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Articles Tagged ‘text messaging’


Glowbal Restaurant Group taps mobile to boost traffic

May 21, 2010

Glowbal Restaurant Group wanted to increase customer visits, build customer loyalty and generate buzz resulting in word of mouth referrals, so it turned to mobile.


Crocs rolls out nationwide mobile coupons campaign: case study

May 17, 2010

Crocs issued an SMS call-to-action via in-store signage nationwide and received 100,000 texts in the first month requesting a mobile coupon.

Mobile financial services growing quickly but banks missing opportunities

May 10, 2010

Mobile banking and payments are growing impressively, cutting costs for financial institutions, but where do banks need to ramp up?

British Parliament candidate taps mobile payments to raise funds

May 5, 2010

The newly created constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn has all the ingredients for a very exciting election battle—including a mobile fundraising initiative.

Hard Rock Cafe taps SMS to improve customer service

May 3, 2010

The Hard Rock Cafe is using a new mobile tool to improve its customer service and increase customer loyalty.

Nonprofit NFTE drives text donations via ten-digit number

April 30, 2010

The annual Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship “Dare to Dream” gala ran a mobile giving initiative in a rather unorthodox manner.

Augme, GPI power mobile loyalty redemption via 2D bar codes

April 29, 2010

Augme Technologies expanded its marketing agreement with Graphic Packaging International to provide services for the mobile redemption of 2D bar codes.

Community State Bank enables contactless mobile payments for local merchants

April 26, 2010

Community State Bank customers can now use their mobile phones to tap and pay for purchases at the point of sale.

A&P, Zavers mobile coupons achieve double-digit redemption rates

April 19, 2010

As Earth Day approaches, A&P and Zavers are teaming up for an environmentally friendly promotion for their mobile coupon initiatives that are achieving double-digit redemption rates.

Mobile commerce evolving from early innovation to mainstream adoption: Javelin

March 26, 2010

LAS VEGAS – A Javelin Strategy & Research analyst said the he believes that mobile commerce is evolving from early innovation to mainstream adoption at a presentation at CTIA.