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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
Explore the essential steps and best practices for configuring SMS delivery systems tailored to enterprise needs. Learn how to enhance customer engagement and comply with regulations.
In the age of instant communication, configuring SMS delivery effectively is essential for enterprises looking to enhance customer engagement, streamline operations, and ensure compliance. This comprehensive guide outlines the critical components and best practices for configuring SMS delivery systems tailored to the needs of medium and large businesses in South Africa.
SMS delivery plays a pivotal role in business communications across industries, providing organizations with direct and immediate access to their customers or stakeholders. Whether it's transactional updates, marketing messages, or critical alerts, effective SMS delivery can significantly boost customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Understanding how to configure these systems is crucial for ensuring high delivery rates, compliance with regulations, and optimal performance.
Before diving into the technical aspects of configuration, assess your organization's SMS needs. Consider the types of messages you will send:
Select an SMS gateway that aligns with your operational requirements, budget constraints, and desired features. Factors to consider include:
Once you have selected an SMS gateway, the next step is to configure the actual SMS messages:
Before rolling out SMS delivery to your entire customer base, conduct extensive testing:
After successfully configuring SMS delivery, ensure that you implement robust analytics to track performance metrics:
In South Africa, organizations must navigate the complexities of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) when configuring SMS delivery. Adhere to the following best practices:
Configuring SMS delivery systems demands careful planning, rigorous testing, and ongoing monitoring to ensure success. By following this guide, enterprises can establish effective SMS communication strategies that not only improve customer engagement but also ensure compliance with important regulatory frameworks, ultimately driving operational excellence.
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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.