Sign up today and get 10 FREE messages
You are here: Home > Get Creative with SMS > SMS Alerts

SMS Alerts

Use SMS messaging to send alerts to inform people about important events or situations that require action from the receiver. These alerts can be automated and triggered by specific events.

You can use SMS messaging alerts for:

Natural disaster tracking alerts

Alert: Bad storms and flooding Ben Schoeman Highway, please use alternative routes.

Service disruption alerts

Alert for the Durban Area: Emergency road works on Marine Drive will severely disrupt traffic from 07h50 to 16h30 on 3/7.

Safety alerts

Road Council Safety Alert: Beware of bad fog in Pietermaritzburg. Drive slowly and carefully.

Start sending SMS now

Easy SMS

Communicator 2

Send global bulk SMS using our online solution.
No programming needed.

Try Communicator 2 now
& get 10 free test messages

Start sending SMS now

SMS Gateway

Developers' Central

Reliable, scalable and customizable, Developers’ Central integrates with your systems and applications via our wide variety of APIs.

Try Developers’ Central now
& get 10 free test messages

Start sending SMS alerts now

Feature Image

Easy SMS | Communicator 2

Online bulk SMS for everyone. No programming needed. Sign up for Communicator 2

Feature Image

SMS Gateway | Developers’ Central

Reliable, scalable and customisable, Developers’ Central integrates with your systems and applications using our wide variety of APIs. Sign up for Developers’ Central

How to send SMS alerts with Communicator 2

Feature Image

Step 1

Import your address book into Communicator 2. Upload your existing contact list in .csv file format.
Feature Image

Step 2

Select your desired recipients. You can also easily use a .csv file to send batch messages.
Feature Image

Step 3

Type in your message and personalise it for recipients by inserting custom information fields easily, from your contact list. For example:
Dear #FNAME#, please be advised your electricity will be disrupted tomorrow between 09h00 and 11h00 will become: Dear John, please be advised your electricity will be disrupted tomorrow between 09h00 and 11h00.
Feature Image

Step 4

Send your messages. It’s that easy!

How to send SMS alerts with Developers' Central

Feature Image

Step 1

Sign up for an API. Choose the API best suited to your system and messaging needs.
Feature Image

Step 2

Link your customer database with your system.
Feature Image

Step 3

Integrate your system with Clickatell.
Feature Image

Step 4

Relax while Developers’ Central sends your messages.

Use SMS alerts in your organization

Use the 5 Simple Steps to SMS-Enabling your System Alerts guide to find out more about how you can use text messages as a simple, fast and low-cost method of sending system alerts to your system administrators, I.T. managers and any other person, anywhere in the world.

PDF Guide Download PDF
5 Simple Steps to SMS-Enabling your System Alerts