2. 2
About Us
● Providing mobile solutions for ten years
● Combines mobile technology with
engagement and education strategies
3. SMS is the most used data
service in the world.
(Nielsen)
More than 4.2 billion people
are texting worldwide.
(MBA Online)
3
STATISTICS
SMS messages have a 98%
open rate, while email only has
a 20% open rate.
(Mobile Marketing Watch)
4. INBOUND TEXTING
● User texts in
● Get information back
○ Plain Text
○ Photo
○ Video
4
TWO TYPES OF TEXTING:
● Sign up for list
● Opt out
● Ask a question
● Engage in a text chat
5. OUTBOUND TEXTING
● Push out texts
● Ask a question
● Text chat
● Provide some form of info (same as above)
5
TWO TYPES OF TEXTING:
6. GAINING SO MUCH
WHY IS TEXTING
6
POPULARITY?
● Cheap or free for users
● Matches behavior of an attention deficit generation,
especially millennials
● Very fast
● So powerful - can get a link to a specific page, opt in
to a list, get info back instantly
● 98% read instantly
● Opting out actually works, unlike email where email
addresses are sold
● 24/7 reporting on every text sent or URL clicked
8. EXAMPLES OF
8
USES
● Text chat for security teams
● Text alerts to community
● Content hosting
○ Guidelines
○ Manuals
● Training team and volunteers
● Community text in tips
○ Videos
○ Forms
9. HOW DO YOU
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BUILD LISTS?
● Upload excel lists into
our dashboard
● People opt in by
sending a text
10. What does Engage by Cell provide?
10
Authoring and
publishing platform
Text message platform,
short code and texts