SMS marketing (short message service marketing) is a popular marketing technique that uses permission-based text messaging to deliver information and promotional messages from businesses to their customer bases. The SMS function is available on every mobile handset and this gives SMS an advantage over other messages apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Viber as it has 100% market penetration.
Generally speaking, the goal of SMS marketing is to build a database of subscribers to increase customer loyalty and then use SMS to deliver information to customers instantly. Across all messaging apps, including SMS, the read rate is an astonishing 98%. This level of engagement far outstrips email for example. In fact, for at least 60% of consumers, SMS marketing is preferred to other email marketing and push-notification services (Forbes).
As mentioned above, it is also worth noting that SMS can also be a great way to send reminders for upcoming events and engage your customers by polling their opinions. Many companies use SMS for as part of their marketing mix and as a customer engagement tool.
I use SMS for renewals each year for my gym. I buy €85 worth of SMS Messages from Sendmode and this gets me between 300 and 350 renewals worth €200 each.
– Jim, Motiv8 Gyms
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