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Should You Give Away Your Content For Free? #1687
March 27, 2021

If You Can Drive Sales Via Text Messages

In episode #1686, we talk about if it is possible to drive sales via text messages. Even though email marketing is proven to work, the open rate for emails is not as high as it is for text messages. This and other factors point to the increased use of text as a profitable sales channel in the future. Tune in to learn more!

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

  • [00:29] Today’s topic: If You Can Drive Sales Via Text Messages.
  • [00:30] Text messages’ main usage: not to generate new sales.
  • [01:14] Tanner Chidester’s business with an infrastructure to support chat sales messaging.
  • [01:49] Open rates for SMSs are higher than emails.
  • [02:24] Why we will see an influx of chat support services.
  • [02:14] Gains Neil saw when he added SMS marketing as a sales channel.
  • [03:53] That is it for today!
  • [03:53] Go to marketingschool.io/pro to learn more about our free community.

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