Access Your Niche Market with Targeted SMS Campaigns | The Communication Blog

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Access Your Niche Market with Targeted SMS Campaigns

By Nia Lawrence


Take advantage of bulk SMS discounts and boost your mobile marketing strategy's coverage. Advertising campaigns not only maximize their target market, they're also conducted with costs and returns considered. Your ad campaign should use all available media, though. Print, television, and online placements ensure your market presence, but you have to be more assertive if you want to pull in good leads. The first two methods offer reasonable returns on your investment, so long as your ads are placed in premium spots for better coverage. Second-page or primetime placements cost money, though. You'll likely obtain the same results with online and SMS strategies if you're a local business with limited coverage. SMS is the perfect tool for targeting local or small niche markets.

Mass SMS campaigns ensure your market is tuned in to your latest releases and special offerings. If your business is limited to local markets, then you can also focus your efforts on niche customers. Bridal shops, pet supply stores, and utilities providers cater to subsets of the general market and are restricted to customer's interest or service coverage. You still have to maximize your exposure with an online storefront, though; online content is very accessible, especially when modern phones now have online browsing and multimedia capabilities. You can tie in your web and SMS campaigns to generate online traffic; you'll enjoy the trickle benefits of your effort once your store receives more walk-ins.

The main drawback of a bulk SMS campaign is in the costs. Even if the mobile carrier rates in your area are affordable, the expenses will rack up when you're sending messages en masse to recipients. You're better off with voice mail and call-based campaigns, but recipients won't entertain your pitch in the middle of a workweek or during their commute. SMS offers a discreet, efficient option, and the costs are more affordable if you'll subscribe to gateway services instead of standard mobile carriers.

SMS gateways substitute for standard mobile carriers; you'll also have the option to localize the message send outs. You can focus on recipients who'll immediately respond to your notifications. Generate more visitors to your tradeshow booth by sending messages to participants during the event. Inform window shoppers of your boutique's offerings and discounts; set up SMS 'trip-wires' within your shop's vicinity so you'll only access clients interested in your products and services.

You have an edge over the competition (or you'll stay abreast with it) if you include mass SMS campaigns into your marketing strategies. Sign up for a subscription, invest in bulk credits, and tap into a wider mobile market.




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