Competitions: A Business SMS Use Case
‘Text to win’ – Customers text in their entry to be entered into a prize draw for something of interest. The result is generating awareness of the brand or product as well as access to an opt‐in mailing list of a potentially niche group.
The following are just some of the sectors already benefiting from using SMS text messaging to run SMS competitions: Car Dealerships, Travel Agents, Retail, Entertainment, Consumer Products
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