Restaurants : Nightclubs : Retail : Fast Food & QSR

Restaurants- SMS text messaging is an easy and affordable solution to increase traffic and sales:

• Ask patrons to join your Text Club for exclusive discounts, special opportunities and event reminders
• Capture phone #'s on facebook and MySpace using our widget
• Use in-store signage, table tents, menus and receipts to promote the Text Club offer
• Include the text offer in your radio and print advertising to instantly engage customers
  

Once customers have opted-in, send text message offers on slow nights to increase sales, offer "Text Loyalty Club" exclusive offers and/or send text messages to promote major events:

• Send offers on slow nights "Tonight 2 entrees for $30" or "Buy 1 entree get 1 half price, tonight only"
  
• "Live music tonight at 8pm.  Great discounts on appetizers and we're giving away a $100 gift card. Share with friends"
  

Nightclubs - call your printer and ask, "hey, for every flyer I handout can you send 10 more to their friends for free?"  Who goes out by themselves?  With SMS text messaging you can create a viral message that will pack the house.  And, once you build up your database you can use it again and again to promote your events:

• Offer discounts on cover charge or no waiting in line
• Include the text club offer in your radio and print advertising
• Capture phone #'s on facebook and MySpace using our widget
• Link customers to your mobile web site for ringtone downloads, directions and more information
• Engage patrons at the event with Text2Win contests (and build up your database for your next event!)

Retail - advertising can be expensive and frustrating.  You can make your ad dollar work harder for you by adding a SMS text message offer so you can capture their phone number and develop a push/pull strategy:

• Include the text offer in your radio and print advertising (push strategy) to instantly engage customers
  
• Use in-store and window ads to promote the text offer
  
• Offer customers an instant discount if they join your text club
  
• Capture phone #'s on your web site, facebook and MySpace using our widget
  

Once customers have opt-ed in (pull strategy):

• Send exclusive offers and promotions via text
• Hold in-store parties or promotions for your text club
• Encourage customers to send the text to their friends
• Create sale themes and reasons to shop instantly!
• Use behavior marketing and send offers prior to major events (example: for clothing and shoe stores send offers prior to concert or event that customers will buy an new outfit)

Fast Food & QSR- SMS text messaging allows you to send an offer in real time, increase transactional sales, push sales on slower days!  Send a lunch offer at 11 am,or a family dinner offer at 4:45 pm.  SMS text messaging is fast, easy, affordable and a proven solution for QSR businesses:

• Encourage customers to opt-in with in-store signage
  
• Include the text offer in your radio, print and TV advertising
  
• Deliver electronic coupons at sponsored events (without staff or printing costs)
• Go green!
  
  Once customers have opted-in:

• Send offers instantly and in real-time
  
• Use behaviorial marketing to engage customers ("it's raining today, we deliver call ..." or "beat the heat with this cool offer", etc)
  
• Upsell customers to increase transactional sales ("get ABC product for $2 when you buy ...")