54% of Consumers Want Marketing Texts - 11% of Businesses Send Them | Small business news; tips; networking

Posted by lyceum under News
From https://smallbiztrends.com 1815 days ago
Made Hot by: robinandy58 on December 9, 2019 12:42 pm

Over half of consumers (54%) say they would like to receive promotions via text messages. Despite the consumer demand for text messages from business, only 11% of businesses send such information by text.
These findings emerged from a report compiled by SMS marketing software specialists, EZ Texting. The report titled ‘Text Communication: The Next Generation of Business Communication 2019 Report.’
The report highlights the high levels of demand for text messages as a form of communication with brands. It shows the importance of texting as a valuable method of communication for small businesses.

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Written by Inspiretothrive
1809 days ago

Do you like getting them Martin from those places? Thanks!

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Written by lyceum
1809 days ago

Lisa: I like getting them, if they are relevant... ;)

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Written by Inspiretothrive
1810 days ago

Wow, that is a surprising stat Martin. I would not want to be inaadated with them though. Thanks for sharing this one. Do you sign up for them from places your make purchaes from?

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Written by lyceum
1809 days ago

Linda: I agree with you. I am not sure that plenty of marketing messages to your mobile devices will work out in the long run. I have signed up for getting messages from places I have purchased from.

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