5-24-22 - Boost Your Customer Communications With Text Messages

NEWS ROUNDUP1The Small Business Administration is offering a great opportunity for free, executive-level training through its T.H.R.I.V.E. Emerging Leaders Reimagined initiative.https://sbathrive.com/---------- 2Small businesses in the manufacturing sector continue to be more optimistic about recovering from the pandemic’s economic hardships than their peers in the services sector.https://www.nfib.com/content/press-release/economy/new-nfib-report-industry-specific-small-business-economic-trends-survey/---------- 3The US Senate failed to advance a small business aid bill last week, which would have allocated $48 billion to help restaurants, gyms, live event servicers, and other firms impacted by the pandemic. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4008---------- FEATURE - Boost Your Customer Communications With Text MessagesText messages can boost your customer communications.  Consider this fact:  98% of text messages are read within 3 minutes of receipt.  That’s way better than for an email.But you need to know some rules to follow.  Laws are stricter for text messages than for email messages.Also, while texting is typically used in the B2C space, it does have application in the B2B space too.Here is a comparative chart of 48 SMS (text) marketing solution providers:https://www.g2.com/categories/sms-marketing?utf8=%E2%9C%93&selected_view=grid&segment=small-business#grid ---------- This podcast is sponsored by Mai Thai Premium Coffee.  Enter the promo code FLASH at checkout for a 10% discount!  https://maithaicoffee.com/.---------- I would love to hear from you! Please email me at [email protected]. ----------Email me at [email protected] give me feedback on the podcast.Show web site:  www.smallbizflash.com