Here are some tools that can help your organization benefit from SMS messaging
Send high volumes of messages, which enable you to connect, interact and transact with customers, or partners all over the world.
Using our online self-service portal, customers can access, place orders and purchase our Bulk SMS. Included in this package is an automated online acquisition process as follows;
- Create an account with all requisite details. On completion, an email is sent to your inbox with relevant login credentials.
- Login to a portal
- Place an order and wait for confirmation email
- Purchase Bulk SMS
- Create list of subscribers (supports ability to upload Excel file format)
- Create your messages
- Schedule sending of messages
- Create list of subscribers to be sent for messages
- Activate service
- Review reports
Two way text messaging platform allows you to send and receive SMS text messages from any web browser or phone, and gives you complete flexibility in managing all of your incoming and outgoing messages.
The use of 2-Way Messaging to maintain a direct line of communication with your customers is an effective and economical way to get unbiased opinion on any issue.
2-Way Messaging can be used in mobile marketing campaigns, promotions, surveys, opinion polls, text to screen and other services requiring a response from the mobile subscriber. By including personalized content, 2-way SMS services give message recipients an increased feeling of caring and intimacy from the sender.
Short Codes are special telephone numbers that are typically 4 to 6 digits long. Unlike regular 10-digit phone numbers, you cannot call a short code number. They are used for texting purposes only. Short codes act just like any other regular 10-digit phone numbers that you can send text messages to.
Short Codes allow you to create
- On demand 2-way SMS service
- Subscription based service that allows subscribers to opt-in and opt-out. This are typically associated with a keyword to represent a subscription service
A Mobile Keyword is a one-word phrase that identifies a product, service, action, or business. People text a mobile keyword to a pre-publicized 5-digit short code number to receive additional information and to join your mobile distribution list.
Mobile is the fastest and most productive way to remind your customers about reservations, appointments, prescription refills, warranty expiration date, overdue or late payments and more.
The Text Reminder service is a non-intrusive way of saying you care and an automated way of increasing your revenue. Mobile Text Reminder pays for itself with just a single saved opportunity and is the most effective and least expensive way to keep your business or service at full capacity.
A mobile coupon is a type of e-coupon (electronic coupon) and it is the next evolution of the printed coupon. Text message coupons are a simple but powerful tool for retailers. At this time, the only way to make mobile coupons work across all cell phones and mobiles is to send the coupon via text message to the customer’s cell phone to be saved or redeemed.
Campaign Ideas for Mobile Coupons
- Promote a new product by offering customers a free sample or discount with a mobile coupon.
- Get customers in store quickly during both sale periods and slow times with a mobile coupon.
Text voting, also called SMS polling, is a poll conducted via text messages that are sent from peoples cell phones. You create a poll and ask your audience to vote via text message by sending in a vote to a short code. All the information is stored and reported in real time, including the voter’s mobile phone number.
It’s an excellent tool to capture your customer’s opinion or just to engage them and help with your business decisions. There are no limits to the types of SMS polling you can run, whether it be Option 1 v Option 2 or a multi-option poll that allows you to choose one from many. Our solution allows you to run dynamic SMS polling with real time responses, such as,Thanks for your Vote for Madonna, this option is currently leading the tally with 62% of all responses!
Campaign Ideas for Text Voting
- If you run a TV program why not let the audience vote on some aspect of the show? This works particularly well for reality TV competitions but can be used for any type of TV program.
- If you are a radio station, you can ask your audience to vote for their favorite song.
Text games, also known as mobile trivia or SMS trivia, are trivia games conducted by text messages. Cell phone users send their answers to short codes to participate in the game. Typically there is a mobile contest or mobile prize for playing the game.
It can be one of the most entertaining mobile marketing solutions if used correctly. With text games you can create single or multiple rounds of trivia, for single players or multi players.
Campaign Ideas for Text Games
- Create a single-player competition. Send text messages with questions everyday to your clients and ask them to answer the questions. By the end of the week the customers who answered all questions correct by text message will receive a product or a discount, such as a mobile coupon
- Print a question on a product package and ask customers to send their answer via text message from their cell phone. Players who get it right receive 10% off on their next purchase with a text message coupon.