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ViVOtech brings NFC-based mobile marketing software to retailers

01/19/201201/19/2012 Jesse Collins

ViVOtech – a software and systems company that uses near field communication (NFC) based technology – used their time at the NRF Annual Convention & Expo to launch their ViVOtouch mobile marketing software platform. This newly unveiled product is designed to provide retailers with the ability to offer consumers personalized content, loyalty programs, and discount opportunities, as it provides a real-time, interactive NFC-based shopping experience for customers whose mobile devices are enabled with this technology. By using ViVOtouch, mall operators, retailers, discount coupon services, and service providers are capable of…

Mobile websites and text message marketing form a solid strategy

09/18/201109/18/2011 Sam Lambert

In the newly created world of mobile marketing, the combinations and techniques are always being tested and recreated in order to determine what can be used to most effectively engage customers and generate revenues. It may not be obvious why at a first glance, but mobile websites and text messaging, together, are being called one of the most powerful combinations in mobile marketing. With text message marketing, a shortcode can be used to allow the user to interact with your company or your brand. The interaction begins when the user…

New spam regulations for SMS in India to become effective on September 27

09/07/201109/07/2011 Jennifer Goula

According to a Telecom Regulator TRI notice, India’s new SMS spam regulations will go into effect on September 27, 2011. This comes on the heels of an announcement made by that nation’s Telecom minister, Kapil Sibal, which was made last month regarding SMS spam. It is the hope that through the new regulation, unsolicited bulk SMS providers will no longer be able to send these incessant mobile marketing messages. In August, Sibal had promised that this practice would come to a halt within six weeks, and this recent announcement shows…

UK charity provides young people in crisis with support through SMS

08/24/2011 Sam Lambert

SAFE@LAST, a charity that provides young people in crisis with support when they are considering running away, has partnered with Txtlocal, a top UK communications and mobile marketing company to provide additional services using SMS. SAFE@LAST offers a number of services that range from crisis intervention to prevention. They required a new method that would allow at-risk young people to access their services easily and inexpensively, and SMS was the clear choice. Young people can now use the award winning Txtlocal control panel to send text messages to the SAFE@LAST…

Asian marketers are getting the most out of SMS techniques

08/12/201108/12/2011 Sam Lambert

Though there are many different mobile marketing techniques being used throughout Asia, from games to apps, it is SMS that is reaching virtually every person with a cell phone, regardless of the model. Some experts are starting to think that brands in the west can learn from this lesson when they launch their Asian mobile marketing campaigns. For example, director of international media Gavin Mehrotra, from Coca Cola Company stated at the MMA Forum in Singapore,that the top priority for mobile at Coca Cola is SMS, as its reception from…