FASTSMS

Recently we have had a lot of interest in our various partner programmes, this is in no small part down to the maturing of the SMS market as businesses all over the U.K. realise the power of SMS Marketing for small, local businesses.

Now while many forward-thinking entrepreneurial individuals realise the power of mobile in generating business for themselves and clients, not all are sure of how to go about providing such a service.

At FASTSMS we operate three main ways for our partners to deliver SMS services to their existing and future customers, in this post I will highlight the advantages and even disadvantages of each approach and who they are aimed at…

A Shortcode is a 5 digit number (e.g. 80010), particularly used by corporations looking for a more professional alternative to a Virtual Mobile Number.

Starring in this video is ‘Dave the Shoe Guy’ and he tells us how he has used text messaging to grow his U.S.A. based shoe business from $650,000 to $1.3 Million a year in sales.

The following points all require consideration when in the planning stage of your campaign so your results can subsequently be measured…

A recent study by digital marketing research firm InsightExpress has concluded that mobile ad campaign norms were four-and-a-half to five times more effective than online norms.

It is widely recognised that last year, Valentine’s Day was the busiest day for SMS in the first quarter with well over 1 billion texts being sent.

Switching to SMS gets your message straight to the recipients handset – it is cheaper and yields higher and much faster response rates than any other medium.

Using premium reverse billed SMS, FASTSMS can offer your company enhanced revenue streams and partially, or even fully, self funding marketing campaigns.

FASTSMS can offer hosting to media content developers and provide a delivery platform with reverse billing support for all media including logos, ringtones and java games and applications.