SMS Marketing
A quick and easy 4-step guide on how to start your business’s SMS message marketing campaign
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1) Why Text Marketing?
According to studies, everyone with a mobile phone can receive texts
Over 90% of all texts are read within the first 5 minutes
The average American looks at their cell phone 150+ times a day
It’s a cost-effective method to ensure increased foot traffic and exposure
2) Setting Up Your List
The most efficient way to set up message list, is to use a text market- ing service, a great choice is Simple Texting
After free trial, plans start at just $25/ month for 500 messages
3) Advertising
There are many ways you can get your keyword (provided by Simple Text for customers to sign up)
These include, word of mouth, inserting your keyword on your website’s homepage, putting up flyers, paying for ad-space, etc.
There are many creative methods in SMS Marketing:
4) What Do You Text?
Keywords and texts should be used as a way to not only run specials, deals and promotions, but also to influence referrals/give Covid-related updates, etc.
Automated texts are also a great way to send holiday wishes, etc
