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SMS marketing 101: How to use text messaging in your marketing strategy

Sprout Social

These messages can be anything from promotional offers and discounts, to appointment reminders and shipping notifications. They can include discounts, coupons and other special offers. Here’s an SMS marketing example from CB2, a home furnishings retailer. Here are two of the most effective forms: Promotional campaigns.

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How to Setup and Run an Ecommerce Referral Program

Pixlee

In fact, Nielsen found that 83% of consumers trust the recommendations of friends and family over other forms of advertising. Here are common strategies to consider: Discounts and Rewards. Discounts and rewards are ideal for customers whom you want to reward for making a purchase. Make it personal, and skip the discount.

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How to Fix a “Broken Brand” with Social

Convince & Convert

And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. The tags give the wearer a discount on merchandise and refreshments, plus it puts a whole lot of blue back in the stands. For today’s Holy Social, we want to draw attention to an amusing parody account of retailer Burlington Coat Factory.

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Email or RSS: Which Do You Prefer

Justin Levy

But, I can understand the hesitance to provide your email address especially since every big box retailer, restaurant chain or other business asks for your email address. link] Mark Nielsen By far RSS. 250 discount if you use "JUST25" when registering! Its nice to check out at the end of the day and breeze over google reader.

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

What Americans Do Online: Social Media And Games Dominate Activity by Nielsen Wire. 40% of Facebook users said their motivation for liking a brand there was “to receive discounts and promotions,&# 36% said it was to get a freebie (sample, coupon, trial etc.), And much more. percent just a year earlier—a 43 percent increase.

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