Introducing Nate Bishop, TextUs’s New VP of Sales

Posted by TextUs Team on Mar 29, 2018 12:23:39 PM

We’re excited to announce that Nate Bishop has joined the TextUs team as our new VP of Sales. Before joining us here at TextUs, Nate was the Strategic Alliance Manager of North America at Bullhorn ATS and the Director of Sales at CloudCall, a cloud-based, ATS integration and voice services platform. Earlier in his career, he served as an enterprise sales engineer at Hewlett Packard.

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Topics: Inside Sales, Business Texting, Press, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration, News and Updates

TextUs Partners with Staffing Referrals to Help Staffing Firms Find More Qualified Candidates

Posted by TextUs Team on Mar 20, 2018 11:59:41 AM

We’re excited to announce that TextUs has partnered with Staffing Referrals, the only referral management software built for the staffing and recruiting industry, to help recruiters get more referrals through text messaging.

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Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms, App, Staffing Referrals

2018 State of Staffing Industry Growth Benchmarking Report

Posted by TextUs Team on Mar 15, 2018 10:42:57 AM

We’re excited to share StaffingHub’s 2018 State of Staffing Industry Growth Benchmarking Report, co-sponsored by TextUs, Erecruit, and StaffingReferrals.

StaffingHub surveyed hundreds of staffing industry professionals to understand the strategies, tools, and tactics that the most successful staffing firms use to grow faster.

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Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration, Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms, 2018 State of Staffing

Text from Your Business Number on Your Mobile Phone with the TextUs App [Update]

Posted by TextUs Team on Mar 9, 2018 3:18:52 PM
Here at TextUs, we pride ourselves on being customer-oriented company. That means we’re constantly listening to our customers and updating our software with the features that you need most.
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Topics: Business Texting, Text Messaging, Mobile, App

How to Promote Your Job Postings and Convert Inbound Candidates with Text Messaging

Posted by Stephanie Zionts on Feb 22, 2018 2:17:11 PM

Sourcing qualified candidates can be a tedious task. It’s a constant battle to make sure you sync the best candidates with the best positions -- at the right time.

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Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Job Post, CareerBuilder

Don't Send That Selfie: How NOT to Use MMS for Business

Posted by TextUs Team on Feb 20, 2018 9:41:17 AM

You might be excited to get going with TextUs MMS, generating new leads through promotional pics or speeding up an onboarding process with photos of documents over text. But, you also want to make sure your MMS communication is appropriate, constructive, and useful.So, here are 5 ways NOT to use MMS for business.

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Topics: Business Texting, Text Messaging, MMS, MMS for Business

Introducing TextUs MMS - Now You Can Send and Receive Images for Business

Posted by TextUs Team on Feb 14, 2018 1:01:03 PM

Smartphones have become the primary way we take photos.That means that when your customers are shopping, attending conferences, or networking, they use their phone to take photos of products, informative presentations, and even business cards.

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Topics: Business Texting, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration, Product Updates, MMS, MMS for Business

7 Ways to Use MMS for Business

Posted by TextUs Team on Feb 7, 2018 11:13:55 AM

You use Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) all the time, probably without thinking too much about it. Whenever you text a funny GIF to your friends or a breathtaking pic of the sunset, you’re tapping the power of MMS.

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Topics: Business Texting, Text Messaging, Product Updates, MMS, MMS for Business

The Definitive Guide to Business Texting [eBook]

Posted by TextUs Team on Jan 19, 2018 3:09:23 PM

In our latest eBook, The Definitive Guide to Business Texting, we break down everything you need to know to create a comprehensive, simple, effective texting communication strategy that your team will be eager to use.

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Topics: Business Texting, Text Messaging, Definitive Guide to Business Texting

How to Connect Faster with a New Business Texting Strategy

Posted by TextUs Team on Jan 10, 2018 12:55:05 PM

When you’re communicating with anyone -- from friends and family to leads and clients -- your interactions build off of each other to create a connection. No single message, phone call, or chat defines the relationship -- instead, trust is built (or eroded) incrementally over time.

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Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration, Definitive Guide to Business Texting

Introducing the Business Texting Framework

Posted by Andrew Kimmell on Dec 22, 2017 8:35:48 AM

A New Communication Strategy for the Mobile World

In the past decade, we’ve entered a new frontier: the mobile world. People are on-the-go, constantly connected, and expect services on-demand.

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Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Customer Service, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration

Our Top 7 Most-Read Articles of 2017

Posted by TextUs Team on Dec 8, 2017 1:13:41 PM

It’s that season again -- best-of list season! Here are our most-read articles from 2017.

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Topics: Business Texting, Text Messaging

How to Optimize Business Texting Response Rates

Posted by TextUs Team on Nov 3, 2017 12:44:10 PM

Now that you’ve gotten your team to use business texting, how do you help them get responses?

Here are 7 actionable tips that you and your team can start implementing today to get optimal response rates.

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Topics: Business Texting, Text Messaging

How to Get Your Team to Use Business Texting

Posted by TextUs Team on Oct 18, 2017 1:58:17 PM

We know texting works to get ahold of people faster -- here's how to coach your team to adopt it for business.

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Topics: Business Texting, Text Messaging

The Business Texting Playbook for Sales

Posted by TextUs Team on Oct 2, 2017 3:13:20 PM
Learn how to tap into business texting for your sales team to grow your lead numbers, close leads faster, and increase revenue.
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Topics: Inside Sales, Business Texting, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration, Templates, Playbooks

Sheldon Arora, LiquidAgents Healthcare CEO, on the Power of Texting in Talent Acquisition

Posted by TextUs Team on Sep 21, 2017 2:06:01 PM
“TextUs has been a game changer. Texting is much more effective than email for getting in touch with candidates.” -- Sheldon Arora, CEO of LiquidAgents Healthcare
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Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging

The Business Texting Playbook for HR

Posted by TextUs Team on Aug 23, 2017 12:44:48 PM
Learn how to implement business texting messaging in your HR department for quicker, more efficient employee and applicant communication.
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Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Templates, Playbooks

What is Business Texting?

Posted by TextUs Team on Aug 11, 2017 2:44:29 PM
It’s been a decade since Americans started sending more text messages per month than they make phone calls. In that decade, text messaging has changed many aspects of our lives. We text friends when we’re running late to a movie, we judge the success of new romances on the quality and quantity of texts exchanged, and we send family members photos of our newborns over text.
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Topics: Business Texting, Text Messaging

Introducing Business Texting Playbooks

Posted by TextUs Team on Jul 21, 2017 1:42:20 PM
Successful business texting is both an art and a science. It combines the finesse, charm, and simplicity of great business communication with the thoughtful outreach strategies that will help you connect and close faster.
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Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Templates, Playbooks

Case Study: Hamilton-Ryker Increases Response Rates to Over 60%, Grows Associate Pool, and Boosts Referrals Using Business-Class Text Messaging

Posted by TextUs Team on May 18, 2016 1:10:51 PM

In today’s ultra-competitive job market, a recruiter's every minute counts.

Commercial staffing company Hamilton-Ryker was having trouble getting in touch with their associates. They were wasting valuable recruiting time playing phone tag. So they decided to try the TextUs business-class texting platform.

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Topics: Staffing and Recruiting, Case Studies, Text Messaging