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- MTN
“Working with the Bidvest team is a real pleasure. We've thoroughly enjoyed partnering with a local provider for our business' WhatsApp profile - invoicing is simple and our templates are loaded and approved speedily. Prepaid24 would highly recommend Bidvest. Such a seamless process from setup to production!”
- Prepaid24
“We're incredibly grateful to the Bidvest Data Team who go above and beyond to support us with vital customer communication. Their commitment and innovation has kept us at the forefront of electronic customer engagement.”
- Sanlam Retail Mass
Discover 10 proven strategies for South African enterprises to boost their SMS delivery rates. Improve client engagement, ensure compliance, and enhance operational efficiency with expert insights.
In the competitive landscape of modern communication, SMS marketing remains a powerful tool for South African enterprises looking to engage with customers directly. However, achieving high SMS delivery rates can be a challenge due to various factors such as carrier restrictions, number formatting, and even user privacy settings. This comprehensive guide outlines ten proven strategies that IT decision-makers, compliance officers, and operational heads can implement to significantly enhance their SMS delivery rates, ensuring effective communication with clients and stakeholders.
SMS delivery rates refer to the percentage of messages successfully delivered to the intended recipients, compared to the total number of messages sent. High delivery rates are essential for enterprises, particularly in sectors like financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications, where timely communication can affect customer satisfaction and engagement.
Keeping your contact lists up-to-date is critical. Bouncing messages not only negatively impacts your delivery rates but can also harm your reputation with carriers. Regularly clean your database by removing invalid numbers and updating contact details for existing clients.
Segmenting your audience based on demographics, engagement history, or purchasing behavior allows you to tailor your messages more effectively, which can enhance delivery rates. Specific and relevant messages are more likely to be opened and responded to.
The timing of your SMS messages significantly impacts delivery rates. Analyze your audience's behavior to determine when they are most likely to read and respond to messages.
Personalization can significantly increase response rates. Use the recipient's name, relevant offers, or tailored content to engage your audience effectively.
Choose reputable SMS service providers that guarantee high delivery rates and robust infrastructure. Bidvest Data, for example, focuses on delivering messages with optimal success rates and compliance capabilities.
A strong provider ensures:
Conduct A/B tests on different message formats, content styles, send times, and audience segments to identify strategies that yield the best results. Data-driven insights help optimize future campaigns.
Utilize analytics tools to track SMS delivery rates, open rates, and engagement levels. Constant monitoring allows businesses to adjust strategies to improve future campaigns.
Compliance with regulations such as POPIA in South Africa is critical. Ensure users have consented to receive communications and allow easy opt-out options, which helps maintain a positive sender reputation.
Utilize strong call-to-action phrases and concise, relevant content to encourage better response rates. Clear and engaging messages are more likely to be opened and acted upon.
Incorporating rich media elements such as links, images, or videos can enhance the engagement of your SMS messages, thereby increasing user interaction and responses.
Improving SMS delivery rates for South African enterprises is an ongoing process that requires strategic planning, adherence to best practices, and continuous monitoring. By implementing these ten strategies, businesses can not only increase their delivery rates but also enhance customer engagement and ensure that their messaging campaigns yield the best possible results.
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“Thank you Bidvest team for your great service throughout 2024.”
- MTN
“Working with the Bidvest team is a real pleasure. We've thoroughly enjoyed partnering with a local provider for our business' WhatsApp profile - invoicing is simple and our templates are loaded and approved speedily. Prepaid24 would highly recommend Bidvest. Such a seamless process from setup to production!”
- Prepaid24
“We're incredibly grateful to the Bidvest Data Team who go above and beyond to support us with vital customer communication. Their commitment and innovation has kept us at the forefront of electronic customer engagement.”
- Sanlam Retail Mass
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Bidvest Data sends on average more than 10 million personalized SMS/SV SMS messages per month, with daily peaks exceeding 2 million messages. This comprises mainly of transactional notifications and hosted transactional data.
The SMS channel delivers a secure, shortened personalized URL to the consumer, directing them to their unique microsite. All consumer activity can be tracked.
PDF documents, HTML content, videos and animations can be hosted on our Zero Rated Data domains. Reverse billing of data on these domains ensure access for end users to content at no cost. Bidvest Data offers this service on all South African and Namibian mobile networks.
Bidvest Data offers custom-built, screen adaptive, HTML environments, enabling features like animation, rotating GIFs, and interactive buttons.
Our service includes automated large file batch sending through sFTP data transfer. The data can selectively drive template messaging. Near real-time SMS sending is facilitated through our API, using templates or dynamic text.
Where another channel in our omnichannel platform is unsuccessful in delivering a message, we can automatically fail over to SMS. Priority and fail over channels are configurable.
Bidvest Data provides near-real-time and periodic aggregate batched reporting on consumer engagement, including link tracking, SMS and SV SMS delivery status, and customized reports on microsite access.