Save money on telephone costs whilst reducing staff management time - with automatic SMS reminders! SMS alerts can be programmed to be sent automatically at specific times and days or on specific website events. Website SMS are also great for mass marketing to a database of customers or leads. Website SMS notifications can be sent from your website or software program.

SMS alerts are often used for a variety of purposes including... Reminders to customers for due and unpaid accounts Instant notifications to staff, agents or other business stakeholders Instant SMS alerts to website members SMS Appointment reminders to customers/patients Mass SMS advertising and promotion.

Their are many advantages of using instant and automated SMS alerts. One advantage is that SMS are an economical form of communication costing between 15-20 cents per SMS. Another advantage is that SMS have a 95% success rate of being read by the end recipient compared with email marketing or direct print marketing which range between 2%-25% chance of being read by the end recipient. SMS notifications are instant and can be designed to send automatically when a specific event occurs (for example, when a customer signs up to your website). Another advantage is that SMS receive a very quick response rate. Compared to emails or printed media which can take days or weeks to be read, SMS are read by their recipients within hours of being sent. Therefore SMS alerts are the perfect form of communication for specials, offers or notifications that require a swift response from your audience.

WHAT DOES IT COST?

Fireworks provide an online portal where you can send a mass SMS to an excel spreadsheet of contacts. This facility is free to use, there are no set up fees or annual fees, the only cost is the cost of sending the SMS which is 20 cents per SMS. It's as simple and as economical as that!

If you require a custom built SMS system or integration with an existing online system that you have, this development work would require a quotation to set this up. The only ongoing cost would be the cost of sending the SMS which is 20 cents per SMS.

Call our website developers on 1300 880 648 or 07 3481 8800 to discuss your website and SMS requirements now!