SMS or short messaging services have become the most popular way of communication between people. It is a very personal way of communication by which people text each other a short message. The internet has made improvements on this service as you can now send SMS in bulk at a very low cost. This has caught the attention of marketers who have started using such services to increase awareness of their client’s brand or product.
Using bulk SMS helps marketers or advertisers reach a large number of people in a very short amount of time. This is one of the best system of promoting a product. There are lots of marketers and promoters that are using bulk SMS to reach the mass audience in a short period of time. Besides being fast it is also very inexpensive to use. It would cost the same for messaging one individual and for messaging countless people. This is very cheap compared to the other methods of promotion.
So how does bulk SMS work? You have to first register yourself with one of the companies that provide such a service. Once you have done so, you will need to provide a list of contacts and their numbers.
After doing so you will need to construct a message to be sent to your list of contacts. The company you have chosen will then turn it into an SMS and send it out to your contacts.