3 Easy Steps to Driving Sales via SMS

October 11, 2010

You’ve heard of SMS marketing, but you’re not sure about how to use it to get more business.  Here are 3 ways we’ve seen our customers make more money. Let’s use an example of a pizza restaurant in Chicago. You get a TextMarks account with the group name CHICAGOPIZZA. 1. Build your list. If you [...]

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New Feature: Select an SMS Marketing Contest Winner

September 24, 2010

We’ve been working hard to make TextMarks great for SMS Marketing. Our latest feature is the ability to select one or more random subscribers from your subscriber list, usually for the purposes of selecting a contest winner. The feature is found in the Promotion Tools menu in the keyword management area: Once you’re there, all [...]

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New Feature: Send a message to one user

September 14, 2010

We’ve gotten a number of requests for the ability to send a message to a single user rather than sending an alert to an entire list. While TextMarks specializes in being able to send unlimited mass text messages, we realize there is sometimes the need to communicate with just one subscriber. We’ve added a simple [...]

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In Beta: Send an Email When Someone Texts to Your Keyword

September 9, 2010

Some of our users have asked for the ability to be notified via email when someone texts into a keyword.  Typical uses are for businesses using our SMS marketing service for lead generation.  For instance, let’s say you’re a residential solar installer.  You might create a billboard next to the highway which says “Want to [...]

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New TextMarks Feature: Send Alerts from a Cell Phone

August 19, 2010

We’re proud to announce a new feature: send an alert from a cell phone. Did you ever want to alert the people who have subscribed to your keyword without logging into your account?  Now you can!  Just login to your TextMarks account or create a free 30 day trial if you haven’t already.  Choose the [...]

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Join the TextMarks Affiliate Program – Get 80% Commission for Every Sale

February 12, 2010

TextMarks allows any customer with a website, blog or email list to promote TextMarks mobile alerts. Join the TextMarks Affiliate Program today and earn 80% commission on every sale you refer to TextMarks.com!

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Getting Started with ColdFusion + TextMarks

September 9, 2009

Software Engineer, Blogger, and ColdFusion master Ben Nadel wrote a great article (inspired by a talk by Aaron Foss) describing how to get started with TextMarks and ColdFusion to build a basic SMS-enabled web app.  We’re excited to see how the ColdFusion community can continue to build on the powerful TextMarks text messaging platform. Here’s the [...]

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New: Auto-post your alerts to Twitter

August 2, 2009

Want to broadcast an alert to your TextMark group AND update Twitter at the same time?  No problem. Just open up the “Auto-Post to Social Networks” box in your TextMark’s management control panel, and follow the easy instructions to safely and securely link your Twitter account to your keyword(s).

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New: V2 API Released (Public Beta)

August 2, 2009

TextMarks is pleased to announce the beta release of our V2 API. Whereas our old APIs allowed clients to perform a few actions like subscribing users and broadcasting messages, this new API exposes almost every possible action you might want to perform on your users, TextMarks, groups, and more.  And with easier-to-parse JSON responses and [...]

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Promote your TextMark on the Web with new "Share This" Button (New)

June 24, 2009

Each TextMark’s public page (http://www.textmarks.com/YOURKEYWORD) now has a new button that looks like this: With a few clicks, you’ll be able to share your keyword on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Digg, or any other number of social networks and web sites.

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