When you’re tasked with finding an SMS app for your business, you have a lot of options to sift through. As I write this guide, the software review site G2 has 412 listings for SMS marketing software. And that doesn’t even cover all apps that count as texting tools. With the help of real users, I found seven of the best text messaging services for business to reduce the overwhelm for you. Let’s find a good fit for your company. How I decided on these business texting apps The best app recommendations come from extensive knowledge and use. So, I chose these apps based on stories from users like ..read more

You’ve likely received text messages from 6-digit phone numbers before. By now, you may have figured out that these phone numbers are used by organizations to communicate with their audiences all at once. Case closed, right?  There’s a little more to it than that. While these numbers may look odd next to your 10-digit phone number, they’re actually quite powerful–and popular. Every day, these shortened phone numbers enable Amazon to send verification codes to confirm new accounts, FedEx to share delivery notifications, and SouthWest to promote its flash sales. So, what’s special about a 6 ..read more

When you’re tasked with finding an SMS app for your business, you have a lot of options to sift through. As I write this guide, the software review site G2 has 412 listings for SMS marketing software. And that doesn’t even cover all apps that count as texting tools. With the help of real users, I found seven of the best text messaging services for business to reduce the overwhelm for you. Let’s find a good fit for your company. How I decided on these business texting apps The best app recommendations come from extensive knowledge and use. So, I chose these apps based on stories from users like ..read more

Everyone needs to block a text message from time to time, whether it’s spam or just an annoying message. After all, Americans received 19.2 billion spam texts in January of 2024 alone.  Thankfully, you can block unwanted texts to make sure the person sending them can’t contact you again. In this article, we’ll break down the steps you can take to block text messages on iOS and Android. You’ll also learn how to block texts your business is getting and how to make sure your customers never block you. 01. Ways to block a text message as an individual 02. How to block a text message as a ..read more

Call me Captain Obvious, but it’s clear that business owners want to get their customers’ attention.  The hitch here is that there’s a lot of static to cut through first. Currently, the average US smartphone user receives nearly 50 notifications per day. So, how can you stand out?  Digital marketers need to be aware of all the tools they have at their disposal to reach their audiences. Two of the most effective tools out there are SMS notifications and push notifications. [ToC] Pus notifications vs. SMS notifications Let’s go over what they are, when to use them, and how to choose be ..read more

There are over 3 million podcasts out there, almost as many as the number of businesses registered in the United States every year.  Finding a small business podcast isn’t hard, but figuring out which ones are worth your time can be. As a self-proclaimed podcast nerd, people often ask me for small business podcast recommendations. But “business” as a topic is so broad that right show for you will depend on the stage of your small business, the information you need, and the style of show you prefer. To make things easy, I’ve broken this list down into three sections: the best overall, the ..read more

It can happen to anyone. You’re searching your phone for an important text and that’s when you realize that it was accidentally deleted.  Don’t panic.  We’ve learned a thing or two after helping thousands of customers send out millions of messages, and let us reassure you: It’s possible to retrieve deleted text messages.  Follow this step-by step guide to quickly and safely recover your deleted messages. How to restore deleted texts on Android The good news is that if you accidentally delete messages from your Android phone, your data sticks around–but only for a limited time.&n ..read more

If you’re still navigating text marketing, “SMS geofencing” might sound like one of a long line of complicated, scary terms you have to learn.  In reality, though, it’s a pretty simple concept. It’s the practice of sending customized texts to subscribers based on their location. SMS geofencing can be done in a few different ways depending on your text marketing provider and tools. If you’re using SimpleTexting, you won’t be able to track your customers in real time to text them based on where they are, but all is not lost. You can still run geofencing effectively with us (and I’ll get to ..read more

Whether you need to reach your audience of one or one thousand, setting up recurring daily text messages shouldn’t be a burden.  With a 98% open rate, text messages are one of the most effective ways to share information regularly.  And with a text messaging service like ours, you can automate the process to avoid having to write and send your messages each day manually.  At SimpleTexting, you can send daily reminder texts three different ways depending on your messaging and estimated frequency. We’ll walk you through each one step-by-step. Send the same reminder text daily Sen ..read more

Starting something new—like *cough* an email newsletter—can be intimidating. I’ve been there. A few years back, I was the first marketing hire at a small startup (it’s called CoSchedule if you’d like to look it up). I was convinced that increasing website traffic and email subscribers could be game-changers for business growth. Why? We sold our products on our website. So if we got website traffic, we could make sales. Right? We knew it was impossible to convert 100% of our website subscribers into customers. So, how could we get value from website visitors? I hypothesized that if we could ke ..read more