The holidays are the best periods to send Holiday SMS to customers or clients. With the year whining down, businesses are looking to connect better with the very source of their business existence in the first place . . . the customers. While sending “Happy Holiday!” messages are great, smart businesses take advantage of this…
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5 Steps to Sending SMS That Converts
The most lagging question at the back of the mind of every SMS marketer is; “How do I send bulk SMS that converts?” This is a very important question for any marketer. At the end of all the gimmicks, works, and sweet words, the bottom line is having your SMS turn a prospect into a…
How to Send New Month SMS as a Business
It’s almost customary for people to send out new month SMS or messages at the beginning of the month. The practice has been going on since Short Message Service, carried on today by mobile phone users worldwide. Back in the day, New Month SMS was commonly practiced only by individuals, peer-to-peer, and of course, lovers!…
WhatsApp Bulk Messaging: Pros and Cons
WhatsApp Marketing is the popular name for the activity of sending bulk messages over the instant messaging app: WhatsApp. Well, not over the app exactly but through composite applications, you can buy online. This practice emerged as a result of WhatsApp’s anti-spamming policy which limits messages sent to only 5 contacts at a time. If…
Is SMS Part of Digital Marketing?
The most modern definition of marketing today is simply ”personalization and building relationships’. While there are wide varieties of digital marketing tools out there, only a few really relate to the target audience at personal levels. Digital marketing avails marketers the chance to create attractive content that will seduce potential customers. With tools like email…
How Successful Businesses Profit from SMS Marketing
It’s no news that many top companies are relying on and profiting from SMS texting. In fact, for some, SMS marketing still accounts for over 30% of their mobile marketing budget. We published a previous article about how 6 top brands are making use of SMS texting to communicate with customers. In this article, let’s…
Difference Between Bulk SMS, Texting and Simple SMS
SMS and Texting are used interchangeably today by many businesses and millennials, but this isn’t the case in reality. We would try to split bean from the bean in this short article. Texting Texting is the general name given to electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters sent between two or more users…
5 Ways to Improve Your Customer Service Using SMS
Business success relies heavily on good customer experience, better still, the ability for customers to reach support seamlessly when they need it. Communication is at the top of the list when it comes to excellent customer service. Customers expect instant replies or actions when they have urgent questions or technical issues that require quick resolutions….
Here’s How 6 Top Brands are Using SMS to Communicate With People
SMS can be used for a wide range of things, from mobile marketing to setting appointments and from organizing a team to crisis management. Many top brands have noticed the efficiency of SMS communication over the years and have migrated over 70% of their mobile marketing/communications efforts to SMS tools. If you’ve been wondering how…
HOW TO DEACTIVATE DND FROM YOUR LINE IN NIGERIA (2020)
Do-Not-Disturb (DND) service was introduced across all GSM Networks in July, 2016 for the purpose of blocking unsolicited text messages from delivering to Nigerian lines. While this is good from a security point-of-view, lines can be mistakenly prevented from receiving any bulk SMS at all whether solicited for or not. There has been a lot…