Get Creative with SMS
Clickatell’s easy-to-use SMS solutions will transform how you communicate with your customers, suppliers and team and market your products or services both within Africa and internationally. Here are some great ideas to help you use text messaging to benefit your business or organisation. If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, contact our sales team for advice.
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Alerts
Use alerts to send an SMS to inform people about important events or situations. These alerts can be automated and triggered by specific events.
- Use it for:
- Natural disaster tracking alerts
- Service disruption alerts
- Safety alerts
Reminders
Use SMS reminders to remind people about appointments, events, payments and any relevant information.
- Use it for:
- Appointment reminders
- Payment reminders
- Event or information reminders
Competitions
Use SMS messages to promote your competition and actively invite entries using two-way messaging.
- Use it for:
- Competition entries
- Competition replies
- Engaging response
Personalized Priority Messaging
Use Personalized Priority Messaging to send the right information to the right person, at the right place and the right time.
- Use it for:
- Banking notifications
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Healthcare updates
Email to SMS
Use email to SMS to send out reminders, health updates and a wide variety of messages to your email database.
- Use it for:
- Notifications
- Reminders
- Reservations and bookings
Two-Way Messaging and Short Codes
Use two-way messaging and short codes to maintain a direct line of communication with your customers in an effective and economical way. Ideal for CRM programs.
- Use it for:
- CRM
- Competitions
- Premium-rate campaigns
Reservations and Bookings
Use SMS messaging to make, confirm or change restaurant, hotel or other service reservations or bookings.
- Use it for:
- Reservation reminders
- Booking confirmations
- Itinerary updates
Notifications
Use notifications to inform customers, suppliers and partners about relevant information, developments or changes in your organisation.
- Use it for:
- Customer notifications
- Banking notifications
- Healthcare notifications
International SMS
Clickatell is a leading global SMS solutions provider. Use our international SMS solutions to send messages to customers, suppliers and partners all over the world.
- Use it for:
- Maintaining communication
- International logistics
- Building global relationships
Bulk SMS
As one of South Africa's leading bulk SMS providers, our bulk SMS solutions are used to send high volumes of messages which enable you to connect, interact and transact with customers, suppliers, employees or partners within Africa and all over the world.
- Use it for:
- Maintaining communication
- International logistics
- Building global relationships
