Category: Text Marketing Reviews

Text Message Marketing service reviews. Find information on group text messaging companies.

Clearstream Review

Clearstream provides SMS marketing software to businesses looking to expand their marketing campaigns into the realm of text messaging. Within this Clearstream Review we offer information on their text marketing features, pricing, and company information. Keep reading to learn if Clearstream has the mobile marketing tools you are looking for.

Clearstream (the company) –

Clearstream was co-founded by two gentlemen with experience in web development, search engine optimization (SEO), and social media. Clearstream was founded in 2009 and over time has changed from a multifaceted company to one focused on creating and providing a “world class mobile marketing and communication product”. Located in Pensacola, Florida they provide text message services to local and national businesses throughout the U.S.

SMS Marketing –

Like most SMS text marketing companies, Clearstream has created a very simple yet very functional web based text messaging software that allows businesses to text a large number of people all at once. Most cellular phone companies only allow individual users to text a maximum of 10 people at a time, while web based software can send to hundreds (even thousands) of messages all in the click of a button. With SMS marketing there is also the convenience and privacy of business messages being sent from a short code (shortened phone number), such as Clearstreams 97000 shortcode. Using a shortcode makes it possible to keep your personal phone number private while texting via your Internet account directly to your customers (via their cell phone carrier).

Text marketing campaigns are strictly regulated to prevent spamming, in order to send text messages to your customers (even clients established with your company) you MUST have their explicit permission to send them text messages. Just because a customer gave their phone number to a business does not give that business permission to text them. Clearstream offers several ways for customers to opt-in to your text marketing campaign; direct opt-in using a keyword, QR codes, or website widgets. Whether customers text your keyword to the short code, scan the QR code, or enter their phone number on your website they are covering all the legal requirements for the text marketing opt-in process. Clearstream does allow importing of phone numbers. However, when importing customers must still follow the CTIA guidelines and have every persons explicit permission to receive text messages within 48 hours of importing.

There are a couple unique features offered in the Clearstream text marketing packages, the first being dedicated long code numbers. Long code numbers are regular telephone numbers (as opposed to shortcode numbers), each Clearstream account may choose their own local telephone number from which the text messages will come from. The advantage of long codes is there is no need for keywords and it appears your message is coming from a local number. The drawback is that it uses a different protocol than regular SMS text messaging (more like email) and may not have the same receiving capability due to filters, they would also require your customers to memorize a full phone number versus a shortcode.

Many text marketing companies are now allowing potential customers the ability to try their product for free. However, many mobile marketing providers either limit the time (ie. 14 days), limit the subscribers, limit the messages, or require a credit card. With Clearstream the free plan is “forever free”; has no contract, no setup fees, and allows upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations at anytime. While their pricing is very comparable to others within the industry, the Clearstream packages allow for a specific number of free keywords and QR codes. The Clearstream QR codes’ destination (URL) may be changed, without requiring a reprint of the QR codes. Many other text marketing companies require a reprint of the QR code and charge for additional keywords.

Some text marketing companies offer other communication services such as email or multimedia service (MMS). But, if you are looking for an easy-to-use text marketing company then Clearstream may have just what you are looking for. Visit their website for more details.

SimpleTexting Review

SimpleTexting lives up to their name by keeping their text marketing plan as simple as possible. Within this text marketing review you will find information on Simpletexting pricing, text marketing features, and the pros and cons of using a mobile marketing company like Simpletexting.

Simpletexting keeps every feature of their text marketing program very basic, which makes it easy-to-use, yet has enough functionality to handle most business’ text marketing campaign needs. While their analytics are minimal, they do offer the ability to track linking, subscribers, messages, keyword growth, and voting or text-to-win results.

Shortcode –
Some short codes are easier to remember than others, and their shortcode (like their name) is very “simple” to remember, 555888. Using a short code that is easy to memorize, or has multiple same numbers, is beneficial from a marketing aspect. A simple shortcode is especially helpful if you intend on placing opt-in information on signage (or visible ads) where customers will only have a brief view of the keyword and shortcode.

Adding Contacts –
Simpletexting is one of the few text marketing companies around that still allows customers to import customer lists. However, new CTIA regulations state that new contacts can only be added to a text marketing program IF they have given prior consent to receive texts within a 48 hour period. These new regulations are done in an effort to keep people from sending messages to numbers they have been collecting for sometime (typically without explicit texting permission), importing the numbers, and texting them. This practice, whether they are a customer or not, is considered spamming. To prevent spamming all contacts must be added within a 48 hour window. The best way to add contacts is always to have them opt-in from their cell phone using your unique keyword. Many text marketing companies, including SimpleTexting, have web form or website widgets which allow customers to opt-in from your website, which is just as effective, and gives the same amount of consent, as using their cell phone.

Text-to-win or Text-to-vote –
A great way to build your database is use text-to-win or text-to-vote programs. With SimpleTexting these programs are easy to set up and use. Real-time results can be broadcast to participants quickly and easily. The text marketing software will even randomly choose your text-to-win winner for you, and send them a winning text.

Autoresponders/Scheduler –
Autoresponders are a great way to reach out to your customers immediately upon opt-in. Once a customer texts your keyword to the shortcode then you can set up an autoresponder message that will be texted to them. Autoresponders are a great way to welcome customers or give them a text which offers them some type of incentive to visit your business ie. a coupon, a discount, a free item etc…SimpleTexting offers autoresponder capability as well as a scheduler. Once a customer has opted-in to your campaign, and received an autoresponder message, a scheduler allows you to schedule messages in advance that can be sent to your entire database. With this program you may also sync your scheduled message with your Google calendars.

Messages –
Outside of the normal SMS text messaging options, SimpleTexting has additional tools to enhance their text messaging services. They provide their users with a URL shortener, making it easier to copy and paste website addresses/links into a text message. The URL shortener also has the capability to track clicks to the link, allowing you to see the effectiveness of using links within your texts. Simpletexting also allows you to attach images to your text messages, which is considered a multimedia message service (MMS), which is typically more expensive through other text marketing providers.

Pricing –
As far as the cost of SimpleTexting marketing campaigns go, this too has been kept on a very basic level. Customers basically have two options, free, or pay as you go. The free trial period is only for 14 days and allows customers 1 keyword and 50 messages. Once your 50 messages are used up or you are ready to upgrade you may change the account through your SimpleTexting account control panel. The pay-as-you-go plan allows customers to pay $25 a month for unlimited subscribers and 400 messages. Once the 400 messages are used, additional messages are billed at $0.03 cents per message.

Overall, if you are looking for a very “SimpleTexting” marketing program then this company may be worth taking a look at. On their website they have “mobile university” video which allows potential customers the opportunity to preview their control panel and functionality prior to signing up. While their prices seem very low for small business marketing ventures, if customers are consistently using well over 400 messages a month the per message cost may add up quickly.

CallFire Review

This CallFire review will primarily review the SMS products and services offered by this communications company, and touch on some of the other phone services they offer.  If you are searching for a text message marketing provider you may want to read this CallFire review.

The CallFire technology company has existed since 2004, with offices in Santa Monica, California and Hoboken, New Jersey.  With offices on both extreme coasts of the United States they are able to assist customers throughout the U.S. with their voice and SMS messaging.  CallFire supports both voice and text programs for all types of businesses including nonprofits, political groups, insurance agents, small local business owners, and marketers.  At the time of this review they currently service over 100,000 businesses.  It is not difficult to find or contact CallFire and get personalized assistance for any service or technical help you may need, they have quick email contact,  a toll-free telephone number, local phone numbers, as well as a FaceBook and Twitter account (if your interested in keeping up on their latest updates).

CallFire advises “Communicate smarter to grow your business”, and that by automating text and using voice messaging campaigns businesses can build relationships with their customers.  Text message marketing campaigns help generate new leads as well as advise your current customers of new opportunities or specials.  CallFire helps you manage all of your phone and text marketing from one convenient control panel, allowing you to see quickly what advertising seems to be working for you or where you could use some changes.  By staying in  regular contact with your current customers with voice alerts, text messages, and mobile coupons you are more likely to retain customers and keep them coming back.

Text message marketing is an inexpensive, easy-to-use, and effective way to reach out to your customers.  Old school methods of advertising often cost businesses more money and time with far less return on the investment.  Voice and text messaging can reach hundreds or thousands of  customers quickly and with minimal time or effort on your part, and unlike junk mail and SPAM emails the likelihood of your message being read and not discarded immediately is much high using a text message marketing approach.  Why spends hours with designers creating just the right ad, only to spend more time and money at the printers and mailers (or email marketing agency) on ads that are likely to  barely or rarely even be viewed?  Creating a text or voice blast only takes minutes, costs a fraction of other advertising campaigns, and 9 out of 10 times customers will at least glance at the text before discarding it (or hopefully reading it and putting it to use).

CallFire’s voice and text marketing plans are all competetively priced, require no contracts or startup fees, and allow you to pay-as-you-go.  While the CallFire text marketing plan isn’t the cheapest in the market, compared to other text message providers that have a set number of texts per month included in a text marketing package.  CallFire is very competitive at 3 cents per SMS text message, and with a pay-as-you-go system you may even be able to save money but not losing unused messages.  The CallFire text marketing system allows customers to run and manage several marketing campaigns simultaneously.  They also include a comprehensive way of tracking each campaign with detailed statistics and analytics.

CallFire also offers short code services many other text marketing companies do not.  The CallFire text messaging service that is 3 cents per message is all based on a shared short code ( a 5 digit number) free to all subscribers.  Keywords can be purchased for $25 a month, which is what will set your text marketing account apart from others using the same short code.  Large corporations wanting their own short code have the ability to run their short code through CallFire for just $1000 a month (for a random 5 digit number) or $1500 a month (for a vanity short code).  Customers that have their won short code may use CallFire services for just $200 a month.  The CallFire short code services seem very reasonably priced and are something not all text marketing companies offer.

CallFire also has other products and services that compliment their text messaging campaigns.  For just 3.5 cents per minute customers can send a voice broadcast to their entire database of numbers, so for about $35 businesses can produce a voice message to 1000 people.  Starting at just $1.00 per month CallFire also offers toll free and local numbers, also a pay-as-you-go service for just 5 cents per minute per call.  Customers may also create phone trees and outbound surveys using CallFire’s Hosted IVR (interactive voice response) programs, with pricing from $0.015 to $0.05 per minute based on monthly call volume.  The CallFire Cloud Call Center program have plans as low as $2 per hour and International rates as low as 3.5 cents per minute.  So regardless of your voice messaging needs chances are they will have something to suit your needs.

Check out the CallFire site today to see if they have what you are looking for in a text message marketing provider.

Google Mobile SMS Search Review

In this Google Mobile SMS search review, we’ll go over how the Google Mobile SMS search tool works and how you can use it to find helpful information without having to access the Internet. Keep reading this Google Mobile SMS search review to learn more about this awesome service.

Using SMS and short code technology, anyone with a mobile phone can text Google for more information on the latest sports updates, movies currently showing at your local movie theater, local business phone numbers and addresses, word definitions, stock trends and web snippets. One of the best parts about using Google mobile SMS technology is that you can customize your location using your zip code so that your information will be pertinent to your area.

Google Mobile SMS Search – How it Works:

Using the Google Mobile SMS search is super easy. All  you have to do is text in your keyword depending on the information you are looking for, your zip code if you need local-based information and send it to the Google short code 466453 (GOOGLE). Moments later you will get back a message with the information you are searching for without having to actually have Internet access to get the information.

For those individuals that do not have an Internet connection or do not have a mobile phone with Internet access capabilities, the Google Mobile SMS search can be a super helpful tool to provide you with important up-to-date information on some of your most-used subjects. For example, if you are out driving around and need to drive to a local business, but you don’t know the address, simply Google: Local Business Name, Zip Code and send it to 466453. You can even put that short code into your phone and save it under your list of contacts under Google for quick and easy access. Now you can get a text message back with the address. Even those with smartphone mobile devices that have Internet access might find the Google Mobile SMS search tool to be helpful because it is super fast and can get you the results and information you are looking for within moments.

In our Google Mobile SMS search review, we found that this Google service can be helpful to anyone especially those who travel for work or need prompt information while on the go. If you are out to dinner with some friends and want to watch a movie afterward, you can text in Movies to Google followed by your zip code to get the latest movie showings and times. This is super fast and easy to use for any mobile phone user. Using the SMS message platform along with short code technology, you can using this Google tool for free aside from your standard messaging rates, which still apply. However, if you have unlimited text messaging or any text messaging plan through your cell phone provider, you can use this Google mobile SMS search tool for free without any added rates or fees. You can also text back in STOP to cancel at any time if you no longer wish to receive the messages from Google.

One of the best parts about using this Google mobile SMS search tool is that you won’t have to worry about getting any SPAM messages from Google. You will only receive these messages from the Google short code if you text in to it first to receive information.

If you want to learn more about this service, try texting into Google and see how it works for you. You can also check out the Google Mobile SMS Search tool online to learn more. There is an interactive demo available online that allows you to try out the service for free so you can practice, learn the keywords and see how the Google SMS search tool works for  you.

FunnelPro Review

This FunnelPro Review will cover the SMS products and services offered by this text message marketing provider.  Learn how the FunnelPro text message marketing plans work, what you can expect from their SMS services, and if they offer a mobile marketing plan that will work for you.

FunnelPro operates under the Boost Web Marketing, LLC, which is a web marketing company located in Indiana.  Boost Web Marketing offers services in web design, email marketing, SEO, dedicated server hosting, and more.  Developing a SMS marketing site falls right in line with their expertise in years of marketing experience.

FunnelPro uses a web based SMS platform that allows their uses to send and receive text messages via their short code.  A short code is a shortened telephone number only used for text messaging.  FunnelPro owns the short code 50464, which will be the number you use if you choose to purchase an SMS package from them.  A KEYWORD is what will separate your business from any others using the same short code.  When signing up for any FunnelPro text messaging plan you will be able to choose 3 keywords to identify and represent your business, for instance an Italian restaurant may choose keywords “pizza”, “pasta”, and “Italy”.  FunnelPro does a good job on their website of giving examples, help, and demos to all different types of businesses letting them know how they can best use their text message services.

FunnelPro offers free demos to help explain how their message system works, however you must first offer up your name, email, and phone number.  Which for most isn’t a big deal and worth the free lesson and advice.  If you are not sure about offering up your info or don’t want one-on-one advice, you can sign up for the FunnelPro Starter Plan which is totally FREE.  The Starter account will give you access to their short code, 3 keywords, and 50 texts per month.  50 texts a month isn’t going to last long but is a great way to see if the FunnelPro text message platform is something that will work for you/your business.  The next step would be to upgrade to their Basic plan which is $14.99 a month for 3 keywords and 150 texts a month.  The Regular plan offers up 3 keywords and 500 texts a month.  Additional keywords are available for a price but you must contact FunnelPro for a quote.  Additional messages are also available at $20 per 1,000 texts.  The FunnelPro video on their homepage indicates there is also a plan that includes 5,000 messages for $125 a month.  However their pricing page does not offer the option to sign up for that plan, it appears you would need to call them directly to sign up for it.  FunnelPro allows you to upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your account any time.

In doing research we found that FunnelPro has an affiliate program, but there is no link anywhere on their website that directs you to the affiliate page.  If you do an Internet search for “funnelpro affiliate” you will be able to find the information.  Which is basically a 2 tier affiliate program that pays a 30% recurring commission and 5% on second tier referrals.  Not much more information is available about their affiliate program, but the page indicates more details are in the works.  There is a “register here” link that will take you to a sign up page.

FunnelPro does not offer any kind of 24/7 toll free telephone support.  However, you can always get assistance by sending a message through your control panel, an email, the website, or via a regular long distance number.  The regular telephone number shouldn’t be an issue for most FunnelPro customers since the chances of having a cell phone and not being charged for the call is a great possibility (given you are signing/signed up for a text marketing plan).

DC Mobile Text Review

In this DC Mobile Text review, you can learn about an available mobile text messaging service that can be used as an effective method of text marketing and advertising for businesses and organizations. Mobile marketing through a company like DC Mobile Text might be the solution your company needs to get its name out to the public.

With the majority of American adults who all have mobile phones and even rely on text messaging as an effective method of communication between friends, family, school and work, text message marketing is the next step in businesses communicating to customers. Businesses and organizations can use text message marketing to send out advertisements for their business to individual customers, reaching them on a personal level to be able to effectively let customers know about upcoming events, promotions, discounts and more. DC Mobile Text is just one of the many text marketing and SMS marketing companies out there. The chance of reaching a customer through text message is much more likely than reaching a customer via billboard, newspaper ad, online banner ad, etc.

Text message marketing is like sending an advertisement directly to that person to let them know about the business and what they have to offer. There are some rules and stipulations to text message marketing, so you cannot spam your customers or potential customers with messages they don’t want to receive. Instead, a company like DC Mobile Text allows businesses to only send messages to those customers or recipients that choose to (or opt-in) to receive messages about that business. This is a great way for businesses to know they can actually get a return on their messages and entice customers that will actually want to shop at their business instead of wasting messages by sending them to people that aren’t interested anyway.

DC Mobile Text Review:

To get started, all you have to do is sign up on the DC Mobile Text Review website, which also offers a 7-day free trial so you can try out the service before you commit to purchase. You can create a variety of advertising campaigns with promotions, advertising events, discounts, etc. and choose a keyword that relates to your business. You can then send out these messages, and then allow your recipients to opt-in to the service by texting in. From there, you can build your client list as those recipients opt in to your service. You can send out promotional information, ads, etc. to help encourage new business. Do this every time you want to bring in a new influx of business, or if you are planning a promotion, event, or any situation where it would be worth it to offer discounts, coupons, etc.

The Bronze DC Mobile Text plan starts out with a $47 subscription fee and comes with no setup fee so you can get started with your own text message marketing advertising in no time! There are no contracts with DC Mobile Text either so you can use the service for as long as you need to, as a way to be able to bring in more business. Other DC Mobile Text features include all text message credits rollover, free inbound text messages is compatible with all major U.S. mobile carriers, unlimited campaign support and management, full SMS platform available as well as Facebook and website integration.

If you are interested in finding out more about DC Mobile Text, be sure and visit this text marketing provider online today to find out if DC Mobile Text has the tools and features you need, along with the pricing, to start up an effective SMS advertising campaign for your business or organization.

iMobile Marketing Direct Review

More and more companies are emerging in the text message marketing industry and offering their services to businesses looking to harness the power of mobile marketing. One such company is iMobile Marketing Direct. This article will review iMobile Marketing Direct and its features that are offered.

Many of the standard features that are offered with other mobile marketing companies are present in the iMobile Marketing Direct platform. In doing research on iMobile Marketing Direct, there were some other surprising features they offer that are not so common among other mobile marketing providers.

Services

  • Dedicated Short Codes– this isn’t terribly uncommon among companies to offer abilities for companies to lease their own dedicated short code. iMobile Marketing Direct assists companies with the process of provisioning their own dedicated short code.
  • Campaign Management– This was an interesting feature for those not keen on self-service mobile marketing platforms. iMobile Marketing Direct has a dedicated team of marketing specialists who are willing to manage your SMS advertising campaign for you. According to their website, this additional feature comes at no extra charge.
  • Design Services– iMobile Marketing Direct offers design templates for your print materials to advertise you bulk text messaging. These design services come free of charge with an account and are limited to 100 fliers or 500 business cards. Different templates are available for view on their website.
  • Premium Content– Along with their text messaging services, they also offer the ability to stream premium content such as ring tones, wallpaper, video, etc. to subscribers.

Pricing

The pricing for iMobile Marketing Direct’s messaging plans are:

Basic Plan- $50 monthly cost:

  • No Contract
    • 500 messages
    • 1 keyword
  • With 1 year contract
    • 1000 messages
    • 2 keywords

Bronze Plan- $75 monthly cost

  • No Contract
    • 750 messages
    • 2 keywords
  • 1 year contract
    • 1500 messages
    • 3 keywords

Silver Plan- $100 monthly cost

  • No Contract
    • 1000 messages
    • 3 keywords
  • 1 year contract
    • 2000 messages
    • 5 keywords

Gold Plan- $200 monthly

  • No contract
    • 2500 messages
    • 5 keywords
  • 1 year contract
    • 4000 messages
    • 15 keywords

Platinum Plan- $350 monthly

  • No contract
    • 5000 messages
    • 20 keyword
  • 1 year contract
    • 7500 messages
    • 30 keyword

Diamond Plan- $500 monthly

  • No contract
    • 10,000 messages
    • unlimited keywords
  • 1 year contract
    • 15,000 messages
    • unlimited keywords

Support

The support for iMobile Marketing Direct consists of a toll-free number and several email options to get in contact for support. Many of the inquiries, including the most important inquiry-how to sign up, can only be discussed with their support representatives. As for frequently asked questions, what their platform looks like, or how it works, you must contact them.

As for the offering of services, iMobile Marketing Direct offers a few unique services that aren’t common in the mobile marketing world. As for the standard features, well they aren’t anything we have not seen or anything impressive for that matter. There is plenty of prices and packages to choose from, both contractual and non-contractual plans. Nothing too exciting here compared to some of the heavy hitters of the text message marketing world, but iMobile Marketing is worth a look, especially if you need some campaign management options.

YeeZ Mobile Review

If you want to start up your own text marketing campaign, you might want to consider choosing a company like YeeZ Mobile. This is an opportunity to take advantage of mobile advertising and expand your business using a new method of mobile technology to spread the word about your business.

Because text messaging is becoming one of the most used methods of communication among individuals in the United States, mobile marketing companies are jumping aboard this bandwagon to provide companies, businesses and organizations with a way to directly market their products, services and causes to customers and consumers everywhere. In our YeeZ Mobile review, we’ll provide information about one of the many text marketing companies that provide this service. Keep reading to learn more about YeeZ Mobile to find out if YeeZ Mobile has what it takes to fulfill your mobile marketing needs for your business.

YeeZ Mobile Review – $27.95/Month

As part of the YeeZ Mobile Text message plan, businesses can use this effective communication method to advertise promotions, sales, coupons, discounts, prizes, giveaways and so much more. You can even use the text message marketing service to work as appointment reminders to help remind your customers about upcoming events and appointments. SMS is a great technology to use for this kind of a service. You can even use it for collecting donations or votes via text message for on-going campaigns.

Text Messaging Modules:

As text messaging continues to grow in popularity as one of the most effective methods of communication, it is no wonder that text marketing companies like YeeZ Mobile are jumping on the Internet to offer an affordable marketing solution using SMS technology. YeeZ also offers a 30-day money back guarantee, so if you find that text marketing simply doesn’t appeal to your customer base, then you can get  your money back. However, based on statistics regarding text message marketing, the success and return rate of these advertising campaigns are mostly overwhelmingly positive. In fact, text messages are now outnumbering phone calls made in the U.S. Unlike the annoying type of marketing that comes from sales calls, the text message marketing is a direct way to appeal to your customers without overwhelming them with too much information or requiring an immediate response. Your customers can look at the text message and then mull over what took them less than 30 seconds to read throughout the day. That will give them ample time to decide to take advantage of your newest promotion, discount or sale.

Text message marketing works by the business or organization manager, owner or marketing director setting up a campaign with a service like YeeZ Mobile. They can choose a short, simple and easy-to-remember keyword that relates to their store, organization, product or service. Let your customers know about this keyword and the short code you’ll receive from YeeZ Mobile. They will then be able to opt in to receive messages from your service to know about the latest happenings with your online business.

Check out YeeZ Mobile online today to learn more.

iVision Mobile Review

Text message marketing has flourished over the past few years and is only expected to increase its growth in the years to come.  Amidst the popularity many text message marketing companies have recently started in the industry to take advantage of the growth.  One of the companies in the industry that has been around from nearly the beginning is iVision Mobile.  iVision Mobile is located in southern California and has been making a name for itself since 2005 making them one of the older companies in the mobile marketing industry.  This review of iVision Mobile will cover the three key aspects of a text message marketing platform, features and ease of use of the platform, support options for the platform and the cost of the platform.

The iVision website is very informative and well put together.  Through a virtual tour, some screen shots of the platform offer a glimpse of the magnitude of features and how easily it can be navigated.  As expected with the added bells and whistles that iVision Mobile offers, the platform does appear that it can be a bit more trying for new users to get acclimated to.  The good news here is, iVision Mobile includes a one hour training session to assist all new accounts as part of the $99 set up fee.  The ease of use coupled with the training session a user should have no problem getting on the text messaging platform and getting around to start any mobile marketing campaign.

iVision Mobile uses messaging packages for their pricing structure that start at $99 a month and go up to $2500.  The message packages include free inbound messages except for on their Free To End User (FTEU) messages and anywhere from 1 to unlimited keywords.  A few of those text message packages are as follows:

  • Basic
    • 1000 Messages a month
    • 1 Keyword
    • $99 a month
  • Standard
    • 2500 Messages a month
    • 3 Keywords
    • $139
  • Pro
    • 25,000 Messages a month
    • 30 Keywords
    • $500

There are also text message packages that can be purchased that do not expire for three months.  Options for dedicated shortcodes and premium shortcodes are available as well.

The support for iVision Mobile is above par for the industry.  Phone support is available “anytime” along with an online support form, training videos and access to best practices.  Including the one hour training session iVision Mobile has one of the best support systems in the text message marketing industry.

In summary, iVision Mobile appears to offer a great text marketing platform with lots of extras and the additional support features and training available should help with any difficulties navigating and using the text message marketing platform.  The pricing for iVision Mobile is on the high side of industry average with plans starting at almost ten cents per message and every account being charged a set up fee of $99.  Because of the additional features and support the added cost may be warranted with iVisionMobile.

AvidMobile Review

AvidMobile is an application provider for text message marketing and offers solutions for those looking to resell their texting platform. Many existing marketing companies are looking to add text message marketing to their range of available services. Other people are looking to start companies providing the power of text message marketing to their clientele. Those looking to include these services to their current or soon-to-be business can look to Avid Mobile as a possible service provider.

AvidMobile White Label Program

The white label reseller program of AvidMobile provides a solution to companies looking for a texting platform they wish to brand as their own. The program allows for branding of logos and information to provide the appearance of the company being the application provider. The white label program offers several different features to meet the needs of the reseller’s clientele. The features of the AvidMobile platform are:

These features include the capability of both SMS messaging (strictly text) and MMS messaging (capability for sending pictures, video, and other media via text). Their platform also support messaging to U.S. based subscribers and Canadian subscribers. As an addition, they also provide premium short codes for use with mobile donations and transactions.

Their reseller packages are divided into 3 categories, the Basic, PLUS, and PLATINUM.

The Basic plan offers entry level privileges of a white label dashboard which includes abilities to set up clients and provide support for those clients. The clients log-in from the resellers website.

The PLUS plan offers all of the features of the Basic plan, including the ability to set up and manage other resellers of the system. This tiered method of reselling offers a customizable dashboard for both clients and other resellers.

The PLATINUM plan offers all features of both the basic and PLUS plans, with the addition of hosting the service from your own domain and SSL certificate.

Prices

No prices are given directly on their website, save the prices for their virtual business cards. Prices can be obtained by contacting them from their website on a pricing request form. The virtual business cards are another feature of AvidMobile and provide a way for a potential customer to access a business card via text message. It is set up to have someone text the name of the person to their short code in order to obtain it. A text message is sent back with the information on it as well as an MMS message sent with a picture business card, if they desire. The pricing for the virtual business cards are:

  • 100: $14.99/mo
  • 250: $29.99/mo
  • 500: $59.99/mo
  • 1000: $109.99/mo
  • 2500: $214.99/mo
  • 5000: $399.99/mo

Support

AvidMobile provides a few support options for those looking for help with their mobile marketing campaigns. A sales and support phone number are given as well as an email address for contacting them. If you prefer to just contact them from the website, they do have contact forms for obtaining information. A chat window is also available on their website for live chat with a representative from Avid Mobile.

AvidMobile provides reseller solutions for those looking to add text messaging to their existing business or to start a business selling mobile marketing. Mobile is taking the world by storm and is a valuable medium for advertising. There are many companies out there providing texting services, and doing research on different companies is of benefit. AvidMobile offers many solutions for businesses looking to accomplish aspects of mobile marketing.