How Many Characters can I use for SMS Marketing? [Infographic]
A common question for those using SMS marketing is that of how many characters are actually available. Although a single SMS message traditionally has a character limit of 140 characters, modern technology allows multiple messages to be seamlessly joined up or ‘concatenated’, giving you a much more generous 459 characters in total. To help you better understand, we’ve created this handy infographic.
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