Mobile marketing is becoming more and more of a way to communicate with your customers. More people than ever have smart phones or cell phones, in fact, people use them more than their desktop or laptop computer. If you want to do mobile marketing and you have not yet, there are many ways for you to start. Here are just a few tips for mobile marketing.
The first thing that you want to make sure that you do when you are trying to have a successful mobile marketing campaign is to think about your target market. Your audience, or your customers, are the people you have to reach when you send your text messages. You should know what they want to receive from you, and you must know what information you can offer them that would be interesting and useful to them. When you have a goal in mind and a clear idea of what they want, you can craft your messages in a way that makes them more likely to be read and more likely to buy from you.
Explain to people what kind of information they will receive from you. A lot of people have probably been buying from you and not receiving your messages. Let them know that you now offer mobile updates and information, and explain what they will get if they sign up to receive messages. When people have an idea of what they can expect, they are more comfortable with giving you their cellphone number. You may actually find customers are more likely to sign up for yours messages when they have a clear understanding of what kind of messages they will be receiving.
Be respectful of customer time and privacy. Try not to send messages on weekends or major holidays. Avoid sending messages during late hours as well. Your customers have given you access to theirs cellphone numbers, but don’t take advantage of that trust. Keep all of your messages to business hours during the week so that people are not tempted to stop receiving messages from you. Think about your own experience with spam calls, and spare your customers from that kind of irritation.
Send out messages at least once a week. While you don’t want to spend too much time sending out messages every day for example, regularly contact your customers. Doing this will keep you in their minds, and give them a reason to visit your website and make them more likely to buy something from you. You might want to schedule your messages ahead of time by planning out what you will say in each message a few weeks in advance.
You will find that mobile marketing is actually more successful than a number of other methods of marketing, because people are usually around their phone and use it so often. You just have to get comfortable with the medium. You also need to put the tips in this article to good use, and you will find success.