Can this really be true? This is a figure produced by BlackBerry recently that underlines the sad truth that most of the 200,000 available apps are rubbish. The surprising nugget of information was revealed by Alex Meisl of Sponge Group and came to light as part of an excellent series … Continue reading
Category: SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice
99% of Mobile Apps Only Get Used Once
Posted on July 27th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, Mobile Marketing, News and Case Studies, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, SMS Providers Tags: Mobile Marketing, sms services bulk sms
Examples of how to use our Email to SMS Text Gateway
Posted on July 13th, 2010 by Richard.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, Email to SMS, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice Tags: email, gateway, sms, text, to, uk
Ever thought about how to use Email to Text? Businesses up and down the land send millions of notifications per day by email and as we all know a huge percentage are never getting to the inbox, let alone being read! The Mobile Marketing Association recently released data on the … Continue reading
SMS Cements Top Spot as Most Read Medium
Posted on July 8th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, Mobile Marketing, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice Tags: Bulk SMS, Mobile Marketing, sms service, sms services
We’re always pleased when industry bodies report figures that support mobile marketing. The Mobile Marketing Association recently released an absolute corker on Twitter. “97% of SMS opened, 83% in one hour but typically within 4 minutes” If ever there was a statement that should encourage marketers to incorporate an sms … Continue reading
Top 5 reasons to set up a short code text messaging service
Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by Richard.
Categories: Distributed SMS Articles, Mobile Marketing, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Response Tags: text response setup keyword checker online instant
Allowing people to enquire to your company by text message is simply one the most powerful additions to your marketing activities available today. In a recent survey, two thirds of Brit’s said they want to interact with comapnies by text, yet only 3% said they currently do due to the … Continue reading
6 Questions You Should Ask Before Choosing Your Bulk SMS Software Supplier
Posted on June 15th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, How to, Mobile Marketing, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, SMS Providers, Text Messaging Software Tags: Bulk SMS, bulk sms software, Business SMS
If only sourcing the right sms software company was as easy as finding the lowest price and signing up. As usual, it’s a little bit more involved than that. Companies package their products and pricing in different ways that make differentiating all the possible suppliers a tricky business. So … Continue reading
Competitive Pricing Tempts Software Developers to Text Marketer’s SMS API
Posted on June 4th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Business SMS, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, SMS Providers, Text Messaging Software, Web to SMS Tags: bulks sms for software, sms api, sms for software developers
I think we’ve all got a bit bored about everyone droning about the recession and how tough it’s going to be. However, the reality is that for many companies, if you want to increase profits, it’s easier to cut your costs than generate more sales. It’s for this reason that we’ve … Continue reading
How To Make The Most Out Of Your Web SMS Service
Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, How to, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software, Web to SMS Tags: Bulk SMS, sms service, web 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 … Continue reading
How Not to Run a Text to Win Competition. By Coca-Cola.
Posted on April 21st, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice Tags: Business SMS, text to win competitions
Sorry Coke. I know it has become the norm to have a pop at large consumer brands, but honestly, if you’re going to run a text to win competition, at least have a crack at making it easy for people to enter. In an idle 10 minutes, my eye was … Continue reading
How to nearly Double Advertising Response Rates
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Richard.
Categories: Business SMS, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice Tags: advertising, gateway, rsponse, sms
Two Thirds of Brits Want to Receive More SMS Alerts
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, SMS Providers, Text Messaging Software Tags: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, business text service
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% … Continue reading
The Onward March of SMS
Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software Tags: Bulk SMS, bulk sms figures, Mobile Marketing, sms for marketing
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 … Continue reading
Drayton Bird Interviews Text Marketer
Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Distributed SMS Articles, News and Case Studies, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice Tags: Drayton bird learns about mobile marketing, learn about sms marketing, mobile marketing course
Have you come a across a chap called Drayton Bird before? If you’ve ever attended a direct marketing course or event, there’s a good chance you’ll have heard him imparting his marketing wisdom to an appreciative audience. Drayton is a marketing guru on a legendry scale.He’s been in the marketing … Continue reading
Snow and Travel Confusion – Bulk SMS Keeps Staff and Parents in Touch
Posted on January 7th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software Tags: Add new tag, bulk sms for emergency, Bulk sms service, schools sms
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 … Continue reading
Guide to SMS Marketing for Car Dealerships
Posted on December 1st, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software Tags: car dealership texting, sending texts from a car dealer, sms for car dealers, sms service for car dealers, texting for car dealships
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 … Continue reading
5 winning ways to make your company’s Christmas sales sing along like a carol
Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Richard.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice Tags: bulk, christmas, marketing, service, sms
The Text Marketer creative team have been at it again, coming up with fabulous new ways for our customers to use SMS Marketing which makes a real difference to their business. There’s an old adage I always think of in our business, “you never know until you try”. How true … Continue reading