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Firstly, Happy New Year to all!
We’ve got an exciting year ahead and we’re getting straight into it. The new website will be live later in January and at the same time textburst will take on a whole new appearance.
There’s a demo available so feel free to click around and let us know what you think?
Don’t be fooled though, it’s a demo, it doesn’t actually send messages.
View the textburst demo continue reading Textburst online SMS update
Just a quick note to all our customers that the SMS API document is now online.
Gone are the days of huge pdf files and big print runs. The Online version is well structured so you can easily find the sections you need. If you need something specific then there is also a handy search facility.
To make life easy there is a large bank of example code covering all the different integration protocols.
Additionally, the online guide covers both SMS and MMS.
With the tech team buried in code redeveloping our online SMS product, Textburst, I thought it worth highlighting some of the usability improvements in the mill.
continue reading Textburst Development Update
I’m a fan of less is more, to the same extent one of my favourite sayings is by Mark Twain, “I didn’t have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead”.
continue reading Less is Definitely More
Rugby fan Stuart Tinner entered a half time competition at Wembley by text message.
continue reading £250k Winner of Cross Bar Challenge
Google just enhanced it’s position in the mobile arena with the purchase of admob.
With the growth of mobile internet use it can only make sense for Google to cover it’s bases.
One of the considerations on the new site is whether to include more content by elongating the page thereby requiring users to scroll through information.
continue reading Rethinking the Fold
As we ventured through the website design process we were faced with a decision to keep the same logo or change. Currently we use lowercase script preceded by red and grey hoops.
continue reading Logo Decisions
Every now and then the copy from our website gets, well, copied. One thing you can’t avoid when you appear near the top of Google for the term “Mobile Marketing” is being available for those researching that particular subject while doing their own website.
continue reading The Great Site Ripoff
One of the issues we struggle with is visual representations of our services.
The stereotypical representation of a text message is some kind of mobile phone or an envelope on a mobile phone screen, the image is usually an icon or photo from one of the online photostock sites. The problem with this concept is its overuse leading to many SMS suppliers displaying remarkably similar icons or even worse, the same stock images.
continue reading Web Illustrations
Thoughts and opinions on the mobile industry.
In addition to our bespoke mobile marketing services we offer a number of popular web based products
Our web-based application to send and receive SMS, upload contacts and personalise messages.
Send and receive SMS from Microsoft Outlook 7 using its inbuilt functionality. No plugins, no downloads.
Use your email application to send SMS messages. Simple.
Integrate your software into our SMS gateway.
You might find our Mobile site useful.