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
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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
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
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
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association Uses SMS alerts to Support Runners
Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, News and Case Studies, SMS Advertising, SMS Providers, Text Messaging Response, Text Messaging Software Tags: buld sms service, Bulk SMS, business bulk sms service
Guide Dogs is using Text Marketer’s business bulk sms service to send out text alerts as an additional motivational boost to support runners who are running to raise money for the charity. Guide Dogs deliver mobility and access services that meet the needs and aspirations of blind and partially-sighted people … Continue reading
SMS Dominance to Continue
Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Advertising, SMS Providers, Text Messaging Software, Web to SMS Tags: All SMS Gateway Documentation, Bulk SMS, Bulk sms service, Business SMS
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 … Continue reading
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
Thorntons Partner with Text Marketer
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Henry.
Categories: News and Case Studies Tags: Add new tag, Bulk SMS, bulk sms for retail, Bulk sms service, sms marketing for retail
World famous chocolatiers Thorntons, have chosen Text Marketer to help run their current bulk sms campaign. Existing Thorntons customers have been sent a text reminder about delicious last minute Christmas gifts. Included in the text bulletin was a notification about their sale which began on Christmas day itself. SMS Services … Continue reading
Vans Direct Selects Text Marketer’s SMS Service
Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: News and Case Studies Tags: Bulk SMS, Bulk sms service, Business SMS, sms marketing
The UK’s largest independent van retailer, Vans Direct, has chosen Text Marketer as their business bulk sms supplier. They are using their new sms service to communicate some fantastically tempting offers to encourage as many new enquiries before Christmas as possible. The current deal gives customers free sat nav on … Continue reading
Middlesborough Council Launches Children with Disabilities SMS Service
Posted on December 4th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: News and Case Studies Tags: Bulk SMS, bulks sms service for councils, sms alerts, sms service
Middlesborough Council operates a superb network of support services for parents of children with disabilities. The Parents 4 Change initiative, for example, keeps members informed about local activities and news and also provides a supportive environment for parents, carers, professionals. An integral part of the programme is a text alert … Continue reading
5 Reasons Why You Can’t Afford To Ignore Mobile Marketing
Posted on November 20th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice Tags: All SMS Gateway Documentation, Bulk SMS, Business SMS, sms marketing, sms service
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 … Continue reading
Q: How Can You Get a Better Open Rate to Your E-mail Campaigns?
Posted on November 8th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: Bulk SMS, Business SMS, Distributed SMS Articles, SMS Advertising, SMS Marketing Ideas & Advice Tags: Add new tag, Bulk SMS, increase response to email with sms, sms response rates, sms service and email
A: Use an SMS Service to draw attention to your e-mail. We all know the problem with e-mail. Open rates have been dropping steadily and it’s becoming an increasing struggle just to get e-mails read let alone responded to. SMS has presented a very effective solution that is going a … Continue reading
System Update – Unsubscribe Service Now Live on Bulk SMS Service
Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Henry.
Categories: All Bulk SMS Account Documentation, Bulk SMS, Business SMS, System FAQs, Technical Tags: Bulk SMS, sms marketing, stop texts from sms service, unsubscribe from sms service
Our development team has been busy recently building a range of new tools for our main bulk sms service. We’ll be reporting these new tools and what they can do for our customers over the next few weeks. One of the main reasons that sms is such a responsive direct … 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