Short Codes can benefit most companies in virtually any industry, as it's an excellent way of instantly responding to texts with an auto responder that you set.

All incoming texts are stored in your online account, which if your customer has opted in, you can then later access for Bulk SMS marketing purposes.

There is a wide range of customers who can benefit from Short Codes but please take a look below for an idea on how Short Codes can benefit your business:

Car Dealerships can use Short Code's as a lead generation tool, so the main purpose of the Short Code is to capture leads for your sales team to follow up on.

The way in which it works is that we can give you an available keyword for e.g. "CARS" on our short code 60777.

You can then advertise using Bluetooth and also in the press, TV, Radio etc for customers who would like to arrange for a test drive to text "CARS" and their name to 60777

You can then set an automated reply that the customer receives for e.g. (Thanks for contacting Cars Dealership, we will contact you shortly to arrange a test drive, Cars Dealership 01234 567890)

All the incoming texts can be viewed in your online account and a copy can also be forwarded to an email address for e.g. to your sales managers who can then pass them onto the sales team to call the customer immediately.

Estate Agents can benefit from Short Codes by selecting a keyword for example "house" and then selecting sub keywords for example "house1" , "house2" etc. Each of your properties for sale or rent will be allocated their own sub keyword, these sub keywords can then be advertised on the For Sale / To Let signs in front of the house. So customers can then text "House1" to 60777 and receive an auto reply text which you create when you first set up the sub keyword. The auto reply text can be something like "123 High Street, Has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, newly renovated, £149 000, please call 01234 567890 for a viewing."

So the potential customer now has the details instantly even during out of office hours. These incoming texts can also be followed up by a sales call for similar properties.

Advertising Agencies can use Short Codes to help their clients capture customer details and to build a database of customer's contact details which they can then use to send marketing information via text, email or post.

For example a company could choose its own products and put them up as prizes, then advertise for customers to win these prizes. So to win a year's supply of XYZ shampoo text "XYZ" followed by your name and postcode to 60777.

All incoming texts will be stored in your online account under XYZ for you to randomly select the winner and you can send a Bulk SMS text to all these customers at the press of a button to inform them of other competitions or products that may be of interest.

To register for an online account and to start using Short Codes, please register below or call the Sales Team on 0800 633 8485