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10 Do’s and Don’ts of SMS Marketing

10 Do’s and Don’ts of SMS Marketing

SMS marketing is a perfect business choice if you want to communicate with your customers/audience in a fast, efficient and inexpensive way. There are more than 6 billion mobile devices in the world today. SMS reached more than 3 billion people using these 6 billion devices. This means that SMS is ruling the mobile market and is the most used tool on smartphones, despite mobile development with an abundance of mobile apps and easiness to access and browse the net on a mobile phone.

SMS Marketing for Retail

SMS Marketing for Retail

SMS is the most effective direct marketing channel. SMS has a 98% open rate and 36% click-through rate. Compared to email, with a 22% open rate and just 2.9% CTR, there is no doubt that SMS is the best direct marketing channel for brands and retailers. With these numbers, it is clear that sending text messages is an excellent return on investment. And even more shocking is that 90% of all text messages are read within 3 minutes of being received on the mobile phone. Furthermore, 98 % of all SMS messages are looked at and are read within an average of five seconds! Therefore SMS is still the most effective way to reach customers and deliver your marketing message efficiently and cost-effectively.

How can MNOs maximize monetization of SMS messaging

How can MNOs maximize monetization of SMS messaging

Operators’ core revenues have been shrinking since 2012. Voice margins are decreasing, and SMS messaging has also suffered an impact from OTT messaging apps. SMS market has survived the initial shock caused by IM applications. Moreover, SMS traffic is now growing because the use of SMS has become very popular among enterprises. A2P messaging market is booming and is estimated to be worth $70.32 billion by 2020.