Recently I met with the Department of Health to demonstrate our new mobile healthcare application. continue reading We’re changing lives
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Recently I met with the Department of Health to demonstrate our new mobile healthcare application. continue reading We’re changing lives
We advertise 3 key products on the home page plus a solution just for software developers generally referred to as an API.
As all of the solutions allow you to send text messages, what’s the difference between them and which one is applicable to you? continue reading Choosing SMS software
You must have all seen it by now. Car manufacturers including SMS shortcodes and keywords on their TV adverts so you can text in for more information. And good on them too, it’s the right thing to do…..but can we learn from their mistakes? continue reading How car manufacturers get mobile marketing wrong
A common question we get asked is how to format mobile numbers correctly before uploading into our Online SMS product textburst. So to help here is some straight forward instructions. continue reading Formatting contact data for upload into textburst
As a standard SMS can only contain 160 7-bit GSM characters, Concatenated SMS are used to send long SMS. Concatenation allows a sender to send more than one SMS which then get stuck together automatically by the phone to appear as one message.
continue reading Concatenated SMS
One of the issues that we continually see appearing is the question of which characters can be sent in a text message. What follows is a brief description of the format of a text message
continue reading The GSM character set
We’re occasionally asked how we ensure the quality of our SMS routes. The answer can be quite detailed with numerous avenues and procedures at different stages and times.
continue reading How We Test Bulk SMS Routes
Successful mobile marketing need not be complex, it just requires a bit of thought.
Here’s a few pointers…
Think about interactivity and engagement rather than one way communication. Aim to create experiences and applications that people will find useful. One of the reasons applications are successful is they do something, rather than say something. This can be a different way of thinking for traditional marketers. continue reading Mobile Marketing Campaigns
We have now enabled each of our non-billed SMS routes to support the delivery receipt error codes that were previously only on our premium rate (reverse billed) SMS.
continue reading API Delivery Receipt Error codes
Firstly, I should point out this is a long post, if you’d prefer to read offline then a PDF copy of this MMS guide is available to download here: MMS Guide PDF
Since the first SMS was sent over the Vodafone network in 1992, SMS has proved massively popular with mobile phone users, out pacing forecasts year on year. Now SMS has become not only an accepted communication medium but the medium of choice for the younger generations.
MMS brings with it the same convenience and immediacy of SMS but with added features such as colour, audio, animation, and video, to deliver richer, more engaging messages.
This dramatic increase in message capability will bring with it new opportunities for communication and in particular for marketing campaigns. continue reading Multimedia Messaging (MMS) Guide
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.