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Comment on Open Source SMS Text Messaging Application by Matt

Matt — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:24:16 +0000

Hi, David;

Great and helpful site. I was hoping that you could provide a little more help in the form pointing me in the right directions.

I have sms content that I believe people will be willing to pay for, per sms. Ideally, they would send a request via sms, and they would then receive my content via sms. They would pay for it, and I would get a cut, per sms.

Do you know of any services that can help me with this (I imagine they will take a cut, or include advertising)?

Not ideal, but if that doesn’t work, is there a service that will set up my content to be delivered once a person subscribes, and pays a monthly fee?

I am new to the sms business and technology side of things, but have killer content to get into the hands of users, and need help with how.

Thanks so much for any and all suggestions,

Best,

Matt

Comment on Open Source SMS Text Messaging Application by Anu

Anu — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:55:20 +0000

Hello Ian,

I am working on an SMS emergency alert application for my school and we are looking into using Clickatell. How happy have you been with their service? Any complaints? Would you recommend them? Do School’s Out and CampusWire both use Clickatell? I am trying to grasp the whole setup and I am wondering why should one use these when they can directly sign up with Clickatell? Could you clarify that for me?

Thanks,
Anu

BTW, great post DC.

Comment on How To Get Your Own SMS Common Short Code by George

George — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:00:42 +0000

Paying for your own shortcode is not the only way to reap the benefits of this fabulous way to communicate with your customers on the mobile networks. Several companies that have shortcodes will lease you the use of their shortcode. By using unique keywords to differentiate your message from potentially thousands of others using the same shortcode, you can achieve the same results at a fraction of the cost.

i.e. texting “AUDI” to a shortcode might get you an instant text message, coupon or contest entry from your local Audi dealer, while texting JBARG to the same shortcode might get you a text message good for a free appetizer at Joes Bar and Grill.

No jumping through hoops and no steep learning curves.

Cheers!

George

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Comment on Open Source SMS Text Messaging Application by Brian Caine

Brian Caine — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:00:56 +0000

Great idea. I was looking for SMS info and finally stumbled across your post. I am a school teacher who is looking for ways to successfully implement cell phones in class, so our district will get over its arcane policies, and was wondering if someone would care to help a relatively novice programmer set up a system. I am strong with basic web programming, but novice with SQL and PHP, my remotely hosted site has plenty of options for the database, but any help/walkthrough would be much appreciated.

Comment on Open Source SMS Text Messaging Application by ian

ian — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:20:41 +0000

Craig, I haven’t done anything with MMS.

I am currently using clickatell.com for my SMS delivery.

Housing your own SMS gateway requires direct connections and agreements with the major carriers. This is probably cost prohibitive to most companies.

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Comment on Open Source SMS Text Messaging Application by Craig Sour

Craig Sour — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:12:49 +0000

Ian,

Great to see good feedback on a technology such as SMS on your site. SMS is quickly becoming a common tool of use in our daily lives. This is proven by the recent unlimited everything offers from all the carriers.

My question is this:

Is there a way to house your own SMS gateway solution and effectively reach your targeted audience. We are looking at providing a service to communicate with thousands of people daily but the volume varies day-to-day.

Do you do anything with MMS? I would really like to explore this but am told that we should build a custom application for phones to do this…what do you think?

Craig

Comment on Content Builds Brands - Social Media ROI by David Cummings

David Cummings — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:26:23 +0000

Thanks for checking in Kami. Good luck with your move. DC.

Comment on Content Builds Brands - Social Media ROI by Kami Huyse

Kami Huyse — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:12:23 +0000

I am bummed to be leaving San Antonio before we had a chance to really connect. Thanks.

Comment on Open Source SMS Text Messaging Application by dc

dc — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:30:29 +0000

Hi Mike:

You may want to take a look at what Ian is doing at School’s Out and Campus Wire.

http://www.schoolsout.com/

http://www.thecampuswire.com/

Good luck with your project.