Grow Your Business with Text Message Promotions

Announce new product drops, share limited-time offers, and drive sales via SMS promotions. Connect with customers at scale and keep your brand top of mind with Sakari’s text campaigns.

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What Are Text Message Promotions?

SMS promotions are text message campaigns that your business sends to subscribers. These campaigns are key to communicating with new subscribers and loyal customers alike.

Share updates, offer early access, or announce events. Since text messages arrive instantly and are typically opened within minutes, they’re ideal for time-sensitive communication.

Between their high engagement rates and their ability to drive conversions, SMS promotions provide plenty of benefits for growing businesses. Text message campaigns can create a sense of urgency via time-sensitive offers, increase sales, and boost customer loyalty.

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Why Use SMS Promotions for Your Business?

Don’t Get Left On Read

Tired of email marketing campaigns that don’t drive opens or clicks? With an average open rate of 98%, SMS campaigns ensure subscribers see and read your messages quickly.

Segment SMS Promotions

Text message promos don’t have to be generic or impersonal. Segment your audience to reach the right subscribers with the right message at the right time.

Automate Text Message Promos

Schedule SMS promotions in advance and automatically send them at the ideal moment for your business. Use audience insights to make strategic decisions about send times

Optimize Messaging for Engagement

Stop guessing how your audience will react to your newest promotion. Use SMS analytics to track which messaging gets results and which subscribers respond most reliably.

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Use Cases for Text Message Promotions

Looking for a little inspiration? Use these promotional message examples as a guide:

Flash sales: Send notifications for special discounts and BOGO offers to drive sales.
Loyalty rewards: Share exclusive discounts with VIP customers to improve retention.
Product launches: Announce new products to build buzz and secure early sales.
Event promotions: Send timely reminders to sell tickets and increase attendance.

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Launch a Text Message Promotion in 3 Easy Steps

Creating promotional SMS campaigns is easy with Sakari. Follow these three steps to launch a text message promotion in minutes:

Upload your contacts

Add subscriber phone numbers to Sakari and start connecting with customers. Segment your list by behaviors or attributes to send targeted promos.

Craft your message

Write a message that grabs attention and drives action. Include links, coupon codes, and a call to action (CTA) that gets subscribers to take the next steps.

Analyze the results

Don’t set and forget SMS campaigns. Monitor delivery rates. click-through rates, and conversion rates. Use the results to optimize future promotions.

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SMS is by far the primary way we engage with customers today, following by email and phone. More than 95% of our sales are closed virtually without requiring an onsite visit.”

Daniel Francis

Chief Product Officer, Treehouse

Yes, it’s legal to send SMS campaigns to subscribers. However, everyone on your SMS list must opt in to receive marketing messages from your business.

Each Sakari plan includes a set number of message segments (160 characters). As long as you have user-consent to send your messages, there is no limit, whether it's 5 messages or 50,000.

Not exactly. Businesses can only send text promos to people who have opted in to marketing communications. You can get this permission via landing pages or opt-in texts.

A standard text segment includes 160 characters. Technically, text messages can include up to 10 segments. However, we suggest limiting texts to no more than three segments to maximize deliverability.

Your campaigns are created and sent from your laptop, but the Sakari mobile app can be used to manage all 1:1 text messaging.

Whether you want to improve customer engagement, drive sales with special offers, or increase awareness of new products and services, an SMS marketing strategy is a smart solution.

Yes, Sakari offers robust customer support, including a Knowledge Base of the most asked questions, as well as email support options. Our customer support is here to help your text marketing excel.

We offer flexible pricing plans to make SMS texting software available for all businesses. Check out how our pricing works here.