Text messaging, also known as SMS marketing, is a powerful tool that enables you to contact people directly. But carrier violations may be preventing your texts from being delivered. According to Smart Insights, 97 percent of text messages are read within 15 minutes of delivery, … Continue reading “Carrier violations: What to avoid during SMS text marketing”

While SMS marketing is an effective tool to reach your customers and new leads, there are important rules to follow for text compliance. A text message sent through an SMS marketing campaign, on average, should experience a 98 percent open rate. This easily beats email … Continue reading “Text compliance: 9 tips to keep your business out of trouble”

How creative is your SMS marketing? Are you seizing every opportunity to engage with your subscribers and ultimately boost sales with your ideas? Simply put, SMS marketing is a type of digital marketing that communicates promotions, sales, coupons, confirmations, news and other updates to your … Continue reading “SMS marketing ideas – 7 ways to get started”

It’s tough to beat SMS text message marketing when it comes to digital marketing tactics. Text messaging is fast, direct, efficient and relatively inexpensive when compared to other advertising tactics (such as Google Ads). Short message service (SMS) marketing is a form of marketing that … Continue reading “9 do’s and don’ts of SMS text message marketing”

It’s impossible to create and execute successful SMS marketing campaigns without measuring key metrics. SMS marketing involves sending promotional campaigns or transactional messages for marketing purposes using text messages. About 81 percent of Americans use text messaging. Text message open rates are as high as … Continue reading “How to measure the success of your SMS marketing campaign”

We’ve picked 9 of our favorite SMS marketing examples that you can use immediately for your business, team, or online store. Text message marketing is powerful. In fact, text message marketing generates response rates as high as 45 percent. And about two-thirds of consumers have … Continue reading “SMS Marketing Examples: 9 ways to use text message marketing”

SMS text message marketing can be the most effective method of mass communication. Compared to emails, text messages can be more powerful. They have a 98 percent open rate compared to 20 percent in emails, and consumers are 4.5 percent more likely to respond to … Continue reading “8 tips to write an effective marketing text message”

What is a text message campaign? A text messaging campaign allows you to interact with your customers through text messages, which can feel more personal than emails. Also known as SMS marketing text message campaigns have an engagement rate that’s three to seven times higher … Continue reading “Text Message Campaign – 6 things to know before starting”

What is automated text message marketing? Automated text message marketing is sending text messages on a pre-determined schedule or sending when certain conditions are met. The greatest benefit of automated text message marketing is that automated text messages runs on your behalf 24 hours a … Continue reading “Automated text message marketing”

Every business should have an SMS marketing strategy as part of its larger digital marketing efforts. SMS marketing is the use of text messages to convey your message to potential (and current) customers. It’s also the way many consumers prefer to communicate. About 75 percent … Continue reading “8 tips to maximize your SMS marketing strategy”

The SMS marketing best practices listed below should be part of your text message marketing strategy. And, if you aren’t using SMS marketing. You should be. Why? About 85 percent of consumers in one study say they want to receive text messages from brands. And … Continue reading “SMS marketing best practices for maximum results”

What is 10DLC registration? 10DLC is a registration process for sending SMS marketing traffic. It requires registration of the ten digit long codes (10DLC) with the phone carriers. If your business uses or plans to use SMS marketing, you’ve probably heard about upcoming A2P 10DLC … Continue reading “What is 10DLC registration for SMS marketing”