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Bust the Recession With Mobile Marketing.

Written by: Mark Michuda

Article Overview: Group text messaging is proving to be a recession buster for many businesses. In today's busy world where simple is better, case studies are claiming a text message is the new 800 pound gorilla. Furthermore, case studies are supporting this statement showing texting can do wonders for sales/marketing or communications.

Bust the Recession With Mobile Marketing.

Group text messaging is proving to be a recession buster for many businesses. In today's busy world where simple is better, case studies are claiming a text message is the new 800 pound gorilla. Furthermore, case studies are supporting this statement showing texting can do wonders for sales/marketing or communications.

"During hard times organizations are looking for new ways to increase revenue, at TextHub we guarantee to help plant your money tree," said Mark Michuda, CEO at TextHub. "Technology is changing the way people approach marketing, a fraction can be spent on mobile marketing with an impressive impact."

On average 94% of text messages are read. Reports are showing over 10 x return on investment for companies embracing such marketing. 18-29 year olds use text(sms) more than voice to communicate.

Organizations are embracing online platforms to manage mobile marketing. These online tools allow an organization to create unlimited groups, send unlimited text messages, and build natural language responders with incoming keywords. Also enable any software platform to embrace text messaging technology.

-- Restaurants -- Sports clubs -- Hospitals
-- Sandwich shops -- Churches -- Recruiting HR management
-- Real estate housing -- Event promoters -- Customer service


Companies are recognizing they need to deliver mobile marketing campaigns in order to gain a competitive edge.

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