It’s time to look back on the best of the best of the year. Here are the top 5 most-read articles from the TextUs blog in 2016.
Case Study: SMS for Business - Short Codes vs Long Codes
Companies tell us again and again: We tried text messaging and it doesn’t work!
But, most of the time, they’ve tried short-code text messaging -- mass, impersonal, one-way communication. There’s a better way. Long-code text messaging is personalized, directed, two-way communication. This article explores the difference between long- and short-code and why two-way texting is best for your business.
9 Text Message Templates for Businesses
You’re already sending business text messages to reach your target audiences more quickly and effectively. Why not also set up personalized templates? It’s faster for you, and it makes your customers feel like a million bucks. This article gives you nine cut-and-paste templates you can use right away.
5 Ways to Get People to Text You Back
You know that text messaging has a stellar 98% average read rate and a 25-35% average response rate. But you don’t want to be average -- you want to drive your text response rates up as high as they can possibly go. This article explores how you can do just that.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Recruiters
A recruiter’s job is about more than hitting quotas, building up the database, and beating out the competition. Increasingly, recruiting is about building relationships, nurturing stronger talent, and creating best-fit connections for candidates and clients. To do that, you have to be at the top of your game. We talked to some top recruiters in the industry to find out the key to their success.
One Hundredth Staffing Firm Selects TextUs for Text Messaging
This year, we partnered with our 100th staffing firm. We’re pretty excited to work with all of you and to be the top business-class texting platform for staffing and recruiting. This press releases explores these vital staffing and recruiting partnerships.
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