SMS Advertising - What do you think

Discussion in 'Politics and other "Messy" Stuff' started by Nathan, Jun 1, 2010.

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SMS Advertising

  1. Useful

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    0.0%
  2. Don't Mind It

    1 vote(s)
    5.3%
  3. Hate It

    6 vote(s)
    31.6%
  4. Would avoid any company or product that was advertised this way to you

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    63.2%
  1. Nathan

    Nathan Founder

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    I was tasked to obtain some unscientific research on SMS advertisng.

    Please vote in the poll what you think about targeted marketing to cell phones.

    Please feel to comment as well.
     
  2. bee1000

    bee1000 New Member

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    I've looked into this for clients, and for the right company it seems like a great tool (open rate is around 95% vs 25% for email).

    I would never sign up to get ads sent to my phone, but I'm an old man of 36 so what do I know?
     
  3. Nathan

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    Don't worry, I'm not looking at adding any banners to the smart phone displays, the screen is small enough already. No need to clutter.
     
  4. goaljnky

    goaljnky New Member

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    Nate threw this up at my request. I have a client that want's to do SMS advertising messaging (unsolicited) to existing customers. I am strongly advising against it for the risk of alienating the existing customer base, but I wanted to get a quick feel for what others think. So if as many people could vote and chime in with their opinions, I would much appreciate it.
     
  5. mini_racer

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    I am not much of a 'hater', but I really would hate this! I would immediately block the number and ensure I never patronize the biz that sent me the SMS.

    SMS ads is not why I have a mobile device.
     
  6. phydeaux

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    By "open rate", are you referring to those that get opened and viewed? I've seen a few strange, unsolicited messages show up on my phone, which I have opened because I didn't know what it was in the first place. Had I known, I would have deleted immediately.
     
  7. bee1000

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    I would definitely not start sending out text message offers to people who didn't opt-in to a program. If this is a really valuable means of communication for your client, I suggest the best way to start would be sending one message asking customers to opt-in to receiving more.

    As in: "Reply to this message with SUBSCRIBE if you'd like to receive exclusive offers."

    As opposed to: "If you don't unsubscribe you will continue to receive offers."

    If I remember correctly, you have to pay for every number you send a message to, so there's no reason to spend money sending messages to people who don't want them. I've explained that to clients many times. Don't try to trick people into giving you their contact info. Give them the opportunity to sign up and if someone doesn't, they were unlikely to take advantage of your offers anyway.
     
  8. bee1000

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    Right, opened and viewed. It could be misleading because on my old school phone I have to open a message in order to delete it (or at least I think I do). The open rate of a text message campaign might be more comparable to people seeing the subject line of an email rather than people opening and seeing the content of an email.
     
  9. KittyMini

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    I would NOT like it.... any text, incoming call, etc. that I do not recognize goes right to vm or deleted. Don't bother me on my phone.
     
  10. Justa Jim

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    It would make me mad and I would remember this whenever I saw their product. My FAX number rings all day long with unwanted crap, but thankfully the machine dumps them on the second ring. I am not at all sure how I got it to do that, but I'm glad it does.

    Jim
     
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    No different than phone solicitations........hate them too.
     
  12. lotsie

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    I say no.

    Now if you do get a call, just shout out BANG, then yell, I've been shot, and hang up. Their day may not go so well:lol:

    Mark
     
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    That's the same with me. If I don't know the number I send it to voicemail.
     
  14. Metalman

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    Not for me. Bad idea.
     
  15. Rixter

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    Are you going to send out the poll results via SMS? :lol:
     
  16. KittyMini

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    LOL nice :lol:
     
  17. Dr Obnxs

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    Problem with this

    is that many don't have unlimited messaging on thier phone. So in effect you are having your target audience pay to recieve your advertisement. Straight into the shittter for me....

    My Mom used to have a "do not buy" list. This was a roll of shelf paper hung up behind the TV. If someones add was too insulting to the viewers intelligence or something like that, up the company would go onto the list, never to recieve another dime of her money.

    For me, this would definantly have to be an opt in system.

    Matt
     

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