Reach More Customers with Text Messaging

| Sunday, December 11, 2011
By Nia Lawrence


Though it may sound unbelievable, almost half of all the new internet connections a year ago were from mobile handsets. What this means is that more and more people prefer to access the web through their cellular phones. This is the reason why a lot of marketers are now also making use of mobile phones as an effective platform to reach their target market. In fact, there has been a significant increase in the number of business enterprises using SMS in Australia as part of their operations.

The beauty of text messaging is that it opens a lot more opportunities for companies and businesses to connect with more people. Aside from using various social networking sites, posting videos online as well as updating blogs, marketers reach their consumer base through emails, MMS, and SMS. In short, SMS is a great way of creating some sort of interaction and conversation with people. This is, of course, still in line with the company's marketing strategies.

In general, text messaging is an ideal means of advertising a product or a service because text messages can reach people wherever they may be at any time of day. And so, there is a sense of personal communication between the sender and the receiver of the message. What's more, the messages can be made in a way that may appeal to the consumer directly.

It is important for companies to also realize that consumers are sick and tired of all forms of advertisements presented to them every single day. Whether the ads are on TV, radio, newspaper, or the internet, people now tend to ignore the ads they see and hear. On the other hand, SMS in Australia can be considered as a new and fresh method of reaching consumers.

Finally, the biggest beneficiary of text marketing is the small business owners who do not have the resources to spend for major marketing campaigns. With the use of text messages, these small enterprises have an inexpensive yet effective way of relaying information to their customers. And so, it won't be surprising if more and more businesses are now engaging in this new form of advertising. With that being said, we can expect a lot more improvements in SMS technology.




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