SMS
SMS (Short Message Service) is a text messaging technology that allows users to send and receive brief text messages between mobile devices. Limited to 160 characters per message, SMS has become a ubiquitous communication tool used by billions worldwide for personal and business purposes. Check out these insightful articles from Martech Zone:
Articles Tagged SMS:
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How Can You Balance Multiple Content Distribution Goals in 2024?
You have a lot of published content, and you want to develop a winning content distribution strategy to show it to the world and achieve positive results as efficiently as possible. On the one hand, it’s never been so easy to engage with customers due to the large number of content distribution channels — search engines (SEO), email marketing, social…
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5 Steps To Capture Every Lead At Your Next Public Speaking Event or Conference
While many people believe that public speaking is a lucrative industry, having a career in speaking is only possible if you’re leading (keynoting) large events or doing custom speaking or training for corporations. Folks don’t realize that many conference speakers they watch at an event aren’t getting paid at all. It’s likely that they even paid thier own transportation and…
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Proximity Marketing and Advertising: The Technology, Types, and Tactics
As soon as I walk into my local Kroger (supermarket) chain, I look down at my phone, and the app alerts me where I can either pop up my Kroger Savings barcode for checking out or I can open the app to search and find items in the aisles. When I visit a Verizon store, my app alerts me with…
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GetResponse: Build, Communicate, and Convert Your Contacts Into Customers With More Than Email
Marketing professionals often find themselves entangled in the complexities of managing multiple marketing technology (martech) platforms. The time and effort spent transferring data between systems, coupled with the steep learning curve associated with mastering each new tool, can significantly detract from the core objectives of marketing strategies. Recognizing these challenges, modern martech platforms have begun to evolve, offering a broad…
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Trafft: Display Your Services, Schedule, and Availability For Customers To Book Appointments
The importance of self-service for appointment scheduling cannot be overstated. Customers increasingly prefer booking appointments at their convenience, a trend that has led businesses to seek solutions that can offer such flexibility around the clock. However, building a solution to meet these needs comes with its own complexities. It requires integrating a seamless user experience, robust back-end support, messaging, and…
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ManyChat: Harness the Power of Chat Marketing with this Centralized SMS and DM Platform (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp)
Businesses continually seek innovative ways to engage with their customers and drive sales. One such innovation is Chat Marketing, a strategy that leverages centralized chat platforms to monitor, aggregate, and respond effectively to prospective and current customers. What is Chat Marketing? Chat Marketing is a dynamic approach that utilizes messaging apps and chatbots to interact with customers in real-time. It…
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The New Rules of Customer Engagement
Customer engagement has become the centerpiece of modern business strategies, crucial in fostering loyal relationships between brands and their clients. It is about creating meaningful interactions with customers at various points in their journey with a product or service. Here are some compelling statistics that underscore the focus on engagement: 90% of customers are keen on brands that allow replies…
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Signage: How To Design Effective Signs That Drive More Traffic To Your Business
As marketers, we are often fascinated and driven to the most intelligent or innovative solutions, ignoring obvious solutions that have been proven effective for hundreds of years. Signage is one of those strategies. The above sign is one of my favorites and was in front of my favorite pizzeria in central Indiana. It’s a great, family-owned small business that’s incredibly…
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Optimizing Security and Productivity in Marketing Teams: Best Practices in Password Management
One of the first tasks in taking over a new marketing position or managing a new client with your agency is getting control of the different marketing, advertising, social media, and content platforms. It can be frustrating when login and password credentials are lost, forgotten, or even left with an employee or contractor leaving the brand. I’m thankful that most…
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Jobber: Commercial and Residential Service Estimates, Quotes, Scheduling, Invoicing, and Payments
My consulting firm has managed the marketing and integrations for several commercial and residential service companies. They all have one thing in common: the seamless experience they provide customers and the quality of the job they commit to is core to their business growth and success. In other words, when commercial and residential businesses make it easy to work with…
