{"id":770,"date":"2020-09-18T19:05:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T18:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flyte360.com\/blog\/?p=770"},"modified":"2020-09-18T19:11:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T18:11:21","slug":"sms-marketing-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyte360.com\/blog\/sms-marketing-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"New: SMS Marketing Campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Way back when, we built Flyte as a tool to focus on reviews and feedback, but the real problem we\u2019re trying to solve is making it easier for local businesses to attract and retain more customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of our users told us they struggled with SMS marketing for quick promotions and last minute updates to their customer base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>In case you missed the memo, SMS is now huge (\u2026 again)!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>97% of SMS is read within 15 minutes of being delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Post COVID, it\u2019s made a huge comeback as the go-to way to get a message to your customer base. Assuming it\u2019s not overused, SMS can have 7 \u2013 9x the impact of an email campaign to the same number of people \ud83d\ude32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week we\u2019re launching SMS campaigns as part of the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head to <strong>Campaigns<\/strong> &gt; <strong>New Campaign<\/strong> and choose <strong>SMS Broadcast Campaign <\/strong>to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"979\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/flyte360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-09-18-at-18.10.29.png\" alt=\"Create an SMS Marketing Campaign\" class=\"wp-image-771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyte360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-09-18-at-18.10.29.png 979w, https:\/\/flyte360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-09-18-at-18.10.29-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/flyte360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-09-18-at-18.10.29-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/flyte360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-09-18-at-18.10.29-100x71.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can upload a CSV of customer details, use the customers already in your account or simply paste a list of numbers to start your campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s just 2 screens to get a campaign set up and scheduled, so there\u2019s no excuse not to tell the world (or least your customers) about that amaaaazing \u2018<em>3 for 1 post-pandemic everything must go<\/em>\u2019 sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>More good stuff coming your way<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, SMS messages are sent from one of our group numbers (that change based on the state\/country of the recipient to appear more local).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon, we\u2019ll be launching <strong>Inbox<\/strong> and <strong>Business SMS<\/strong>, where you can assign a unique number to your account, and manage any replies to those SMS from your dashboard. You\u2019ll also be able to send and have SMS conversations with your customers from the dashboard. Here\u2019s a preview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/flyte360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/business-sms-demo.gif\" alt=\"Business SMS Preview\" class=\"wp-image-772\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need help getting your campaign set up, there\u2019s more in-depth information over in the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.flyte360.com\/article\/28-sending-sms-broadcast-campaigns\">Help Centre<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy SMSing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, SMS has made a huge comeback as the go-to way to get a message to your customer base. <\/p>\n<p>Assuming it\u2019s not overused, SMS can have 7 \u2013 9x the impact of an email campaign to the same number of people \ud83d\ude32.<\/p>\n<p>This week we\u2019re launching SMS campaigns as part of the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SMS Marketing Campaigns - New in Flyte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SMS has made a huge comeback recently and this week, we\u2019re rolling out SMS marketing campaigns as part of our platform.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/flyte360.com\/blog\/sms-marketing-campaigns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New: SMS Marketing Campaigns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recently, SMS has made a huge comeback as the go-to way to get a message to your customer base. 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