SMS Compliance: What it is And What it’s Not SMS Compliance is often a topic that goes overlooked. In fact, according to Statistic Brain, a whopping 781 Billion text messages are sent monthly. Nearly 49% of those messages are spam. Bringing this point home, how many text messages do you receive in a day? Plenty, […]
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Put SMS To Work For You This Holiday Season
Put SMS To Work For You This Holiday Season No matter what your business’ goals are this holiday season, SMS can help you attract more buyers and increase sales. Text message marketing is a personal and powerful tool that can drive foot traffic on Black Friday or boost e-commerce sales on Cyber Monday. A well-executed […]
Text Message Marketing Services for TV
Combine text message marketing services and TV. As more businesses continue to incorporate text message marketing services, cross channel marketing becomes even more important. In addition television has been around longer than many of us have been alive. At this moment some marketers are questioning the relevance of television advertising when compared to SMS, mobile marketing, and other […]
Acquiring an SMS Gateway
How can I acquire a SMS gateway? Before you can send a single SMS message you must partner with a SMS gateway provider. There are multiple working parts that are involved when sending SMS messages across US carriers, Canadian carriers, or even carriers worldwide. When it comes to SMS marketing the gateway to the carriers […]
SMS Marketing Effectiveness
How Effective Is SMS Marketing? Over the past several years the amount of attention SMS and mobile marketing have received has continued to grow. As the mobile marketing industry has continued to expand so has the importance of SMS marketing. Today, some marketers argue that SMS marketing is not an effective marketing tool. AvidMobile has […]
SMS Beyond Traditional Promotions
SMS Beyond Traditional Promotions SMS is an exceptionally effective way for brands to communicate with their customers. Currently there are a large majority of businesses utilizing SMS marketing to deliver mobile coupons and promotional offers. In addition, the text message can be used to deliver news, updates, and any other information you wish to share […]
SMS API Security is Just As Important As Reliability
SMS API Security is Just As Important As Reliability SMS messaging has become a powerful tool for a variety of industries. With hospitals, dentist offices, and financial institutions utilizing the power of mobile to communicate with their patients and customers, SMS security has become a priority. Unlike the retail industry, the medical and financial industries […]
How Can I Get Started Sending SMS?
How Can I Get Started Sending SMS? Starting something new can be a daunting process. There is so much to learn, companies to research, rules to follow, and mistakes to make. Here we will try and help you answer the question ‘How can I get started sending SMS?’. I think it is as easy as […]
Start Sending with our SMS JSON API
Start Sending with our SMS JSON API Integrating your application to send SMS or text message notifications, alerts, mobile marketing messages, or any type of SMS can be easy with AvidMobile’s SMS JSON API. Plug into one of our shared or dedicated short codes, long codes, or international gateway to deliver 1-way or 2-way SMS […]
SMS Marketing Starts At the Opt-in | Part 2
SMS Marketing Starts At the Opt-in | Part Two In part one we discussed the importance of following compliance and best practices for an SMS marketing opt-in. Specifically, by following the CTIA and TCPA guidelines a business can ensure they are building a quality database. The second important part of an SMS campaign is the […]