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11 Text Blast Sample Messages for Successful Marketing Campaigns

11 Text Blast Sample Messages for Successful Marketing Campaigns

Are you interested in boosting your marketing and customer outreach efforts through text message campaigns? If you haven’t considered adding SMS (text messaging) to your marketing strategy, now’s the time—in 2020, 54% of consumers said they prefer getting promotional and marketing messages via text over any other form of communication.

Rather than texting your customers one at a time, or manually creating SMS group chats through your cell phone, you should use a text blast marketing strategy. Text blast marketing allows you to create customized subscriber lists and then automatically and simultaneously send messages to everyone on those lists. However, because text messaging is such a personal medium, it’s important to craft SMS blast messages that establish closer relationships with your customers as well as provide them with a beneficial service. To help you get started, here are 11 text blast sample messages you can customize to fit your brand and your marketing goals.

11 Text Blast Sample Messages for Successful Marketing Campaigns

There are a variety of ways you can use text blast messages to engage with your customers.

Consider the following sample messages when you:

Welcome a new customer

When a new customer opts in to your SMS campaign, you get the opportunity to welcome them to the program with a friendly message—and perhaps a special discount or coupon code to sweeten the deal.

“Thanks for joining! Enjoy 20% off your next order by entering discount code NEW20 at checkout.”

Announce a new product

Give your SMS subscribers exclusive info on new products or services and give them the chance to pre-order before the general public.

“Psst, want to know a secret? Our limited edition summer line is dropping next week. Beat the crowds with an exclusive pre-order code for SMS subscribers.”

Follow-up on a recent visit

Has an SMS subscriber stopped by recently? Make them feel appreciated by following up with a thank you message. You can also ask for feedback with an SMS survey, and/or provide an incentive for them to come back soon.

“We loved seeing you in person today! Let us know how we did and unlock a special offer by filling out a quick survey.”

Offer an exclusive SMS-only discount

Your subscribers should feel like they’re getting something in return for joining your SMS list. An easy way to accomplish that is by offering exclusive, SMS-only discounts.

“To thank you for being such a loyal subscriber, we’re offering 15% off store-wide with discount code SMS15.”

Reward frequent customers

If you notice certain customers making frequent (or especially large) purchases, you should shoot them a text to thank them and offer a reward for their loyalty.

“WOW! Thank you for being such a loyal customer. You deserve the VIP treatment—stop by soon and show this QR code to receive 20% off your entire purchase.”

Announce a location change

Are you moving to a new address—physically or online? Your customers need to know where to find you! You should text your SMS subscribers announcing your change of location so they can keep coming back.

“It’s moving day! We can’t wait to show off our new digs at 123 Main Street. Come visit us at our new location for special moving day sales!”

Promote a contest

Contests are a great way to engage with your current subscribers. Even better, you can use a contest SMS keyword to entice customers to opt in to your text message marketing campaign.

“We’re giving away a free $100 gift card to one lucky subscriber. Just reply to this text with the word FREE and you’ll be entered to win!”

Celebrate a birthday or anniversary

When a customer subscribes to your text message campaign, you can capture their birthday and sign-up date and use that information to send personalized celebratory messages and special discount codes.

“Happy anniversary! To celebrate a year of friendship, enjoy 10% off your next online order with discount code ANNIVERSARY10.”

Promote a special event

Are you hosting a pop-up sale or special event? You could give your SMS subscribers exclusive details before they’re made public, or even provide an SMS keyword they can use to RSVP.

“Interested in learning more about our industry? We’re hosting a free webinar with special guest speakers next month, and we'd love you to come! Reply to this message with the word RSVP to let us know you’ll be there.”

Announce holiday promotions

Help your subscribers get into the holiday spirit with a special promotional offer, or remind them that your products make great gifts!”

“Looking for a last-minute Father’s day gift? You’re in luck—dads love us! Stop by now for 10% off all gift items for a limited time.”

Opt-out a former customer

Sadly, some of your customers may leave you, or at least your text marketing campaign. You can still leave a good impression with your goodbye text.

“We’re sorry to see you go! You won’t receive any more messages from us. If you change your mind, reply with the word RETURN to resubscribe anytime.”

More Tips for a Successful Text Blast Marketing Campaign

If you’re going to create an SMS marketing campaign using the text blast samples above, you should be aware of the rules and best practices for this medium. The basic rules for SMS marketing are:

  1. All of your text blast subscribers must opt in, in writing, to receive your messages.
  2. You must provide clear instructions for how to opt out of your text blast messages.
  3. You can’t purchase a list of mobile numbers and then subscribe them to your text marketing campaign.

You also can’t create a text blast campaign without the right SMS delivery platform. You need innovative text marketing features like unlimited SMS keywords and subscriber lists, customizable autoresponders, and multimedia text messaging (MMS) for video and images. Luckily, you can get all of that and more with the NorthText SMS marketing platform.

Put these text blast sample messages to work with NorthText’s affordable, innovative, and easy-to-use SMS marketing and delivery platform. To learn more, contact us online or call or text us anytime at (312) 869-9070.

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