& Mobile SMS Texting

This is a short video fresh off the press about the MobilityPass online text messaging service.

The SMS text messaging service will allow you to

• Send and receive text messages on your phone or at a number of your choice
• Send bulk messages
• Send anonymous text messages (very handy for Valentine’s)
• Schedule your SMS text messages for months ahead
• Receive a confirmation your text has been received
• Copy and paste messages from other files

Mobile or online text messaging are both available to give maximum flexibility.

Have a look and tell us what you think.

Online Text Messaging is a post from: SMS Mobility

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la la……

And since this is a website about SMS Mobility, we decided to have a few choice Christmas SMS text messages for you to send to family and friends over this festive season.

Some are naughty, some are nice, so take your pick and break some ice!

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Jingle, jingle, jingle

I am so glad I am not single,

This silly little ditty

Is not very witty

But you sure make my spine  tingle!

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Touch a star

Snowflakes sown

This Christmas season

You’re not alone

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Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.

What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

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Heap on the wood!-the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will,

We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.

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Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind;

Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.

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Can I have your picture, so Santa Claus knows exactly what to give me.

Happy Christmas!

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Two things upon this changing earth can neither change nor end;

the splendor of Christ’s humble birth, the love of friend for friend.

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May all the sweet magic

Of Christmas conspire

To gladden your hearts

And fill every desire.

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A silent night, a star above, a blessed gift of hope and love.

A wonderful Christmas to you all!

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From home to home,
and heart to heart,
from one place to another.
The warmth and joy of Christmas,
brings us closer to each other.

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Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.

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Love came down at Christmas;
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Stars and angels gave the sign.

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Faith makes all things possible,
Hope makes all things work,
Love makes all things beautiful,
May you have all the three for this Christmas.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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And from all of us at SMS Mobility – Our warmest wishes for a fabulous Christmas & May 2011 be a great new year!

Christmas SMS Text Messages is a post from: SMS Mobility

SMS Marketing

Especially when 90% of marketing emails are no longer opened, and 97% of SMS text messages are opened.

Of the 97% of text messages opened, more than 80% are opened within the hour.

Add the fact that in 2010, 6.1 trillion SMS messages were sent worldwide and you have a powerful marketing tool on hand.

From small corner shops to huge multi nationals, harnessing the power of SMS marketing is the future for promoting businesses big and small.

Start Your SMS Marketing Campaign Today With MobilityPass

How to start SMS marketing:

Start gathering mobile numbers from your customer – begin now to capitalize on the holiday season.

If you have a website, entice your visitors to opt in (enter their name and mobile number or mobile number and email address) by giving them an incentive to do so. It could be a special report on your particular industry, a discount coupon or a free ´how to´video in your market.

Let´s say you have a local hardware shop – you could have a ´how to´video on how to use a certain popular or latest tool or accomplish certain DIY tasks. You create an opt-in box with a service such as Aweber to capture all the information. Aweber will then send the link automatically to your customer after they have opted in to view your video.

Or you could just have a book for when people come into your store. You could have a free gift, a discount coupon or similar to get people to leave their mobile numbers.

Another example would be if you run a coffee shop. Entice your customers with a lucky draw, a free home made biscuit with coffee or a discount to get them to give you their names and mobile number.

With a list on your hands, you can send out periodic SMS text messages alerting them to special offers and promotions, knowing that there is a 97% chance they will open up your text messages.

What NOT to do with SMS marketing:

• Do not spam
• Do not send text messages out ten times a day (unless you have a really good reason to)
• Do not send text messages for the sake of sending text messages. Have something useful or beneficial to give to your customers.
• Do not send messages at unsociable hours such as 3:00am in the morning!

Now you need to have a service to run your SMS promotional campaigns. There are quite a few on the market, but the one that seems to be the most flexible is one from MobilityPass.

The MobilityPass SMS Marketing site:

• For a purchase that costs less than $5.00, you can have access to their membership site - a ¨command center¨ for all things telecommunication.
• Add funds into your account to cover the cost of the SMS as your usage will be deducted live. (Daily reports are available for cost control)
• The SMS interface is easy to use: out in your number, add in your customers´numbers, type out your message and hit send.
• Check out the SMS text message rates here

Features of the SMS Marketing Service:

• Two way SMS text messages – the recipient can reply to your mobile number or to another number designated by you. (Recipients could text back to place an order, book a table, ask for an appointment etc…)
• Schedule when you want to send your messages. (Set it and forget it)
• Bulk sending – up to tens of thousands. (Contact MobilityPass for more)
• Anonymous SMS – send anonymously if you do not want the recipient to know who you are. (Great for teasers)
• Copy messages you have sent to your own mobile.
• Get confirmation that the recipient has received your text message.
• Send SMS messages from any mobile device : desktop, netbook, iPhone, Android, iPad…
• Send international SMS messages to over 200 countries.

What else?

Once you are inside the membership area, you can use your funds for any of their other services. You may want to use VoIP for free and low cost calls, connect to WiFi if you are out and about, use their 3G broadband SIM card or global mobile SIM card for when you travel. There is of course SMS, but also webmail, DID numbers, fax, VPN for secure connections and more.

Seems like a lot, but the many tools there will help your business save money and reduce telecommunication costs.

The membership advantages:

• Secure and encrypted for added protection.
• Pay as you go.
• No contract, no minimums.
• Live usage deduction.
• Daily cost reports
• Funds are good for two years.
• Support and help desk.

But start with SMS marketing. It does not require much effort, and you could be looking at increased revenue for your business very soon.

SMS Marketing is a post from: SMS Mobility

Here is an idea for some new SMS text messaging services:

1) A beeping system for when you are just about to collide into someone or something as you are too busy reading your text messages whilst going from A to B.

2) A special SMS text messaging services insurance, for when you step out onto the road not looking because you are too busy reading your text messages.

3) Here is one that will be a hot favorite: SMS text messaging services that sends you a copy of your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend’s SMS messages! (Yes, I was thinking of a certain golfer).

There is no denying that sending and receiving SMS text messages is a huge part of our lives. In 2008, it was estimated that 4.1 trillion text messages were sent and the number grows every year. Commercially, it is also a huge business – with each message averaging US$0.11, it is certainly a big revenue generator.

For the average user though, the aim is to find the cheapest SMS messaging rates so that we do not end up with hefty bills. As I travel a lot, I decided to see if I could find something that is half the average cost internationally.

Get Your International SMS Text Messaging Services Here

I have a list of websites that I visit every now and then to see if anything worthwhile is happening in the global roaming front. I noticed that Mobility Pass has just added a cool new tool to calculate costs for SMS and other services too, such as 3G broadband, mobile SIM rates, VoIP and more.

Basically you choose the country you want to send text messages to and click on “Worldwide SMS/Text Message Rates” and you will get a list of carriers in that country with the message costs. Most countries I clicked on (and I clicked on a good variety), came out at US$0.045 per message – that is less than 5 cents a message around the world.

SMS Text Messaging Services for Businesses Big or Small

Here is another great feature they have inside their membership area – bulk SMS messaging. So if you want to blast a message out to a group of friends, or if you have a small business and you want to alert your customers to a great offering, you can do so at US$0.045 per message.

For US$4.5, you can reach 100 people and for US$45, you can reach 1,000 people.

It is fast, targeted and beats any type of advertising I know.

Go check out these great SMS text messaging service rates now

Related articles for SMS text messaging services:

• Mobile scams ‘costing users five times more than PC scams’, security firm warns (telegraph.co.uk)

SMS Text Messaging Services is a post from: SMS Mobility