Many people get offers to subscribe to email newsletters, but how many opt-in to receive offers via text message? Promote holiday sales and drive traffic to your store and website with social posts, emails, and text marketing.
It turns out; that there's huge potential for SMS text marketing. In a survey, only 54% of people said they opted in to receive SMS text messages from a brand. Of those people, 91% of users said they found the text messages to be useful.
Keep reading to discover the top 6 reasons why people opt-in to receive SMS text messages.
The Top 6 Reasons Why Consumers Opt-In to Brands’ SMS Text Messages
For coupons or deals
To receive personal alerts
Staying in the loop
Access to meaningful content
Don’t want to visit business/website/app for information
Quick access to information
Now that you know why people like opting into text messages, find out things to avoid.
4 Reasons Why Consumers DON'T Opt-In to Brands’ SMS Text Messages ⚠️
Find disruptive
Doesn’t provide more meaningful content
Don’t need quick access to information
Decreases battery life
Takeaways:
Customers love deals! No surprise here. If you're already advertising a promotion via e-mail, print, and social media, don't forget to share it via text message too! Sometimes even a simple text marketing message like "Did you see our email?" can increase email open rates by 20-30%! Offers shared via text messages were 10x more likely to be redeemed than a printed coupon.
Customers like staying in the know. Share useful and meaningful content to ensure that customers stay opted-in to your mobile list. Every text message should have a clear message and purpose.
In case customers want to opt out, you must provide a clear and simple opt-out keyword. Pony Express HQ handles this automatically for you - we include the opt-out instructions in the first text sent to every customer. Customers can respond "STOP" at any time, and the Pony Express HQ system automatically unsubscribes them from your list. These guides can help you with SMS opt-outs:
Customers like quick ways to access info. If you've got an event or sale coming up, receiving the essential info via text message is convenient. Sometimes it's much easier to reference a text message than to find an email in our inbox.
Armed with this new knowledge and information, are you ready to get started? Sign in to your Pony Express HQ dashboard to start sending text messages online now.
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Happy Texting ✨