SMS MOBILE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS: AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF DIGITAL MARKETING

SMS mobile marketing campaigns are now an essential part of marketing strategies, as they offer an inexpensive and highly effective way to engage with target audiences. They also allow real-time marketing messages to be sent to the target market and those messages are read quickly, especially compared to email. Let’s look at why SMS is such an excellent option for reaching customers and how to ensure you’re getting the results you want:

Permission-Based

The mobile marketing strategy is wholly permission-based, as the user must opt in to receive messages. This establishes and fosters trust between the consumer and the business. It also allows businesses to assume consumers really want to read their messages. 

High Open Rate

As previously mentioned, SMS has a high open rate, as more than 90 percent of text messages are read within three minutes. Email campaigns average about 22 percent, while Twitter and Facebook post rates are at about 29 percent and 12 percent, respectively. Text messages are short and to the point, unlike lengthy emails, and are also relatively infrequent.

Mobile-Native

More and more businesses are optimizing their websites and emails for the mobile realm, something text messages don’t require. They’re already mobile friendly! There’s no interface or training problems with SMS marketing campaigns, as most people already know how to send a text message. 

More Willing

Most customers are willing to share their phone numbers with businesses so they can receive promotional alerts. Even more people are happy to provide their phone numbers and receive promotional messages if they include a discount or other incentive. 

Here to Stay

Yet another reason SMS is such a marketing gold mine is that it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Most people prefer texting to getting phone calls. Additionally, despite the plethora of messaging apps and related platforms, people still gravitate toward text messages. 

SMS Mobile Marketing Tips

Get Permission

Whatever else, it’s important to ensure permission is granted before sending promotional text messages. Unsolicited messages and emails are never welcome, and only annoy one target demographic after another. Permission is essential and prevents promotional text messages from landing in the customer’s “spam” folder or just being deleted.

Know When It’s Appropriate

Understand when it’s best to send promotional text messages and when to remain silent. SMS doesn’t apply to every single marketing campaign, and it’s more personal than email. Follow email marketing practices for best results and avoid sending messages too often. Additionally, you should think about consumer location and the best time of day to send messages, and steer clear of overly wordy language. 

Make It Valuable

Provide consumers with something of value when sending text messages, such as an alert about an upcoming sale or event or a promo code for an exclusive discount. Messages should add to consumer experiences with the brand and not fall into the ‘self-serving’ category. 

SMS: cost effective...and just plain effective.