Saturday, April 16, 2011

How Effective is SMS Marketing

Marketers and advertisers all over the world, know the importance of target customers. If the business ad reaches the targeted customer, the purpose of advertising is served. In most of the cases business ads are not reaching to the potential customers. In the present century, every one is work obsessed, no one likes to spend time on unproductive tasks. Therefore, the traditional means of advertising (news paper ads, television ads, etc.) which needs time from the customer are unable to get full attention.

To get the full attention of customer, businesses are using SMS marketing, as it is more effective than the traditional advertising. SMS marketing is effective for the business in the following ways.

1. It is Instant and Fast to Reach SMS ads are very instant and can reach the customer effectively. Once the SMS ad reaches the customer, the customer will definitely see the message. With the help of SMS advertising, a business can send their ad to the target customers, so that the ad reaches many customers at a time.

2. It is Cost Effective SMS advertising is more cost effective advertising tool. Sending SMS is less expensive than to spend money for the ad agencies or third parties to promote sales.

3. It Saves Time SMS advertising saves time for advertiser and customer. It takes less time to create and the customer have to spend only few minutes to read the message.

4. It Reach the Target Customer SMS advertising can reach the target customer, the one who can get benefits from the product. A business sends messages only to them.

In addition to the above said important features, there are many other features, which make the SMS marketing more effective.

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