Wednesday, July 1, 2009

How to make money through SMS text message.

"Beep!beep!-beep!beep!" That's the sound of a text message coming into your Phone. You check and discover that you have just made N50,000 from one sms you sent or from a gsm business. You show it to the people around you and say its normal daily experience.and they scream and ask you to got to hell or some ask you to show them the secret.

Well,Business owners are discovering that one of the greatest, simple and most effective means of keeping clients notified of the latest happenings in their business, as well as to market and advertise their latest discounts, sales, presentations or meetings is by sending text messages/sms. SMS has emerged as an instant way to advertise products to individuals or groups with a short and catchy message that comes through periodically.

The key when sending SMS marketing messages is to not send them too frequently and to make them short and targeted. You want to be sure that the texts you are sending do not bother your customers and are not too long, as this will lead to clients deleting your number from their database - a reaction that is counterproductive to your advertising campaign, indeed!

Creating an sms campaign can like the scenario above make you lots of money.When creating a SMS text marketing campaign, it is key to create messages that are short and catch your customers attention. Most text messages companies here in Nigeria do not allow you to type more than 140 characters without spilling over into a second text message. You want to restrict the texts to one message and prevent spilling your messages over into second or third texts because these can increase the cost of your campaigns.

For example, if you sell magazines, you may want to highlight your most recent sale or discount promo in your SMS marketing campaign. Be sure to highlight information that you want to draw customers to in an exciting way. You also want to be sure to include your company name, your website or telephone number. You can also request that individuals save your information as a particular name in their phone so that they know who it is when the text message pops up.

Do not include abbreviations that will be difficult for your customers to understand or to decipher. This is important because you want your SMS marketing to be as clear as possible so that your customer can make a purchasing decision (ASAP),i.e. as soon as possible. For example, while you may understand that discounts can be abbreviated to "dscts" your customer may not understand what that means and it could make a huge difference in the effectiveness of your sms advertisement.

Feel free to use exclamation points in your SMS message. Including an occasional "!" after your sentence shows your excitement for what you are offering your customers, and will help to draw your customers attention to what you are talking about.

Also Creating surveys for your customers to fill out at your shop or website will also help you to determine how effective the use of this campaign is. By collecting phone numbers from customers as they rip out their wallets to cash your product, you can create a database that will bring new customers in to your store on a frequent basis. or especially when you send a text/sms.

Combining these techniques will ensure that you make money through sms marketing campaigns. SMS marketing campaigns is a new and great way to make money especially if you get a network/company that can help you send these messages at a single click. you can also create sms campaigns for several other marketers and make extra income this month.

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