Surely you have received promotional SMS from stores/businesses that have your contact. Have you thought about using this strategy to communicate with your customers? In this article we'll look at the advantages of this marketing strategy as well as the best way to put it into practice for your business.
SMS is one of the most widely used forms of communication today. SMS marketing consists of using this form of communication as a way of interacting with customers. Whether it's to publicize promotions, or simply announce the launch of a new product, SMS is the channel of choice for many brands today. Although it is often an unidirectional communication channel (that is, it is usually not possible for clients to respond to SMS), this is quite effective.
Recent statistics show that 5 billion people on the planet are able to receive and send SMS. 89% of people always have their mobile phone easily accessible. 96% of marketers consider promotional SMS as highly effective. These are some of the stats that help support the effectiveness of SMS ad campaigns. The reading rate of an SMS is much higher than that of other traditional advertising media.
SMS marketing campaigns can be particularly useful for advertising promotions.
With the recent approval of the new regulation of protection of data there are some precautions that must be taken in the treatment of the contact data of the clients (necessary to be able to send SMS). First of all you must have the full consent of the costumer to receive promotional SMS from your business. Secondly, an easy way to cancel the receipt of these SMS in a timely manner should be available. Finally the costumer should have the possibility to be able to access and change your data at any time.
If you want to start using SMS marketing as a form of communication in your business you should look for a company that provides this service. Web House is an example of a company with experience in SMS marketing. You can request a proposal without compromise knowing that the cost of the service normally varies according to the number and frequency of SMS that you want to send. The amount of text in each message may also vary the price. However, as a general rule, not only for cost reasons, but also because users are more likely to read smaller messages, you should try to have the text of your message reduced.
If you do not know what SMS Marketing is, you may be losing the benefits of an extremely effective communication channel to your customers. With very high read rates, this may be the best way to advertise your latest promotion to your customers. The cost involved depends directly on the number of messages you want to send, the more messages the more expensive it will be, but more people will be able to read it.