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 … Continue reading
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SMS Gateway Reliability – The Chain is Only as Strong as the Weakest Link
Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Documentation, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, SMS Providers, Technical, Text Messaging Software Tags: bulk sms reliability, most reliable bulk sms service, reliable sms gateway, sms gateway reliability
Don’t Let the Royal Mail Strikes Affect Your Customer Communications – Use SMS
Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, SMS Providers, Text Messaging Software Tags: Bulk sms service, Business SMS, sms for businesses, sms service
For many companies, the current mail strikes are an unwelcome distraction. As if generating a profit wasn’t hard enough already, now companies have to worry about whether their deliveries and customer communications are going to arrive on time. This disruption might be the impetus that some businesses need to look … Continue reading
System Update – Upload your mobile numbers straight from Microsoft Excel
Posted on October 28th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Documentation, System FAQs, Technical, Text Messaging Software Tags: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, sms marketing, upload numbers to a group, upload sms numbers
The development team at Text Marketer have had a busy few months and the latest system improvement has now been launched. Following customer research, we have now built into all accounts the ability to upload numbers straight from Excel, without having to save the database as a .csv or .txt … Continue reading
Red Bull Use Text Marketer SMS service for Staff Alerts
Posted on October 27th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, News and Case Studies, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software, Web to SMS Tags: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, communicate with staff by sms, sms service
Energy drink company Red Bull is using Text Marketer’s bulk sms service to keep field-based staff in touch. Sms is becoming an increasingly popular way of communicating with employees who are always on the move. With the current trend for home and field based working, staff can feel somewhat isolated … Continue reading
Westminster Council Uses Business Sms Service For Event Alerts
Posted on October 19th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, News and Case Studies, SMS Advertising, SMS Providers, Text Messaging Software Tags: bulk, Bulk SMS, Bulk sms service, bulk sms service for council
Westminster Council is using text alerts to keep the public informed about a a range of free and low cost events taking place throughout the year. Subscribers to the sms service receive regular text alerts to remind them about all the events aimed at young residents in the area. “Find … Continue reading
Text Marketer Joins 10:10
Posted on October 12th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, News and Case Studies, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software Tags: Bulk sms service, sms marketing, text service
Leading sms service provider Text Marketer has joined the innovative envronmental programme, 10:10. 10:10 is an ambitious project to unite every sector of British society behind one simple idea: that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in the UK’s carbon emissions in 2010. It is supported … Continue reading
Birthday Offer Draws Response for Westhill Insurance
Posted on October 8th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, News and Case Studies, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software Tags: bulk text for insurance, sending sms to insurance customers, sms for insurance brokers
Kent based insurance broker, Westhill Insurance has recently been celebrating 25 years in business, To help mark the occasion , Westhill is rewarding its customers, by giving away free insurance policies. Selected customers were sent a text inviting them to call in for a 1 in 25 chance of winning … Continue reading
SMS Marketing Works, Say Hair and Beauty Salons
Posted on October 1st, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, News and Case Studies, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software Tags: Add new tag, bulk sms for hair and beauty salons, sms for hair and beauty salon, texting for haie salons, texting for salons
Text Marketer has seen a big increase in the number of independent hair and beauty salons that are using bulks sms to communicate with their customers. SMS is very cost effective and has the advantage getting the message straight to the customer’s phone, wherever they happen to be. Most salons … Continue reading
Text Marketer Launches SMS for Schools
Posted on September 29th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, News and Case Studies, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software, Web to SMS Tags: bulk sms for schools, sending sms text messages to parents, sms messages for schools and colleges, text messaging for schools and colleges, texting for schools
Text Marketer has launched SMS for Schools, a low cost sms communication service for UK schools and colleges. The new text system offers schools the highest quality sms service at the lowest price. (From 3.8 pence per message.) Setting up an account is free and there is no monthly fee … Continue reading
How to get started with SMS Marketing today and save £246. A NEW Business Starter Pack goes live today.
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by Richard.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Advertising, SMS Providers, Text Messaging Response, Text Messaging Software, Web to SMS Tags: bulk, incoming, intro, keyword, marketing, platform, receive text messages, sms, software, start, text
You’ve heard of it. You know you probably should do it. But, isn’t it all complicated!? Bulk SMS this, Text Marketing that, Send SMS Alerts, let customers contact you by Text Message … sigh, tut, I hear you cry. Well, we guarantee you, it isn’t that tough. And, we’ve just … Continue reading
SMS Marketing for the Financial Services Industry
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software Tags: bulk sms for consumer finance, selling payday loans by sms, sms for finanacial services, sms for loans, sms marketing
The financial services sector has endured a torrid time in the past 18 months. For most companies it’s been a tough job just trying to survive and they way is littered with casualties. There are however reasons for optimism and even talk of improving trading conditions in recent weeks. Is … Continue reading
BBC Cult Kids’ TV Show Leaps Into Mobile
Posted on September 16th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, News and Case Studies, SMS Advertising, Text Messaging Response, Text Messaging Software Tags: bulk sms for leisure sector, bulk sms for theatres, sms for theatres, text messaging for theatres
Unless you are under 12 or have young children you will never have heard of cult kids’ TV show Lazy Town. It’s a surreal mix of real actors, puppetry and computer animation, set in a day-glo world where good triumphs over evil. Like all good children’s’ programming, it is even … Continue reading
SMS Marketing for the Fast Food Industry
Posted on September 10th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software Tags: bulk sms for pizza restaurants, bulk sms for restaurants, sms for takeaways, sms marketing for hotel and catering industry, text marketing for pizza
The fast food sector is notoriously resilient in a tough economic climate. The current recession is proving to be no exception with the largest pizza takeaway companies reporting increases in profits this year. As well as UK consumers dining out less at restaurants, the swine flu outbreak over the summer … Continue reading
Top Tips for Writing Successful SMS Marketing Messages
Posted on August 18th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Campaign Articles, Documentation, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software Tags: example text marketing message, template bulk sms messages, template example sms messages
Customers often ask us whether we have any example sms messages that they can use as a templates for their bulk sms marketing campaigns. Now obviously each company needs to tailor the text message specifically for their own target market. There are however a few golden rules that can help … Continue reading
5 Easy Things to Test to Achieve a Better Response from your SMS Marketing Campaigns
Posted on July 28th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice, Text Messaging Software
Testing something new or changing something seemingly small in your bulk sms campaign can definitely improve the response that you achieve. But you won’t know until you try. Testing something new can seem like hard work but it’s really not. If you’re putting together a business sms campaign anyway, it’s … Continue reading