Christmas festive season is here and it is a great opportunity to reconnect with our customers and clients. You can plan out effective bulk SMS marketing strategies during festivals. This will help you in making a better connection with your customers and increase your sales. A proper Bulk SMS campaign can increase sales by up to 200% in just a couple of days during the Christmas season. Many popular Brands use SMS for marketing their products or services during this season.
Below are a few tips on how you can use Bulk SMS this festive season to increase sales:
Welcome new clients
Sending a bulk SMS to welcome a new customer is a way of showing interest and contributes to a high level of customer service. If a customer has signed up for an online newsletter or opted into an SMS marketing list.
Send festival greeting SMS
Festive season is the time when usually people are willing to do shopping. Sending the festive greeting SMS at this time will surely bring customers to your shop again.
Order confirmations and delivery updates
Contact customers with a bulk SMS text to let them know that their order has been received. This is another significant way of providing exemplary customer service.
Mobile coupon redemptions
Coupons delivered via SMS have redemption rates 10 times higher than printed coupons.
Using links to promote your online presence
You can incorporate links in SMS messages to encourage the customer to look at your site. View seasonal promotions, new products, and blogs. Smartphone capabilities can effectively ensure that customers are simply a text message and a click away from viewing your site.
Discount offers
98% of SMS messages are opened within the first 3 minutes they are sent to the recipient. Studies show 45% of shoppers say sales and discounts are the most important factor for festive shopping and they prefer SMS over emails.
Seamless integration with your business application
Bulk SMS has an API that you can easily integrate with your business application so that you can seamlessly send SMS to your audience without so much hustle.
Cost effective
Text messages are cheap especially if you buy them in bulk. No other marketing method provides such affordable results, particularly if compared with traditional marketing methods, such as TV, radio or print media. This will help you get more clients and also save money at the same time.
SMS Marketing engages your customer directly, at a personal level, and can direct them straight to your business. It is important to take advantage of SMS marketing this festive season. For more details on Bulk SMS Services, kindly get in touch with us on 0716413386 or 0780655987.