Mobile Text Promotions That Hit the Sweet-Spot for UK's Clubbers, Pubbers and Socialisers Revealed

For years clubs, pubs and bars have used direct marketing as a means to attract customers and engender loyalty. Traditional forms of direct marketing are deemed successful if they generate one or two percent response.

(PRWEB) June 22, 2005 -- For years clubs, pubs and bars have used direct marketing as a means to attract customers and engender loyalty. Traditional forms of direct marketing are deemed successful if they generate one or two percent response.

However today, due to the explosive growth and popularity of mobile phones, there is a new and significantly more effective means of communicating directly with consumers - Text Message Marketing. Text messaging is revolutionising direct marketing due to its simplicity, low cost, high response rates and interactivity!

Dynmark International is a leading developer of text messaging software, which enables organisations to easily use text messages as a powerful communications medium. The company's award-winning software e-txt application allows organisations to manage text messages in much the same way as normal e-mail. An e-txt user can send thousands of text messages as easily as sending a single message and all responses arrive back to your PC.

Dynmark's Chief Executive, Oscar Jenkins, points out "Drinks companies and brewers are actively seeking pubs, bars and clubs through whom they can promote their products via text messages. So if you have a list of mobile numbers, the odds are that you can participate in these promotions". He adds "the brewer or drinks company gets their product promoted, you get more sales and free product to fuel your promotions and your patrons get free drinks". A long time user and champion of Dynmark's e-txt software is Rory Lucas, Marketing and Promotions Manager of Celtic Inns who undertakes free beer promotions in conjunction with brewers. He recently commented that "a 32% response to a targeted promotion is common, and with a free keg from the brewery, everyone wins".

All the hype about the success of text message marketing is fine but where can you get lists of mobile numbers to use? The answer is not as straight forward as you might think. You can buy lists of supposed "opt-in" numbers. Not only can these third-party lists be extremely expensive, the quality of these is often difficult to ascertain before you use them. The best option, by a country mile, is to build your own list and, according to Dynmark, this is much easier than you may think. With the list quality assured, response rates should dwarf bought-in lists and you can develop a meaningful ongoing relationship utilising what has become, to most of us, an extremely personal item.

For 20 per month, Dynmark will rent what's termed in the trade by Vodafone as a "Big Mobile" number. The unique feature with these Big Mobile numbers is that they are not connected to a SIM in a mobile phone or data card. These numbers are connected directly to the e-txt application and so are capable of receiving large quantities of text messages. Every time some one sends you a text their details are captured by e-txt for later use.

Many e-txt users have started printing their Big Mobile number on flyers, on posters and even on the staff uniforms. Customers are asked if they would like to receive information on promotions and offers, or are invited to take part in competitions and prize draws by sending a text message.

About Dynmark International

Dynmark develops PC based SMS software and MMS software. The company's range of applications enables users to send and receive normal, premium rate reverse billing and binary SMS and MMS messages between PCs and mobile handsets. Dynmark's bulk SMS software works on 500 networks in 200 countries.

About e-txt

e-txt - is an Award-winning (Winner of the IDMF 2004 Best New Product award), powerful text message distribution system that operates like your favourite enterprise e-mail infrastructure (Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange) - but you use it to send, receive and manage text messages. For further information, visit www.e-txt.co.uk and www.dynmark.com.

Visit www.e-txt.co.uk and www.dynmark.com for more.

For more information and photography contact:

David King/Oscar Jenkins

Dynmark International Limited

Tel: +44 (0) 1242 257 938

david@dynmark.com or oscar@dynmark.com

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