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Is SMS Marketing Still a Viable Strategy?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SMS, really? As most brands and organizations now have a mobile optimized version of their website, the focus is now on encouraging users to travel to your site and interact with the brand itself in order to push increased revenue. In terms of rate of response, the simple SMS dominates the market. A few statistics….

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Jake's Take: A Slew of Social Network Ideas

Firebelly

Before jumping in to a starting a social community, start off with a good alternative like Facebook Pages. You can bring together all of the fans of your brandusing an account that they already have, and it offers a lot of great features that can easily rival other communities. Each could do wonders for any brand.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then and Now In the good old days, say from the 1850s onwards, marketing was mostly a one way “communication&# : companies advertized their wares via local media like newspapers, magazines, and traveling salespeople. Not just being talked about but be an active voice in the community. That’s not the point.

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Melbourne ProBlogger Event Recap, LinkUp and Looking Forward (#PBevent)

ProBlogger

I am so proud of the glimpses we saw of the Aussie blogging community, which is on a par with anything I’ve seen in other parts of the world. That was until ten minutes before he arrived, when I got an SMS message that he was on the way. Caz from Y Travel Blog. The quality was high. Kelly Exeter. Mrs Woog from WoogsWorld.

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Micro Persuasion: Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center

Buzz Marketing for Technology

While previously I was using Yojimbo to manage all of this information, I found the solution wanting since I travel a lot and need to access my bits from a mobile device. Be sure to turn off SMS alerts if you use these feeds since they will pile up.). Everyday I come across something on the web that I want to save for future reference.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Too often we see social media strategies that involve putting photos into Flickr, videos into YouTube or the creation of a Facebook application and then never revisiting the environment to engage with the communities around this content.

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10 Best Women Safety Apps For Android

Tweaklibrary

These applications have several features to provide women the protection they require, including SOS alerts, emergency contacts, location sharing, and community advice. Alerts sent immediately to emergency contacts through SMS and email. You can send as many SMS as you like to another rescuer member. My Safetipin 2.

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