Seasonal Greetings: A Business SMS Use Case
Broadcast Christmas, New Year and Birthday messages to your clients enhancing your relationship with them, all for a fraction of the cost of a physical card.
The following are just some of the sectors already benefiting from using SMS text messaging to save money and the environment by sending SMS seasonal greetings: Retail, SMEs
For more information on how you could be utilising SMS text messaging within your business call us on 0800 954 5305 or email helpdesk@fastsms.co.uk
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