In recent years various NHS trusts have used SMS messaging to remind clients of their appointments - and have saved the NHS thousands of pounds already. With the number of missed appointments at an all time high across the NHS, the cost of these no-shows has a huge impact on the vital services that the NHS provides, for both the organisation and its patients. Read on to learn how SMS Messaging is saving the NHS thousands.
When you start using SMS marketing, one of the first decisions you need to make is whether or not you’ll need to get replies. If you do, then you’ll need to decide between shortcodes and a virtual mobile number (VMN, also called longcode). If you don’t, then that’s alright too.
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Did you know you can send more than text in an SMS message? Well, technically it isn’t an SMS message if it isn’t text. Instead, the multimedia messaging service, or MMS for short, is an extension of the SMS core functionality. It allows you to send short videos (40 seconds or less), images or audio over mobile networks just like an SMS message.
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For a while now we've had keywords on shortcodes and virtual mobile numbers (VMNs). This latest update lets you manage your keywords on our shortcode and your VMNs in exactly the same way. We've made it easy to search and reserve your keywords from right in NetMessenger. And because...
