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SMS Marketing
SMS Marketing
Use text messaging where it gives customers a useful next step. We set up SMS marketing around the audience, permission, event and response process appropriate to your business.
01Purpose
Begin with the reason for the message
The fact that a phone number is stored in your CRM does not establish permission for every kind of contact. Audience source and applicable messaging requirements need to be checked before activation.
02Message
Make the message easy to act on
Keep the business identity, purpose and next step clear. Any destination should match the message and work on a phone.
Decide who handles replies. A customer response should not sit unnoticed because the workflow was designed only to send, not receive.
03Controls
Build the controls into the workflow
Control
Audience
What to establish
Who is included and why the contact is appropriate
Control
Trigger
What to establish
What starts the message or sequence
Control
Content
What to establish
The approved business information and intended action
Control
Reply handling
What to establish
The person or process responsible for incoming replies
Control
Stop condition
What to establish
How opt-outs and relevant changes stop further messages
Control
Test
What to establish
The intended message, destination and handoff work together
04Journey
Connect SMS with the customer journey
Text messaging can support an agreed booking or follow-up process alongside CRM and email. The connection needs to reflect the business rules rather than send a message every time any field changes.
Repeated events and incomplete records require testing. Where the next step needs judgement, a task for a person may be more appropriate than another automated response.
05Reporting
Review the actual activity
We distinguish messages prepared, sent and responded to where the available records support that distinction. A delivery indicator does not prove that someone read, accepted or acted on a message.
The review should consider whether the channel remains useful to customers, not simply whether the system can send more texts.
Questions about SMS marketing
Can SMS and email work together?
Yes. The sequence should make their roles clear and avoid unnecessary repetition.
Can messages follow a booking event?
We can assess the relevant booking connection and the conditions that should trigger or stop the message.
Do you handle permission requirements?
We include permission and operating checks in the setup. The business must supply the relevant audience information; no general compliance guarantee replaces that review.
Plan the right message for the right moment
Tell us the interaction you want to support and how it is handled today. We will help define the audience, message and response process.
Explore the next step
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