Introducing: New Feature to Bypass DND

Dear valued customers,

Since the enforcement of the Do-Not-Disturb policy by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on all Telecommunications Company (MTN, GLO, Airtel, Etisalat, etc.) existing subscribers have experienced difficulty in sending Bulk SMS to DND numbers on their respective networks.

Today, we are happy to announce an update to our service that allows you to bypass the DND restriction on all networks. The introduction of this new feature has already been added to our portal and is fully functional. 

The DND bypass feature allows you to reach your contacts whose numbers are on DND by using rUPDATE as the senderID.

To implement this feature, 

• Click on Compose SMS / Compose Bulk SMS
• Input your message and check the box – “Send to DND numbers (2 Credits)” 

Your message will deliver to the DND numbers conveniently.

We hope this information will prove helpful. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any question. We promise to continue providing you with the best possible service.

Thank you for choosing SMSlive247!

Introducing: Offline Payment Option Using USSD codes

Dear valued customers,

We are happy to introduce a new means of making payments for your bulk SMS service by making use of the conventional USSD codes affiliated with your banks.

The USSD codes follow the same process as transferring funds from your bank account using your mobile phone to the same or a different bank. It is a fast, safe and convenient way of crediting your SMSlive247 accounts without making use of an internet connection.

You can transfer to the same banks or make inter-bank transfers at the click of a button and at no additional cost. Below are the various USSD codes as provided by their respective banks:

Transfer funds conveniently. Dial;
 *737*1*amount*0011231140# from Gtbank to our Gtbank
 *737*2*amount*1010779719# from Gtbank to other banks
*966*1000*1010779719# Zenith to our Zenith


For the banks below, simply follow the instructions after dialing the following codes:
GTB – *737#
Fidelity Bank – *770#
First Bank – *894#
Sterling Bank – *822#
Skye Bank – *833#
UBA – *919#
EcoBank – *326#
Zenith Bank – *966#
StanbicIBTC Bank – *909#
Access Bank Bank – *901#
Wema Bank – *945#
Diamond Bank – *302#
Unity Bank – *389*215#
Heritage Bank – *322#
KeyStone Bank – *322*082#
Union Bank – *389*038#
FCMB         – *329# or *389*214#

Note: You can only access the services rendered by these USSD codes on the condition that your phone number is registered with your bank. If not, you will have to register your number with your bank first before accessing this service.

Please don't hesitate to contact our support department on 08099999247 if you have any questions.

Thank you for choosing SMSlive247!

Things to take note of when using SMS for marketing campaigns

1. Collect your own contact list through opt-in features; never rent or purchase lists.

2. Frequency matters - Avoid sending more messages than the initial number you set in your opt-in welcome message.

3. Specify the end dates of promotional campaigns to encourage customers to act quickly.

4. Include a compelling call-to-action and incentives to encourage a response from your audience, ie: "Shop online today and save 15% off your entire purchase!"

5. Make sure all message content is relevant to your target audience.

6. Crosscheck messages thoroughly before sending, making sure all links are active and spelling is correct.

7. Send messages at appropriate times of day, avoiding early mornings and late nights.

8. For promotional messages, deliver at optimal times during business hours to bring in quick traffic.

Our New Promo Unit Pricelist!

The year 2017 is gradually coming to an end and as always, we have prepared another surprise gift for all our loyal customers. 

We want you to know that we are totally committed to providing you with the best quality bulk SMS service at the best prices. We are therefore happy to announce the introduction of our new promo unit pricelist!

This is the answer you have all been waiting for. Check out the new promo pricelist below:

SMS Units                                                Promo Unit Price
100 – 4,999                                             2.05
5,000 – 9,999 1.95
10,000 – 49,999                                     1.85
50,000 – 99,999 1.80
100,000 – 499,999 1.70
500,000 – 999,999 1.65
1,000,000 – 5,000,000 1.55

Kindly note that this new pricelist will go into effect from the 1st of December 2017 and will remain ongoing while stock lasts.

We advise that you prepare your SMSlive247 portals and take full advantage of this promo. It is going to be a fantastic December and an even more incredible 2018. Thank you for choosing us.

Happy New Year in advance from all of us at SMSlive247!

SMSLIVE247's bulk SMS platform for non-profit organizations

Non-profits thrive when they can get their messages out. Increase exposure to your cause and rally support by leveraging today’s most popular channel for communication- text messaging.

With SMSLIVE247’s Messaging platform, you can grow your membership and keep everyone in your organization informed and engaged, including:

1. Promoting your cause: Spread the word and go viral with your cause by engaging your fans and followers with inspirational text messaging campaigns.

2. Rallying your members: Trumpet your call-to-action and make sure everyone is up-to-speed through weekly SMS newsletters that can be customized with our built-in HTML editor. Remind members about upcoming events via voice broadcast or SMS Appointment Reminders. 

3. Boosting donations: Drive in donations by reaching all of your potential donors. Send a compelling SMS message to motivate donations. Inform members of needed items and drop-off locations through immediate mobile-text announcements.

Expand your reach with the SMSLIVE247 bulk SMS platform for clubs, bars and promoters

You can’t throw a GREAT EVENT without getting the word out! To get the most out of your promotional efforts, Bar/Club owners and Promoters can leverage the cheap and effective bulk SMS platform from SMSLIVE247.
Our reliable platform provides a user-friendly interface with multiple payment options and a 99.9% delivery rate to any network in Nigeria.

Create an Online sign-up page for every distribution list you want to create, or even for every big event you want to throw. You can customize the background of each sign-up page differently to match each and every event and your club/bar website's theme.

Use this to collect mobile numbers of your customers and have them stored in your database so you can message them about special upcoming events or guest performers using the SMSLIVE247 web-based software. You can even sort your customers based on their favorite music genre to send more relevant alerts and invites.

For more information about this service, please contact our support on 08099999247. We would be very happy to hear from you.

How the SMSLIVE247 platform can be of benefit to medical centers

The heart of health-care is caring for the well-being of your patients. For that, you need effective communication to make sure they feel cared for. The SMSLIVE247 web based software caters to this need with an efficient, cost effective and user-friendly solution to keep your patients informed and reminded. With the SMSLIVE247 bulk SMS platform, you can:

• Keep patients informed: Healthy living starts with good medical advice. Collect your patients contact information by letting them sign up through an online sign-up page to receive informative monthly SMS sent directly to their mobile phones. Send timely SMS notifications to remind your patients about check-ups and seasonal shots.
• Personalized care: Patients feel better when you know them by name and their individual needs. Build trust by individualizing your communications. Send helpful SMS alerts to remind patients to take their medication.
• Facilitate internal communication: Coordination is critical in running a healthcare organization. Keep your staff up-to-date with the latest information in real-time by sending quick SMS messages to inform doctors and nurses of shift changes or other urgent announcements. For upcoming seminars and events, schedule periodic SMS messages that can be delivered to specific groups, like doctors, nurses, technicians, or office staff.
• Reduce missed appointments: Cut down on no-shows by scheduling appointment reminders to be sent the day before. You can also sort patients based on their primary physician, and send them alerts when their doctor is on leave.

Feel free to contact the SMSLIVE247 support department to learn more about this service

SMSlive247’s multiple communities solution for schools and colleges

Within the walls of a school are multiple communities: parents, students, and faculty. To keep such a diverse audience informed, educated , and motivated, schools need to take a multi-channel approach.

Using the SMSlive247 web-based software, you can:

• Easily collect parent contact information with the online sign-up page to keep them informed.
• Send a text on the day of an important school activity to boost school spirit and also send important reminders or policy changes.
• Send bulk SMS and voice broadcasts for important announcements like school closures or weather alerts. Even minimize or form due dates with a quick SMS reminder.
• Coordinate the faculty by sending friendly text reminders to teachers for staff meeting and important upcoming deadlines.
• Keep in touch with alumni and donors by sending regular SMS or voice-braodcast messages.
• Connect with students and even increase attendance of extracurricular activities and events with a quick SMS.
• Help them stay on top of the latest campus developments through SMS text messages sent directly to their mobile phones.
• Make it easy for students to join student clubs, event communities, or team fan clubs.
• Notify students of class cancellations or extended library hours during finals.
• Streamline enrollment by scheduling text reminders for tuition payments, class registration, dropping classes and much more.!

If you are interested in this service or you know someone who might require it, please don't hesitate to give us a call on 08099999247 or mail to info@smslive247.com

We would be very happy to hear from you. 

The SMSLIVE247 advantage for marketing agencies

Agencies that have to adopt the latest digital marketing tools to keep up with consumer trends also require our service.

We help our clients compete by offering them today’s most popular communication channel in one convenient package. With the SMSLIVE247 bulk SMS platform, our clients can easily create customizable campaigns and collect valuable demographic data.

With the SMSLIVE247 bulk SMS platform, you can:

• Properly manage your campaigns
• Improve your audience engagement
• Collect valuable customer data
• Ensure customer satisfaction with easily measurable campaign reports
• Simplify your work life, minimize stress & costs by adopting a single integrated solution
• Brand the service as yours.

Text Message Marketing is fast, offers the highest open rates, and grabs everybody’s attention. But in today’s information-saturated world, impersonal and non-targeted messages are likely to be sent to the trash. That’s why it’s essential to make your text messages personalized and relevant so you can protect your brand image and increase ROI.

Generate more real-estate leads and close more sales using the SMSLIVE247 platform

As the property market becomes more and more competitive, a mobile text messaging solution will set your real-estate agency apart from your competitors. Using our platform, you can:

• Instantly text specific property listing info upon request - 24/7.

• Setup custom text messages and send to leads - Number of beds/baths, agent's number and website, listing price - Additional listings based upon price, neighborhood, and category searches - Auction date, time, and location of foreclosures.

• Effortlessly generate a mobile database of home buyers to contact in the future with new property listings. Quickly launch mass text messaging campaigns using our web-based software.

• Streamline the lead generation process allowing you to spend less time and money attracting customers, while at the same time attracting more customers than ever before.

• Schedule text message alerts/reminders to go out at specific dates and times.

• Save money on printing costs and classified ads.

Let us be your guide. Contact SMSLIVE247 support on 08099999247 to get started.

Mobile marketing for TV, radio, magazines and newspapers using the SMSLIVE247 platform

Mobile Marketing allows advertisers to speak directly to their target consumers in a way that no other medium can. It is immediate and has a much stronger impact than any other advertising medium out there.

With Mobile Keyword technology you can help your advertisers build their mobile database, and you can also get immediate delivery report/feedback to help with reporting.

You can increase your revenue with dedicated text messaging programs packaged into your advertising proposals. This includes things like sponsored text blasts or custom Mobile Keyword included in clients' ads.

Send traffic alerts with a sponsor message. Hold merchandise or concert ticket giveaways to quickly collect contact information, integrate your marketing campaigns and on-air promotions with interactive content, mobile text polls (like MTN Project fame), contests and sweepstakes.

Give us a call today on 08099999247 for more information on how to get started!

Optimizing your ministry using SMSLIVE247's mobile messaging platform

Energize membership: Keep members updated about upcoming events via mobile text messages. Launch a Mobile Voting campaign to quickly gather feedback on topics or events. 

Remind people about an event’s location and time or any last-minute changes with SMS reminders. Finally, make your services or other large events interactive in real-time via Text-to-Screen by taking prayer requests or scripture questions on a large-screen display.

Encourage spiritual relationships: Right from your desktop, help build lasting spiritual relationships between your staff and your members as well as among the congregation. 

Encourage your members with daily passages or words of inspiration and provide individualized attention so that people can respond to your group messages. Also send personalized SMS on special occasions, like birthdays and holidays.

Boost attendance and outreach: Our messaging platform can also help sustain consistent attendance, expand membership, and even facilitate fundraisers.

Members can get a sneak preview of upcoming services by posting a mobile keyword for anyone to text in to find out about service topics while adding them to your database. Boost turnout for scripture studies and special events like fundraisers by scheduling SMS Appointment Reminders.

To learn more, kindly mail to info@smslive247.com

Thank you for choosing SMSLIVE247!

Ways in which you can boost your restaurant business using our platform

1. Attract new business: The savory smells from your kitchen can only travel so far to lure in new diners. Extend your reach by advertising promotional mobile keywords in print ads, your website, menu, or even on your window.

2. Create a loyal customer base: Cultivate customer loyalty from your desktop. Make your customers feel like VIPs by sending them Mobile Coupons with exclusive promos. Keep them informed about new menu items and upcoming events through monthly SMS newsletters. Then build relationships by sending a VOICE SMS greeting on holidays or your customers’ birthdays.

3. Drive instant traffic: Restaurants always have down times or slow days. Turn silence into hustle and bustle by sending a limited-time offer to your customers. You can also schedule a promotional message to go out at specific times like happy hour or at any time interval, including daily, weekly, or monthly.

4. Reduce canceled reservations: Nobody likes to be stood up, but when it comes to restaurants, canceled reservations also means lost business. Remind customers by sending a helpful SMS Appointment Reminder before their reservation time. Set these reminders to be delivered at any time, whether it’s a day in advance or just an hour or two ahead. And if they can’t make it, they can cancel with a simple text reply, freeing up their table!

At SMSLIVE247, we provide all the tools and resources needed to help you implement every one of these tasks. We are also willing to give a free one-on-one demonstration to enable you to learn to do it yourself using our platform.

Give us a call today on 08099999247, we would be happy to hear from you.

Thank you for choosing SMSLIVE247

Ways in which you can Boost your Retail Store Business using the SMSlive247 Platform

1. Increase traffic: Vitalize your store on slow days by driving traffic virtually on-demand. Alert your customers to time-sensitive deals, like one-day promos, by scheduling SMS campaigns to mobile phones. You may also spur word-of-mouth marketing through simultaneous updates to your Facebook and Twitter newsfeeds.

2. Keep your customers informed: Informed customers mean an engaged customer base, which translates to increased sales. Broadcast news about upcoming sales and product releases through Bulk SMS announcements of new product lines. Also, send SMS to your customers’ phones to celebrate their birthdays with a special promo.

3. Grow your customer database: Customers want to stay on top of the latest trends. That’s a golden opportunity to grow your customer database. Utilize a variety of ways for your customers to sign up for news and deals through Mobile Keywords and Online Sign-up Pages. Even customize campaigns to collect more detailed data, like favorite brand or color, and save their numbers on your SMSlive247 portal for future promotions.

We hope this information gives you more insight into how you can optimize our service to the maximum. Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for choosing SMSLIVE247!

Industries that can Benefit from the use of Bulk SMS service in Nigeria

To help our Resellers get acquainted with their new platform, we have looked at areas related to opening a reseller account using our bulk SMS gateway platform and we also discussed how you can get the most out of the bulk SMS reseller business.

We were also able to go over our value proposition of multichannel marketing, giving you a better grasp of how to successfully market your new platform.

Next, we will be considering the industry specific use cases for targeted marketing assistance that we use to reach our customers and which you can use to serve your customers better as well. It also includes a comprehensive walk-through of our reseller platform, and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

To begin our tour on the industry-specific use cases for targeted marketing, we've made a detailed breakdown of the various groups and companies using SMS marketing and text messaging.

We would be analyzing these industries and explain in a number of ways- one after the other, how using the SMSLIVE247 bulk SMS platform in their marketing campaigns and as part of their organizational operations can be of benefit to them.

Listed below are the various industries that use our services:

• Retail Stores
• Restaurants
• Religious Organizations
• Media houses (TV/Radio/Mags.)
• Real Estate
• Marketing agencies
• Schools 
• Medical Services
• Clubs/Promoters and
• Non-Profit Organizations.

Please check again to learn more and feel free to contact our support on 08099999247 if you have any questions.

Thank you for choosing SMSLIVE247!

Register today and get 50 FREE SMS!

We are giving out 50 free SMS to all newly registered members on our bulk SMS platform. Invite your friends and family to come register on our platform and enjoy the many benefits of using the SMSLIVE247 bulk SMS service.

We are the leading bulk SMS provider and developer in Nigeria and with our simple and reliable bulk SMS connectivity, we are able to reach out to 650 networks in over 210 countries.

Send SMS from your applications, websites, and systems manually or automatically on a regular basis.

Over 150,000 registered members nationwide.

Benefits of registering on our platform:

• Free API integration for your Apps and Websites
• Affordable SMS rates at wholesale prices with a sliding scale for bulk purchases.
• Send bulk SMS messages to all GSM and CDMA networks in Nigeria
• Prompt SMS delivery with delivery reports
• 24/7 support

To learn more about our services, send a mail to info@smslive247.com or call 08099999247.

Website: www.smslive247.com

We would be happy to hear from you. 

How to get the most out of your bulk SMS reseller business (part 5)

Get your facts right: Preliminary research is necessary for starting up a bulk SMS business, just like any other. You need to study what you are going into and learn the basics.

Define your target market – this will help simplify pursuit of prospective customers. Research and study top industry players and close competitors, learn about associated challenges – so not to be caught unawares.

Find out about the start-up capital. Most importantly, partner with a reliable bulk SMS dealer like SMSLive247. Knowing all these will help you decide whether you are ready for the business or not.

In case you are not ready yet, you may pass this up from here. But if you've decided to join the bandwagon of successful bulk SMS resellers, let’s dig it together!

SMSLive247 will always be here to guide you every step of the way!

Contact us on 08099999247 or mail to info@smslive247.com to get started

How to get the most out of your bulk SMS reseller business (part 4)

Managing users: 

If you have only one paying customer, which happens at a point, make the user feel like owning the site. Treat every user as important as you can. This won’t only make them stay for as long as nature permits; they won’t hesitate to recommend you to anyone that needs the service. 

A satisfied user is the best advertiser of any business.

Also, some people may see incentives, discounts, and promo as ways of keeping users. But we can authoritatively say that intimacy with users by way of timely congratulatory messages and unique customer service is worth more than a year-long discount.

Just make sure that your users experience an excellent service delivery with little or no cause for complaints. If you can guarantee this, you're on your way to achieving success.

How to get the most out of your bulk SMS reseller business (part 3)

Blog as a tool: If there is one thing blogging does so well, it is announcing your professionalism to the world. The content of your bulk SMS blog, if they are genuine and authentic, tells your readers how well you know your onion.

As a bulk SMS reseller, you can share your knowledge and experience in the business (even if that’s all you know) with visitors and users of your site. If you know more, bring all to bear. But keep your content relevant.

Everybody wants to do business only with a professional, not someone who only plays around words. Stand out from the crowd of people who put up “bulk SMS business” materials for sale or hold seminars on the discourse without knowing how a bulk SMS website really operates. Practical knowledge over time earns you experience, experience in turn makes you a teacher.

You will be amazed at how much impact your blog can have on your brand if managed properly. Our support department will also be here to guide you every step of the way!

How to get the most out of your bulk SMS reseller business (part 2)

Marketing campaigns can be launched on advertising networks like Google Adwords, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn, Ad Dynamos etc. These forms of advertising come at a cost but can be highly effective if well-planned and targeted. If not, you only get a stream of website visitors who are not converted into paying users. Anyway, that’s not a complete loss as visitors today may still turn users tomorrow.

You may also advertise your bulk SMS reselling business on newspaper columns, TV or Radio Stations if you have the resources. Whichever mode of advertising you employ, just showcase your business.

Social media like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn are also very effective. You can create pages for your bulk SMS website on social communities and link up with your website. Engage fans regularly by posting interactive messages and pictures that facilitate two-way communications. This keeps fans visiting and commenting on your pages thereby becoming acquainted with your brand. If well managed, social community traffic is the surest of all forms of campaigns. It also has the highest conversion rate.

We hope you find this information useful; please ensure to check again soon for more. You can also invite your friends to like our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SMSLIVE247

Thank you for choosing SMSLIVE247!

How to get the most out of your Bulk SMS Reseller Business (part 1)

To our loyal Resellers,

Over the next few days, we would be looking at ways in which you can run a profitable marketing campaign for your Bulk SMS reseller business. To get your business out of the dark, there is the need for a dependable marketing strategy.

At the early stage of your bulk SMS business, one-on-one advertisement often proves more useful and economical. It is important you meet as many people as you can and introduce your website to them.

By now you should know where your service is most needed. Visit church groups/committee leaders, political campaign groups, event organizers, including individuals and introduce your site. If a trial convinces them, they will come back for more.

Next time, we will be covering other effective marketing techniques which you can implement, so don’t forget to check back soon.

Thank you for choosing SMSLIVE247!

AIRTEL Nigeria Implements DoNotDisturb

Dear Customers,

Please be informed that AIRTEL Nigeria has implemented the DoNotDisturb (DND) policy on all Aggregator SMPP accounts and this has taken effect since the 8th of May 2017.

This development simply means that DND has been enforced on all AIRTEL subscribers and they will have to OPT OUT of DND before they can be able to receive SMS T-Alerts / Bulk SMS on their lines. 

To OPT OUT/IN of AIRTEL DND please go here: http://www.africa.airtel.com/wps/wcm/connect/africarevamp/Nigeria/Home/personal/voiceandtext/vas/do-not-disturb/  

We sincerely regret any inconvenience this development might cause and assure you of our commitment to making this phase a less complicated one for you. 

Please direct your inquiries to our support on 08099999247 or mail to info@smslive247.com, we would be happy to hear from you.

Thank you for choosing SMSLive247!

SMS delivery curfew on MTN Nigeria is Now Lifted

Dear customers,

We are happy to announce that the SMS delivery curfew which was placed on MTN Nigeria numbers between the hours of 7 PM to 7 AM has now been lifted.

You may now resume your sending of bulk SMS to MTN Nigeria numbers at any time of the day and be rest assured that your bulk SMS will be delivered almost immediately.

For those who are unfamiliar with the 12-hour delivery curfew placed on MTN Nigeria numbers since on the 20th of May 2016, kindly go here to learn more about it.

Please feel free to contact our support line on 08099999247 or mail to info@smslive247.com for any enquiries. We would be happy to hear from you.

Thank you for choosing SMSLIVE247!

GT Bank Account Now Open for Accepting Deposits

Dear Valued Customers,

The temporary payment restriction on our GT Bank account (with account no: 0011231140) as previously announced here has been removed and is now fully open for accepting deposits.

Customers who would like to use GT Bank as their preferred financial institution for making payments for our services (whether cash or bank transfers) may do so henceforth without any further impediments.

We want to sincerely thank you for your patience with us throughout the entire restriction period as we look forward to giving you an even better service experience now and in the future.

Please don’t hesitate to contact our support if you have any questions, you will be attended to immediately.

Thank you for choosing SMSLIVE247!

Corporate Service Registration is Back

Dear Customers,

Registration for the corporate service has resumed. You may now continue with your registration in the usual process. Send a mail indicating your interest to our support team at: info@smslive247.com and you will be registered immediately.

Interested persons that would like to know more about this service should go here.

We appreciate your patience with us and look forward to providing you with a more effective and efficient service delivery. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our support desk on 08099999247 or mail to: info@smslive247.com

Thank you.