As a business owner, entrepreneur, coach or consultant it’s important to use marketing strategies that are cost friendly, effective and efficient. One marketing strategy that is often overlooked is SMS (Text Message) Marketing. If you’re not sure whether Text Message Marketing is right for you, be sure to check out the post 4 Ways to Know if Text Message Marketing is Right for Your Business.
Once you decide if Text Message Marketing is right for you, the next step is finding the right SMS marketing software to use. In this post I explore 3 affordable SMS Marketing Services:
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- Ez Texting– EZ Texting is a powerful do-it-yourself Text Messaging (SMS) and Picture Messaging (MMS) platform that helps marketers and business owners engage customers and increase revenue.
- Textedly– Whether you’re sending mobile text messages for marketing alerts, sales events, coupons, discounts, announcements, or notifications, Textedly makes communicating with your contacts easy and efficient.
- SlickText– Sending messages, signing up contacts, and bringing in new customers couldn’t be easier with SlickText.
Check out the features available on each platform:
| EZ Texting | Textedly | SlickText | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass Text Ability (send text messages to a large list) | Y | Y | Y |
| One-on-One Text Ability (send a message to one person on your list) | Y | Y | Y |
| FREE Incoming Messages (Only pay for outgoing messages) | Y | Y | Y |
| Picture Messaging (MMS) (send messages with images) | Y | Y | Y |
| Automatic Reply Message | Y | Y | Y |
| Keyword & Shortcodes | Y | Y | Y |
| Send from Phone | Y | Y | Y |
| Reports and Analytics | Y | Y | Y |
| Link Shortener | Y | Y | Y |
| Personalization | Y | Y | Y |
| Scheduling | Y | Y | Y |
| Unlimited Subscribers | Y | ||
| Text to Landline | Y | ||
| Reminder Text | Y | ||
| Sign-up Tools | Y | Y | |
| Text Polls | Y | ||
| QR Codes | Y | ||
| Voice Broadcast | Y | ||
| Recurring Messages | Y | ||
| Drip Campaigns | Y | Y | |
| Mobile Coupons | Y | ||
| Text Forwarding | Y | ||
| Text-to-win | Y | ||
| Extended Length Messaging | Y | Y | |
| Free Rollover Texts | Y | ||
| Price | Starts at $0/month | Starts at $10/month | Starts at $0/month |
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Depending on what features are important for your business, any of the systems listed above are great options to use for your text message marketing software. Are you using text message marketing in your business? If so, what text message marketing program are you using?