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Fastsms SMS messaging solutions are aimed primarily at business users and their communications needs. However nothing disqualifies personal users from using Fastsms for their texting needs. You can send and receive texts, at low cost, wherever you may be as long as you have an internet connection, so can be very handy when overseas or out of range.

All solutions are free irrespective of usage level. Message credits can be bought in bundles as low as 100 credits which, at the time of writing, costs just £3.50p + VAT. Inbound messages can come through a Virtual Mobile Number which costs just £99 + VAT per annum, or you can direct inbound messages to your mobile phone if you prefer.

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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If you've considered SMS marketing to new and existing customers by text message but dismissed it, it really is time to think again. SMS continues to outperform and outreach all the newer models of communication designed to replace it. The latest competitor to run into difficulties against business text messaging is mobile internet advertising.

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Almost any business, or even a not-for-profit company, can take advantage of the frenzy of sporting events, like The Olympics. Especially when you combine it with mobile marketing. That’s because there are plenty of fans, and their devices, here in the UK.

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If there’s one thing most of us can agree on, it’s that our economic future is uncertain. The world economy reacted to the Brexit vote with unstable and falling stock markets. And no one knows exactly what the Leave vote means for the UK. But there are other uncertainties too. How can SMS help your business in these uncertain times, not just now but in the future.

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Yet another company (Quigley and Carter Limited) have been fined by the ICO for not having permission to send SMS messages. In this case, they had outsourced their marketing to a third party who then sent messages on their behalf. So is staying compliant with the regulations regarding SMS messaging so difficult? It doesn’t have to be.

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