Industry News & Events
Smishing
Smishing is a short term for SMS phishing, a variant of phishing email scams that instead utilizes SMS systems to send out bogus text messages. It is the act of using mobile phone text messages to lure victims into immediate action such as downloading mobile malware, visiting a malicious website or calling a fraudulent phone […]
Skyscraper Marketing
Recently we heard the term skyscraper marketing and were curious about why it’s trending right now. The basic idea behind the skyscraper technique is to pick popular pages, improve upon their content, and reach out to sites that linked to those lower quality pages and get them to link you. When done well skyscraper marketing […]
Two Factor Authentication with SMS
Two Factor Authentication (2FA) is becoming an increasingly popular authentication protocol to protect online websites and adds another layer of security to the traditional username and password model. How does it work? When a user registers for a website they are asked to enter their details, including their mobile number. The website will generally send […]
Mobile Advertising Trends for 2017
With person to person SMS continuing to decline due to the proliferation of messaging applications such as WhatsApp, 2017 will see a further increase in the use of SMS for mobile advertising. According to Portio Research some 1.7 trillion Application to Person (A2P) SMS will be sent globally by 2018. One of the main reasons […]
Marketing to Millennials
Millennials are the most heavily marketed to generation in history. They are bombarded each day with TV, Radio, Social Media, Print and now Mobile Advertising. In the middle of all this noise, how do you get your message to stick with millennials? How do we go about marketing to millennials? What is a Millennial? We […]
Simplytext Customers now supported by Sendmode.com
Hi, As mentioned in the email from Peggy, Simplytext customers will now be supported by the Sendmode.com team. You are very welcome and we are delighted to serve your SMS Text Messaging needs. Some pointers to get you started. Next time you login you will be logging in to the Sendmode system. Your username and […]
New SMS Signature Feature
Sendmode are happy to announce yet another small but nifty new feature on our platform. We’re always telling you about the importance of including an opt out at the end of your Bulk Text message, well our new SMS signature feature means that now you’ll never forget. You can set an automatic signature which will […]
SMS Image Attachments
You can now send an image to your customers in your SMS text message via our new SMS Image Attachments feature. We store your image on our private cloud and send the image via a link embedded in your SMS. It’s really simple and we have explained it step by step below for you. You […]
Sendmode’s Online Chat & Customer Support
The team at Sendmode have been using online chat throughout 2014 to further enhance the level of customer support we provide to you. Sendmode pride themselves on offering a first class, low cost bulk text service that is complimented by its 24/7 customer support. When you log onto the Sendmode site, don’t be afraid to […]
What is Mobile Marketing?
Mobile Marketing has certainly been something of a buzz word in the last few years, and every year has been predicted as ‘The Year of the Mobile’. With handsets and tablets now forming an integral part of our daily lives, it’s an exciting time to be a marketer or business owner, when consumers can be […]