Question: I currently use Text Marketer’s web based bulk sms system to send messages to my customers. I want them to be able to reply to these messages. Should I use a short code or a long code? What’s the difference…
April 14, 2011
Question – Am I allowed to send my customers a mobile marketing campaign? Customers have given me their mobile numbers but they haven’t specifically opted in to receiving text messages. This is one of the most frequently asked questions on the subject of mobile…
March 22, 2011
This is the first in a series of blog posts looking at current on-pack SMS based promotions. Casting a critical eye, from the consumer’s perspective, campaigns will be rated on a number of factors such as ease of entry, clarity of…
March 8, 2011
See the NEW updated article: How to do … Restaurant Mobile Marketing Booking enquiries can increase as much as much as 50% using a text option Booking a restaurant is often a impulsive decision but a lot of people refrain from…
March 2, 2011
RoughTrax, one of the leading independent suppliers of 4×4 Toyota parts, recently integrated the text message enquiry and reply system txtUs. txtUs is designed to give a business a unique mobile number (like having a fax number) which customers and prospects…
March 1, 2011
Coca Cola brand Sprite has just completed a 6-week Sell Your Mother mobile couponing campaign in Denmark. Sprite used web-based mobile coupons, offering consumers a free bottle of Sprite in a chain of nationwide stores. Due to the large number of…
February 15, 2011
There was a great article recently in Mobile Marketing Magazine about the importance of talking to your customers and prospects as humans rather than just mobile numbers in a database. This has long been the mantra of direct marketing types, not…
February 15, 2011
I noticed that Volvo have got a new TV campaign out, selling their new s60 model. The idea of the ad is to talk you through all the clichés that car advertisers typically use and then tick them off one by…
January 19, 2011
Leading storage company Storage King is using mobile marketing as a simple way of getting offers out to their customers and prospects. SMS marketing still remains by far and away the most responsive direct marketing medium available. Responses to mobile marketing…
January 5, 2011
The first SMS message was sent through our gateway in 1999 and since then billions of messages have followed.
Offering one of the most direct and personal ways of communication, advertising and marketing to your customers, mobile marketing can be used to drive brand awareness, for promotions and to retain customers. With the extra personal touch and interactive dimension mobile marketing brings open, read and response rates like no other marketing channel.
After all, 98% of text messages get read compared to just 20% of emails (Frost & Sullivan)
At Text Marketer, we aren’t just satisfied with providing a great mobile marketing platform, we know you want more from SMS and so do we. We provide some great extras that can really help you squeeze the most out of mobile marketing and can turn a good mobile marketing campaign into a world class one.
Customer feedback has never been more important than it is today and with our SMS surveys you can get to know your customers better, what they love about your business and what areas you can improve.
Email to SMS can work great for businesses with a lot of people who all need to send SMS. Our email to SMS gateway receives emails and converts them immediately to texts, delivering them straight to the end users mobile phone.
A virtual mobile number and a dedicated short code are two great ways to allow customers to respond and talk to you through SMS. Allow customers to have a conversation with you or let them enter a competition via SMS.
At Text Marketer we give you more for your money, you’ll find more than just low prices to attract you, with the best in-house support and numerous how-tos, eBooks, instructional posts and documents to help you succeed with your mobile marketing campaigns.
We simply promise to help you get the best out of mobile marketing
It is estimated that 91% of adults have their phones within arm’s length 24/7 (Nielsen) meaning that there is no other device you’re likely to reach your customers with, than on a mobile phone.
