gateway, rather than our RESTful implementation.
To get straight into the details, jump to:
Quick Start
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You can preform the following actions using the REST web service:
send an SMS [...]
World famous chocolatiers Thorntons have recently launched their new mobile site. This means that anyone can now order delicious goodies on the move; a welcome innovation for the country’s chocoholics.
The mobile optimised site has been plugged into Text Marketer’s SMS gateway so that order confirmations are now sent to customers by text. By integrating into [...]
South East based health club chain, Top Notch Health Clubs are using Text Marketer’s SMS gateway to keep in touch with their customers and prospects.
They have integrated their own customer contact system with the sms gateway as a powerful and flexible solution to their sms communication requirements.
By using the sms gateway rather than a standard [...]
The popularity of sms messaging will continue for the foreseeable future according to a new report. The report, released by consulting firm Frost and Sullivan reveals that additional features of sms are likely to evolve, including location information, personal information, updates and messages in one user interface.
The report in its entirety is a little ‘dry’ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Medway Council has joined the many companies and organisations that are using a bulk sms service as a way of communicating with members of staff. The management team are now sent regular meeting reminders or news of meeting cancellations by sms.
Using Text Marketer’s bulk sms account, they have been able to upload mobile numbers into [...]
I’m not complaining about the snow, I can walk to work in 10 minutes and we Bristolians only get this exciting weather every twenty years. But judging by the messages that are flying through our bulk sms service the big freeze is causing merry havoc for workers up and down the land. We have dozens [...]
Is using SMS right for my business?
The automotive retailing industry is very well suited to using sms as a way of communicating with its customer and prospect base. Dealers tend to hold a high proportion of mobile numbers on their databases but the potential of the mobile phone as a channel for communication is often [...]
Most bulk SMS providers , (including ourselves) will take great pains to point out the merits of direct connections to the UK Networks, and a direct connection is indeed essential for a first class, reliable sms service.
But that is only part of the story. Just as crucial to reliability are the systems in place that connect [...]
1. It’s the most responsive direct marketing channel available.
Using bulk sms as a way of communicating an offer to your customers is astonishingly effective. In fact, according to the Mobile Marketing Association, sms is 5 times more responsive than direct mail. With open rates to e-mail collapsing, companies need to find new and innovative ways [...]
