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What Makes a Top SMS Marketing Message?

What Makes a Top SMS Marketing Message?

In this post Marketing Executive Nic Weschenfelder presents nine tips for making the perfect SMS Remarketing message, though these tips can apply more generally to all SMS communication.
When was the last time you checked your phone… a minute ago? two minutes ago? five minutes ago? If it wasn’t one of those three options I don’t believe you.
The fact is that phones are with us all the time, and this is why SMS is the most functional, convenient and efficient medium of communication.
90% of SMS marketing messages are read within three minutes of being delivered, giving marketers the power to connect with an audience that is almost two thirds larger than email. The beauty of SMS is it’s quick, simple and practical, enabling marketers to bridge the gap in the customer’s purchasing journey while keeping it all on mobile.
You may have a larger open rate with SMS, but creating the perfect message that converts can be a difficult task. So what makes the perfect SMS message?

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SMS Marketing Campaigns That Effectively Increase Conversions

SMS Marketing Campaigns That Effectively Increase Conversions

Our Product Marketing Manager Katie Ash looks at how companies are using SMS, both to increase conversion rates, and to improve customer retention. 
When SMS remarketing is used in a relevant and personalized way, it can be the most effective channel for engaging your audience.
Indeed, SMS messages have an average open rate of 98% with 90% of messages opened within three minutes. It also beats email on click through rate (CTR).

Here are six examples of SMS marketing campaigns that effectively increase conversions, recover abandoned sales and drive customer loyalty.

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How Fashion Shoppers are Driving Change in the Online Customer Journey

How Fashion Shoppers are Driving Change in the Online Customer Journey

SaleCycle’s Marketing Assistant Nic Weschenfelder looks at how fashion sites can use technology to improve the customer experience and drive conversions. 
A new generation of consumers, many of them millennials, are often more concerned about making memories by spending money on experiences than actually buying physical items.
Indeed, 78% said they would prefer to spend money on experiences, which is kind of a worrying trend if you sell tangible products such as clothes or accessories.
So should the fashion industry be worried? And how can they address these issues?
Yes, they should be concerned, but it’s not the end of the world.
With a survey suggesting shoppers are now spending half of their money online, translating the bespoke and personalized in-store experience to the virtual space is a must for the fashion marketer.
Luckily, the fashion industry has often been ahead of the curve when it comes to innovation. How the fashion industry uses technology to shape and adapt the online experience will no doubt play a major role in how we all shop in the future.

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SaleCycle's Award-Winning SMS Remarketing

SaleCycle's Award-Winning SMS Remarketing

UPDATE: We won! Last night our SMS Remarketing solution won the “Mobile Sales Promotion/Lead Generation/Direct Response/Strategy” award at the MOMA Awards 2016.
Head of Product, Michael Barber, shares the story behind the Marketing On Mobile Awards 2016 double nomination (and subsequent win) for SaleCycle’s SMS Remarketing solution.
The MOMAs celebrate and acknowledge, effective marketing on mobile and SaleCycle’s world’s first SMS remarketing campaign is a 2016 finalist alongside global brands such as Starbucks, Jaguar and Mondelez.

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