uMobilize Feature on TodayFM Sunday Business Show
uMobilize Promotions co-founder Philip Culbert was a guest on the TodayFM Sunday Business Show last Sunday. Philip was very happy to be asked to participate in The Sunday Business Show paper review with host Anton Savage.
Can Text Message Marketing work for Retailers?
A recent ComReg market report showed mobile penetration in Ireland running at 117.3%. This penetration along with the ultra-high read rates of text messages (98% of text messages sent are read, 90% within 10 minutes) presents a real opportunity for retailers of all sizes to create simple, cost-effective sales and marketing campaigns. There are currently over 5 billion mobile phones in the world, and every one of them can send and receive a text message. In The UK alone over 265 million text message are sent every day. SMS is simple, reliable and immediate and most importantly at a time when all businesses are watching their bottom line, it is an extremely cost effective way to communicate with your customers.
Build your SMS Marketing Opt-in List on Facebook
Here at uConnect we are very excited about our new Facebook Mobile Club App. uConnect clients have always been able to build up their opt-in database of mobile numbers directly from their website by adding a uConnect pop-up form to their website. But many of you have told us that your facebook fan pages are more active that your websites. So we have now released the uConnect Mobile Club Facebook app. This app can be installed directly onto your facbook fan page allowing you gather customer mobile phone numbers directly from Facebook.
uConnect SMS Marketing Service gets a Refresh
Monday 27th of January saw the latest release of uConnect, the leading internet-based SMS Marketing and Bulk Text Messaging Service. Packed full of new features and usability improvements uConnect will help all business owners get the most out of their mobile and SMS marketing campaigns.
uConnect featured in Focusme magazine
Big thanks to Kehlan Kirwan for the recent article published in Focusme magazine. Focusme magazines mission is to promote local industry and commerce in the mid-west by focussing on small to medium enterprises. Check out a full transcript of the article here:
Limerick Leader focuses on Mobile Marketing
Interest in mobile marketing has increased thanks to a recent article published by Nick Rabbitt in the business section of the Limerick Leader. uConnect has been up and running in its present form for a month or two and we are already getting a positive reaction from SME's who are realising the significant cost benefit and advantage that text message marketing has to offer over traditional advertising.
Limerick Milk Market Embraces Mobile Marketing
The Milk Market in Limerick City is one of Ireland’s best attended markets, which has been operating since 1852. On June 26th, the Milk Market has launched a "Mobile Club" that people can easily subscribe to by visiting their website or texting the Milk Market txt2join keyword to the uConnect number.
