Posts Tagged Text Messaging
Mobile Marketing – Stats
Posted by mbarrus in Trends & Research on March 29th, 2011
- Of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones in use, 1.08 billion are smartphones and 3.05 billion are SMS enabled
- By 2014, mobile internet should take over desktop internet usage
- One half of all local searches are performed on mobile devices
- 29% of mobile users are open to scanning a mobile tag to get coupons
- 91% of mobile internet access is to socialize
- 200 million YouTube videos are watched on mobile devices each day
http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch/pdfs/mobile_internet_report.pdf
“The best option for marketing that I have seen in months”
Posted by mbarrus in Success Stories, Testimonials on October 21st, 2010
Helen Kacur, Coldwell Banker:
Thank you for bringing the CB Connect program to our intown office in Atlanta. It is the best option for marketing that I have seen in months. I was at a party just last weekend with people who were talking about how email is a time drain and talking on the phone is so 2006. And so, I welcome the opportunity to tap into mobile marketing through text messages, since text is now the preferred form of communication in 2010! So glad I attended the class.
“SMS is dominant mobile marketing vehicle”
Posted by mbarrus in Trends & Research on September 9th, 2010
Good article from Mobile Marketer about the important role text messaging plays in mobile marketing:
SMS is dominant mobile marketing vehicle: Epsilon exec
A few highlights:
- “SMS will remain the dominant marketing channel in mobile even as more advanced technologies crowd the space”
- “Mobile can be easily integrated into email, print and Web site campaigns by using a mobile messaging campaign to connect all of these mediums to single or multiple promotions.”
- “… there are numerous ways to use the SMS platform to engage and excite customers. Some examples include alerts and reminder programs, loyalty programs for special giveaways and coupons, direct text to screen used at large events to drive audience participation, and location-based messaging.”
The future of Real Estate
Posted by rwarner in Tips, Tricks & Commentary on October 1st, 2009
From an article in USA Today, October 1, 2009 issue regarding technology and how it has brought dramatic changes to the way we choose to communicate:
What a powerful stat telling us how people wish to communicate via text. This leads me to why real estate agents should utilize the power of texts in their everyday business. Virtual Agent provides texts to buyers’ cell phones in a cost effective way. Buyers want to know the price of a home before they’re ready to talk to an agent or make an appointment to go through the home. All the potential buyer has to do is call or text in and enter a code and Virtual Agent will send them an instant text notifying them of price, number of bedroom, bathrooms and a link to view inside photos of the home. As real time leads come in off their 800 number sign riders, agents will also have the ability to send out text message blasts to all their captured leads notifying the buyer of price reductions or other incentives to entice them to call for an appointment by the click of a button. This saves time and money for both the agent and potential buyer.
Virtual Agent is the future of real estate! Can you say “no more flyers?” Thousands of real estate agents across the country have.
flyers, Lead Generation, Rider Sign, SMS, Text Messaging, Virtual Agent
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