Navigating SMS

Texting for customer service can save your business a ton of time, too. Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again? – Roy Trenneman, The IT Crowd What Is Texting for Customer Service and Support? A growing number of businesses are using a business text message service to develop more effective service […]

These days more and more people are turning to podcasts to get through long morning commutes and keep up with current events. With fewer commercials than radio shows and specialized presentations for different topics, people get more of what they’re interested in than they might from the radio. There are small business podcasts, plenty of podcasts […]

SimpleTexting’s new Segments feature lets you set up customer segmentation right inside your account. Make your text message marketing even smarter by targeting specific groups of subscribers and sending them campaigns tailored to their interests or demographics.

Nearly 50% of Americans say they spend at least some time working remotely or from home. How fast is the remote workforce growing, and what are some of the benefits of working remotely? Discover fascinating statistics about this growing employment trend in the U.S.

With nearly everyone sending text messages these days, you may be wondering what kind of texting etiquette to practice. What is and isn’t appropriate to send via text message? Learn some fun facts about texting etiquette in this helpful guide.

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MMS marketing lets you enhance your text campaigns with images, gifs, video, and audio. SimpleTexting now has this feature available for U.S. customers.

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Looking to build an SMS marketing list filled with truly interested contacts who won’t report you for spam? You should try a double opt-in process.

A mobile reading app called Hooked is keeping millions of people engaged by using a fresh storytelling format—text messages.

In our Text Messaging for Schools industry guide, we wrote about how schools can use SMS to send reminder texts, emergency alerts, and more to keep students engaged and in-the-know. A related story appeared in The New York Times in a Jan. 6 op-ed, “Text Your Way to College,” showing how text messaging can have a significant impact on college enrollment among low-income students. In a 2013 study, […]

How are businesses and news outlets using SMS marketing today? The possibilities with text marketing are virtually endless, but one of the most popular features is to send customized alerts to subscribers. Interested in hearing about the latest current events the moment they happen? With text message marketing, now you can. Most of America’s leading news sources, like CNN, allow you to […]

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