What are SMS Auto-Responders?
Similar to email auto-responders, SMS Auto-Responders allow you to send an automated response via text message as soon as a prospect utilizes your “Text for Information” service provided by TEXT Announce.
Marketing via text message (SMS) is one of the smartest, most effective options available. In today’s consumer environment, where more than 73% of cell phone users send and receive SMS and MMS messages, text messaging is flat out better than email.
Here’s why:
Text response times trump email response times nearly every time. Take this statistic from CTIA.org – It takes the average person 90 minutes to respond to an email, but just 90 seconds to respond to a text message.
Check out a few examples of SMS Auto-Responder messages:
For Restaurant / Bar: text JoesBistro to (888) 270-7727
For Salon / Pet Grooming text: PetStop to (888) 270-7727
For Real Estate: text 123Main to (888) 270-7727
Too many emails end up unopened and unread, lost to the spam or trash folder – some 88%, in fact. But 98% of SMS messages are opened, 90% of which are read within 3 minutes of receipt.
There is no better or more powerful tool for capturing leads and potential clients than SMS and MMS (multimedia message service) messaging. And Smart Lead Capture makes it all unthinkably easy.