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SMS alerts are one of the most common uses of SMS messaging systems.

If something goes wrong in your business you need the right people to be informed promptly and accurately irrespective of the time of day or day of the week. And because a mobile phone is almost always ready and available to receive alerts then automated SMS alerts are a great tool for nipping problems in the bud.

This can be a piece of equipment failing, often a server but equally possibly a key piece of machinery. If you can detect the problem it is easy to send a message via fastsms. But it doesn’t just cover equipment breakdowns. You could trigger an alert when website visitors go above or below a set value, if temperature falls below a set value you could summon a gritting crew. the possibilities are endless.

The New York Times used the Olympics as an excuse to try a massive SMS experiment. They wanted reporter Sam Manchester to get personal with their thousands of readers using two-way SMS messaging. Read the blog to see if the experiment was a success or a failure.

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Have you seen articles telling you SMS marketing can’t be used to acquire new customers? Or that it isn’t a good way to so? Don’t believe them. You just have to know how to use SMS to get new people to sign up for your list. Read on to find out how.

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If you run paying events - music, drama, sport or even fine dining, training courses or workshops, you'll know the hardest seats to fill are the last few and they are also the most profitable if you can sell them. SMS is an immediate and compelling means of event promotion that can shift those last few places.

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Hotel guests use review site ratings like TripAdvisor to make decisions about where they’ll stay. If your hotel doesn’t rate well, you’re in trouble. Find out how you can get more positive reviews when you use SMS messaging to communicate with guests.

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Can your business benefit from A2P SMS? According to recent research the answer is yes. See the industries that are using it and how the convenient and easy to use fastsms API can get you started, even if you don’t want to code.

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