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The Onward March of SMS

6 or 7 seven years ago, most industry pundits were predicting that the meteoric rise of sms messaging as a communication tool, would have levelled off by 2010 and would probably have been overtaken by a new form of instant, low…

Guide to SMS Marketing for Car Dealerships

The automotive retailing industry is very well suited to using SMS as a way of communicating with its customer and prospect base. Dealers tend to hold a high proportion of mobile numbers on their databases but the potential of the mobile…

PHP and SMS

PHP is the very popular web scripting language, to make things easy for the PHP programmer we have provided some (almost!) plug and play  PHP code that easily integrates PHP with our SMS Gateway. Simple Example of sending SMS with PHP…

5 winning ways to make your company's Christmas sales sing along like a carol

The Text Marketer creative team have been at it again, coming up with fabulous new ways for our customers to use SMS Marketing which makes a real difference to their business. There’s an old adage I always think of in our…

SMS Gateway Reliability – The Chain is Only as Strong as the Weakest Link

Most bulk SMS providers, (including ourselves) will take great pains to point out the merits of direct connections to the UK Networks, and a direct connection is indeed essential for a first class, reliable SMS service. But that is only part…

5 Reasons Why You Can't Afford To Ignore Mobile Marketing

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…

National Autistic Society Deploys Text Response in The Times

In its first mobile marketing initiative, The National Autistic Society is running an advertisement in The Times with a text response mechanic that urges potential donors to text ACT to 88802 to express their support. The society, that champions the rights…

Q: How Can You Get a Better Open Rate to Your E-mail Campaigns?

A: Use an SMS Service to draw attention to your e-mail. We all know the problem with e-mail. Open rates have been dropping steadily and it’s becoming an increasing struggle just to get e-mails read let alone responded to. SMS has…