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What is SMS marketing, and how can you use it?

Short message service (SMS) marketing allows you to send promotional messages, time-sensitive information, reminders, feedback requests, and more, directly to your customersā€™ mobile phones via text messages of up to 160 characters.Ā 

Much like email marketing, customers must opt-in to receive SMS marketing messages from businesses. With exceptionally high open rates (SMS open rates are 98%, versus 22% for Email marketing), SMS is a cost-effective marketing channel with high ROI.

Send welcome offers to new customers

Reach out to customers with branded and personalized messaging delivered straight to their inbox.

Offer relevant discounts to boost sales

Enhance sales and engagement by offering discounts on relevant products through SMS. These messages capture customer interest and drive purchases effectively, making your promotions targeted and impactful.

Create urgency with limited-time offers and deals

Notifying customers of an upcoming sale deadline can drive quick decisions and increase conversions, ensuring they donā€™t miss out on the opportunity.

Promote new products, services, or events

Boost engagement by inviting customers to exclusive events via SMS, or ask them to be among the first to try out your new products and services.

Send personalized offers to each customer

Enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty with personalized offers sent through SMS. With a personalized offer, you can make customers feel valued and drive repeat visits, strengthening their connection with your brand.

Notify loyal customers of rewards and gifts

Send personalized updates to loyal customers about their rewards or gifts via SMS. A free gift can increase their engagement with your loyalty program and encourage continued membership.

An SMS marketing provider that goes the extra mile

With industry-leading expertise in all things SMS, Infobip ensures you get all the help you need.

Avoid fines and constraints

Stay SMS-compliant in all territories with our global compliance engine.

Get a local number in minutes

Get local business numbers and short codes for more than 50 countries in a matter of minutes.

Automate and personalize messages

Automate and personalize your SMS messages using our customer engagement solution or via a robust SMS API.

Engage in two-way conversations

Use two-way SMS to encourage engagement and collect feedback or insights from customers worldwide.

Quickly connect to our flexible SMS API

Start sending programmable SMS messages with our comprehensive API and build the experiences your customers are looking for with:

  • a basic or fully featured API
  • advanced functionalities
  • clear API documentation
  • support from dev

The main benefits of SMS marketing

Because the vast majority of people keep their mobile phones close to hand, SMS marketing allows you to reach your customers in real-time, wherever they are. Here are some of the key benefits:

Instant engagement

90% of text messages are opened within three minutes, which means SMS marketing is arguably the fastest, and most reliable way to reach your customers.

Cost-effective

SMS marketing campaigns cost less than many traditional forms of marketing and advertising. They also typically see higher engagement rates and higher ROI than many other marketing mediums.

Easy to measure

You can track every aspect of your SMS marketing activity, from read rate to conversion, which makes it easy to understand how your campaigns are performing.

Global reach

95.5% of the worldā€™s population own a mobile phone, and most of these phones (if not all) can send and receive text messages. This means you have the potential to reach almost all of your customers, anywhere in the world.

No internet? No problem

SMS messages donā€™t rely on an internet connection. They are sent via cellular networks, which means your messages get delivered even if your customers donā€™t have internet access.

Versatile

There is a huge range of SMS use cases. You can use text messages to communicate onboarding information, promotions, delivery updates, tracking information, appointment confirmations, and more.

SMS marketing rules and best practices


SMS marketing campaigns are heavily regulated in many countries. To get specific details about your target market, feel free to reach out to our experts.

Make it easy for customers to opt-in

In most countries, customers need to explicitly give their consent to receive SMS marketing messages. As such, providing a range of ways for customers to opt-in is key.

Provide SMS marketing opt-in options at multiple touchpoints, for example, at checkout, when a customer is creating their account, in the preferences section of their profile settings, or as a pop-up during their second or third visit to your website or app. You can also make use of QR codes to encourage customers to opt to receive special deals and updates.

Provide the option for customers to opt-out

Every SMS message you send should include an opt-out. You may choose to do this by instructing customers to respond with ā€œSTOPā€ to instantly unsubscribe, or by including an unsubscribe link within your message.

Clearly identify your business and the purpose of the message

To avoid confusion, be sure to include the name of your business in every message, and ensure the purpose of your message is as clear as possible. If you fail to provide this context, customers are more likely to unsubscribe.

Include a call to action (CTA)

Make things as easy as possible for customers by including a relevant link, and a clear CTA ā€“ e.g. check out our flash sale, redeem an offer or coupon, answer a survey, book an appointment, etc.

Timing is everything

In India and France, itā€™s illegal to send SMS marketing messagesā€”even if people have opted inā€”after a certain time in the evening. In addition to understanding the regulations in the territories you operate in, itā€™s also important to consider the timing of your messages in terms of when your customers are most likely to be responsive, and happy to hear from you.

For example, sending a text to your customers to invite them to complete a feedback survey at 2am is not likely to yield a good response.

Embrace the power of personalization

This isnā€™t just about referring to your customers by name, itā€™s about sending messages based on their interests, their location (if relevant), and previous buying behavior. Well-targeted, relevant messages will help you build and maintain relationships with your customers, and are more likely to result in conversions.

Align your marketing efforts across all channels

SMS marketing is powerful, but, like many other types of marketing, itā€™s more effective when used in combination with other channels.

For example, one of our food delivery service clients, dahmakan, were primarily using Email and push notifications to communicate with their customers about order confirmations, delivery updates, and promotions. By incorporating SMS into the mix, they were able to double conversion rates, and reduce costs by 30%.

Tap into analytics and reporting to maximize ROI

SMS marketing tools offer a wealth of insight into how your SMS campaigns are performing. For example, you can learn what times your customers interact with your messages most or what types of messages yield the highest click-through rates. These insights can be used to build out successful future SMS marketing campaigns, and maximize ROI.

Frequently asked questions about SMS marketing

With Infobipā€™s vast experience in customer engagement and activities, they were successfully able to help us increase the number of active users in our database by 30% in just four weeks. With their help, we managed to activate a large number of users with high conversion rates.

Sabrina Taelman Martini

Head of Marketing

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