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’ [...]
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 [...]
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 all orders before Christmas.
“Vansdirect FREE Sat [...]
Leading public service provider Amey, has come up with a cunning idea to make sure that its team of field based staff stay safe while driving.
The company has recently put in place a ban on using mobile phones while driving, which includes driving while using a hands free device.
To help bring home the message, Amey [...]
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 [...]
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 at business sms as a low [...]
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 file.
This improvement will save time when [...]
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 and out of touch and regular [...]
UK’s largest bathroom retailer launches customer text service
Bathstore has chosen Text Marketer’s sms software to launch a new sms alert service for its customers. Customers can opt to receive sms alerts direct to their mobile. The offers aim to drive customers to the store with a range of tempting offers. A recent weekend event [...]
I was recently chatting with one of our customers about how they use sms marketing within their business. I was interested to hear them talk about how they have managed to dramatically reduce their business phone bill as well as saving significant time by replacing phone calls with text messages.
The company operates a large, non [...]
