One of our favorite companies (and long-term customers) sends personal, one-on-one texts every day. Because of the nature of their work (they’re lawyers), they interact with clients for several weeks or several months at a time, so building a relationship is critical. Not every client gets a text message every day, but members of the
Consumers’ expectations continue to become more demanding. They want fast responses and less effort required when communicating with the brands they favor. If you want to market in real time, your best choice is to use SMS messages. People check their phones every 15 minutes or so, even without the ping of a notification. Smartphones
SMS messages and texting is growing in preference as a communication channel between businesses, business professionals and consumers. However, conversational messaging for marketing is not the same as whipping out your smartphone to fire off a text to friends or family. An advanced messaging platform is a business tool that requires a strategy for your
SMS messages in business is often thought of as purely transactional. It’s commonly used for password verification, appointment reminders, package delivery updates, service appointment arrival times, coupons and promotional offers—all of them transactional communications. But messaging can have much more impact as a conversation. Most transactional messages are push messages sent out based on triggers
Customers who are emotionally connected are more than double[1] the value of highly satisfied customers, on a lifetime basis, according to Harvard Business Review (HBR). Empathy gets a lot of lip service from marketers and salespeople, but to grow our companies we need to actually show empathy for our customers with messaging that resonates over
Facing a talent shortage? Consider passive talent. Seventy percent of potential candidates are passive talent, says a recent LinkedIn[1] study. However, since they are not actively looking for a job, getting their attention is a challenge. They would be reluctant to take calls from unknown numbers at work and they might not see your email,