Are you really going to let the postal strikes cost you money?
FACT: To send a letter by SnailMail costs well over 50p, takes days or even weeks to arrive and often makes its way from the inbox to the bin unopened.
FACT: An SMS text message costs a few pence to send, arrives within seconds and is usually read within a few minutes. On top of that it is quicker to compose and is a great deal greener!
Many of our users are already benefiting from SMS in their communications to some degree, but are unaware that it could be used for so much more…
- Reminders / renewals / confirmations: confirm appointments, chase payments, service renewals and subscriptions reminders, advance notice of events, invitations and much more.
- Marketing messages: special offers, price reductions, new products / services. Include links to web pages to replace brochures, flyers and catalogues – saving even more money.
- Mass broadcasts: call employees to meetings, friends to social events, or clients to exhibitions / seminars. Personalise your messages using the “mail merge” feature.
- Inbound SMS: publish your Virtual Mobile Number so people can text and reply to you too.
Right now there is an extra incentive to look at ways of switching SnailMail traffic to other cheaper and, most importantly, reliable methods of communication.
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.
Find out if you are getting the most out of your account by giving us a call on 0800 954 5305 emailing helpdesk@fastsms.co.uk or reading our new Mobile Marketing Guide
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