SB Informer
Monday, May 15, 2006; 04:05 AM
St. Louis, MO - MESSAGEbuzz.com, a SMS marketing service, has released a web based solution to enable small-to-medium business owner’s access to text message marketing. With many uses and a small price tag, this technology may be the cure small marketers are looking for.
Once reserved only for big spenders such as Proctor & Gamble, The
Apprentice or American Idol, small-to-medium sized businesses can now
cash in on the text messaging craze.
Text message use has been gaining ground since its inception, and it
stands to only to grow in popularity. So naturally marketers began
experimenting how to make money from the phenomenon. Television shows
like American Idol and The Apprentice have harnessed the power of SMS
Marketing for years.
Recently, however with the development of web based SMS marketing,
MESSAGEbuzz began offering this innovative strategy affordably to small
to medium sized businesses. Used for advertising, employee management
and customer satisfaction surveys, this web based sms software is very
versatile.
Local businesses use the technology to offer coupon codes, advertise
specials, and open appointment cancellations. Any business that lives
and dies with appointments can use this system to schedule waiting list
clients. Obviously popular with the younger crowd, text messaging is
adaptable to all demographics, as well. Restaurants are using the
technology as a pager system with no distance limitations, keeping
their waiting rooms clear and welcoming, while keeping customers
loyal.
Steven Kelley of MESSAGEbuzz (www.messagebuzz.com),
explained that, the technology has not only boundless applications in
marketing but in day to day business. For example, temp agencies use
sms technology as a quick paging system that distributes communication
to large groups of employees.
This spam free system is simple and inexpensive to setup, use and
organize. All customers are sent an opt in message to confirm that they
want to receive text messages from your company when they sign up.
Campaigns can be as complex or as simple as you’d like. You can send
out a special on Friday afternoon when couples are deciding what to do
for the weekend or once a year when a contract is up for renewal. The
only thing limiting this advertising media is the marketer’s
creativity.
“Compared to other advertising, this method is a bargain”, said one
MESSAGEbuzz customer. “I just hope my competition doesn’t catch on to
this!” Small businesses looking for marketing ideas may just consider
sms marketing.
Find more information and sign up for a free trial at www.messagebuzz.com
MESSAGEbuzz.com, a self-service online software that businesses utilize
to conduct their mobile marketing. Businesses that want to extend their
content, offers or information to their customers’ cell phones, in a
do-it-yourself tool that adheres to Mobile Marketing Code of Conduct,
would benefit from our service. Both affordable and easy to use, we
complement our software and the connectivity with additional mobile
services to ensure our customer and ultimately their subscribers is
positive. Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, MESSAGEbuzz.com has an office
in Madison, WI and regional sales representatives throughout the United
States.