SMS Marketing Campaigns For Small Businesses - 5 Tips to Make SMS Marketing a Success

SMS marketing campaigns have been growing inand Twitter.
effectiveness and popularity over the past year.Customers who opt in by texting your keyword to
Consumers and businesses have been noticing thisthe 5 digit shortcode are automatically sent a reply
new marketing tool to communicate and use as amessage thanking them for signing up to your text
method to grow sales and benefit with coupons andlist and depending on your marketing goals, an offer
discounts. Business owners have turned to SMSthey can redeem by showing their cell phone
marketing because other advertising and marketingmessage at their next visit.
methods have become so saturated with competitionYour list will grow each week on auto-pilot and the
that it is hard for consumers to find their messagenext step of your SMS marketing campaign is to
and redeem offers.send relevant offers that reward your subscribers
SMS marketing campaigns work so well because thefor being on your list. The less frequent you send
business owner is communicating one on one withoffers the higher your redemption rates will be. No
the consumer. The business is not competiting withmore than once a week you can send a text blast
other business on the mobile channel. Text offers areto everyone on your list with a coupon, special
sent to the subscriber three to four times a month.discount or limited time offer that will increase your
Consumers are unlikely to sign up for multiple textsales, customer frequency and customer loyalty.
marketing campaigns within the same niche. If youText messages sent through the SMS channel are
own a pizza place, your subcribers will only be onread within 15 minutes and redemption rates across
your list, and not your competitors.all businesses average 20 percent. This is much higher
The two main parts of every SMS marketingthan direct mail, newspaper, radio, box toppers and
campaign is promoting and growing your opt-in listsocial media marketing. With redemption rates so
and then sending relevant text offers to that list. Tohigh, the ease of starting a mobile marketing
promote your text campaign you get your mobile callcampaign and the increase in sales it can provide your
to action out there by promoting signage in yourbusinss, starting an SMS campaign is a great choice in
business, integrating the call to action with otherthis economy and digital age.
marketing materials and online sites such as Facebook