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
Even though SMS Messages for business has been in play for years, it’s surrounded by myths and misconceptions. Some of the objections we hear include: Smartphones are personal devices. No one wants brands to text them. This simply isn’t true. Companies using messaging find that a solid majority of their prospects and customers want to
Conversational text messaging brings a lot of value. Whether you’re focused on marketing, sales, or service initiatives, messaging has proven to deliver higher engagement and conversions than other communication channels. Even better, consumers across all generations prefer it to other forms of communication. We hope that providing you with the A to Z on conversational
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
Prospects and customers are more elusive than ever. As the volume of communications goes up, they’re adopting more tools to block out brands competing for their attention. DVRs make it easy to skip TV ads, Caller IDs enable us to skip calls from unknown numbers, Ad Blockers help us avoid online ads, email inboxes have
Millennials are now the largest generation in the United States, according to Pew Research Center. However, recruiting them is challenging because they are motivated by factors different from those valued by previous generations. Additionally, recruiters have their work cut out for them because competition for this talent is fierce. As always, quality talent remains in
Are you loyal to one screen? We don’t think so. Neither is your customer. Millennials especially, switch between mobile phones and their laptops. They are the ‘mobile first’ generation. Millennials may be your current customers and will definitely be your future customers. You need to ask yourself whether your marketing strategy is using the means