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	<title>The Brand Surgery &#187; SMS Marketing</title>
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		<title>SMS = Sweet Marketing Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are now able to offer our customers an amazing marketing tool. SMS is an excellent form of marketing because most people take their mobile phones everywhere, and most people read virtually all text messages! Therefore, SMS is an excellent marketing tool for time sensitive messages &#8211; with texts starting from only 5p per message.
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<p>We are now able to offer our customers an amazing marketing tool. SMS is an excellent form of marketing because most people take their mobile phones everywhere, and most people read virtually all text messages! Therefore, SMS is an excellent marketing tool for time sensitive messages &#8211; with texts starting from only 5p per message.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color: #555654; line-height: 17px;">Industries that can hugely benefit from SMS marketing are:<br />
• Beauty &amp; hair salons, dentists, doctors, hospitals (individual SMS reminders)<br />
• Recruitment agencies (bulk SMS &#8211; send jobs to candidates &#8211; much cheaper than phoning!)<br />
• Retail (latest offers and events)<br />
• Restaurants (entertainment and offers)<br />
• Schools and colleges (school shut downs and reminders)<br />
• Local government (Don&#8217;t forget to vote!)<br />
• Software developers (build SMS marketing directly into your software for impressive seamless solutions)<br />
• Cinemas &amp; theatres (events and promotions)<br />
• Travel &amp; transport (service updates / delays etc)</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color: #555654; line-height: 17px;">A few interesting facts and figures from <a href="http://www.themda.org/chairmans-blog/mda-latest-sms-mms-mi-figures-jan-may-2008.php">Mobile Data Association</a>:<br />
• 212,616,000 SMS texts are sent person-to-person in the UK each DAY!<br />
• The UK has seen a 30% growth year-on-year on SMS messaging<br />
• MMS are gradually replacing postcards with the introduction of cameras &#8211; Wish you were here!</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color: #555654; line-height: 17px;"><strong>Setting up an account is so easy! Call Vicky on 01903 824229 NOW</strong> or email <a href="mailto:vicky@thebrandsurgery.co.uk" target="_blank">vicky@thebrandsurgery.co.uk</a>.</p>
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