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News, tips & advice from FastSMS

With a bulk communication medium such as SMS messaging statistics can be a great help in directing your usage of the service. Statistics on delivery rates, or more importantly, failure rates plus uptime and downtime figures as well as delivery speed will inform your choice of provider.

The most interesting statistics however relate to the performance of SMS marketing campaigns compared to other options such as email or print. With 98% open rates for SMS, contrasted with 22% for email, these statistics will make it clear why SMS provides fantastic return on investment and should be adopted as soon as possible.

Earlier this month I attended an online webinar session covering topics related to SMS. One of the presenters produced some interesting statistics. I wanted to know more, so I went to the original source and found some great news for everyone using SMS as a key part of their mobile strategy.

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SMS messaging is a popular topic. The growth of mobile has everyone jumping on board the SMS waggon and they all have something to say. I've compiled a list of five topics that I've seen written about that just aren't true, or at the very least are potentially misleading enough to be called myths. I'm going to try and offer some insight into why these myths exist and what the truth is, as I see it anyway!

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50% of people between 55 and 64 own a smartphone and 18% of people over 65 do too. If you’re trying to reach out to these older demographics, it might be time to consider mobile marketing. But what kind should you choose?

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One key to successful marketing is to know when you’re doing it right. And when you’re doing it wrong. The great thing about SMS marketing is you can get that information pretty quickly. But to understand how your messages are performing, you need to do a little maths. Thankfully, it’s all rather simple once you see it.

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But could text messaging really be considered beautiful? You might argue that it depends on the messages you get! That’s a valid approach, but I recently found a description of mobile messaging that made me believe it is indeed beautiful, so I thought I’d share it with you.

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