Posted by Lily Badger in FireText's Wonderful Customers on May 5th, 2016
ClickMechanic is a simple solution to the age-old problem of getting an honest, trustworthy and transparent mechanic for your car. The site, which was founded in 2012, is the UK’s leading platform that connects car owners needing repairs, servicing, and inspections with registered mechanics. ClickMechanic boasts an extensive network of freelance mobile mechanics, allowing customers to […]
Posted by firetext in News & Buzz on April 19th, 2016
You may have heard of internet vulnerabilities like POODLE or HEARTBLEED in the press. It’s these type of exploits that have urged the PCI Council to mandate all websites and applications away from TLS v1.0.
Posted by Holly Barber in Weird World of SMS on April 19th, 2016
We spend our days chatting about SMS campaigns here at FireText HQ and love sharing our text message marketing knowledge with our lovely customers, but we also know some facts about SMS that you might not have heard before.
Posted by Lily Badger in FireText's Wonderful Customers on April 11th, 2016
Tails Case Study Tails.com produce and deliver freshly-blended, tailor made dry food aimed to meet every dog’s unique needs. Since Tails launched in 2014, they have grown a large community of loyal customers from all over the UK who are seeing the benefits that a tailor-made service can have to their own busy lives. We […]
Posted by Lily Badger in FireText's Wonderful Customers on April 5th, 2016
Stars Gym is a unique gym situated on the River Thames in Battersea, London. With such a wide variety of gym facilities on offer, it was important for them to find a communication solution that could contribute towards increasing their membership numbers.
Posted by Lily Badger in How To on April 5th, 2016
It’s all getting very clever now… let’s try sending a text message from our email account!
Posted by Holly Barber in SMS Tips & Tricks on April 1st, 2016
SMS provides an invaluable communication channel for healthcare practices. It can be used for several purposes, including appointment reminders and healthcare updates. It is cost-effective, easy to use, and a majority use texting for personal and business purposes. Incorporating secure NHS SMS into your health practice isn’t difficult, but it does take some planning to […]
Posted by Lily Badger in FireText's Wonderful Customers on March 30th, 2016
Neom Organics create a range of scented, all-natural products that de-stress revitalise and re-energise. Nicki, Neom’s Content and Communications Executive, spoke to us about adding SMS to their communications to boost their most recent marketing campaign, the 28 Day Happiness programme.
Posted by Holly Barber in SMS Tips & Tricks on March 23rd, 2016
There are many different categories of messages you can include in your text marketing campaign, including offers, coupons, surveys, tips, and polls. Some businesses may omit polls in their text marketing, but by doing so, they miss out on one of the best ways to engage customers and learn more about customer expectations. If you […]
Posted by Lily Badger in How To on March 22nd, 2016
Make sure you never run out of credits by setting a low-alert threshold. This will alert the email address that the account is under when you’re running low on credits 🙂