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Enabling Business Communication at scale, uniquely engaging one customer at a time.Enabling Business Communication at scale
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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
“Dear Bidvest team, Just wanted to take the time to say a very special thank you to TEAM BIDVEST. Everyone at OUP thanks all the people involved over the last few weeks and trust me, everyone in our organization now knows how much we can depend on Bidvest and we're all truly grateful for your efforts. Your responsiveness to our changing needs and requests is truly appreciated”
- Oxford
Discover how SMS and SVSMS personalized microsites can elevate customer engagement and drive sales for South African retailers. Learn implementation strategies and benefits.
In today's fiercely competitive retail landscape, personalized customer engagement has become essential for brands aiming to drive sales and foster loyalty. SMS and SVSMS (Short Video SMS) personalized microsites represent a game-changing solution that empowers South African retailers to deliver customized experiences at scale. This guide delves deep into how these technologies work, their implementation strategies, and the immense benefits they offer to retailers looking to elevate their customer engagement and conversion rates.
At its core, SMS and SVSMS personalized microsites allow retailers to create targeted, interactive web pages that are accessible via mobile devices. These microsites can include a range of content, such as tailored product recommendations, exclusive offers, and detailed brand storytelling, designed to resonate with individual customers based on their preferences and shopping behaviors.
Investing in SMS and SVSMS personalized microsites can yield significant advantages for South African retail businesses:
Personalized content helps retailers create meaningful connections with customers, increasing engagement rates by tailoring experiences to individual preferences.
Retailers leveraging personalized offers and targeted incentives typically see higher conversion rates, resulting in increased sales and revenue.
SMS and SVSMS campaigns are often more affordable than traditional advertising channels while achieving superior reach and effectiveness.
To successfully implement SMS and SVSMS personalized microsites, retailers should follow these essential steps:
Several South African retailers have successfully implemented SMS and SVSMS personalized microsites, resulting in impressive outcomes:
A leading fashion retailer increased their conversion rate by 40% through personalized product recommendations sent via SMS, directing customers to visually engaging microsites featuring curated collections.
A major grocery chain utilized SVSMS to provide customers with video promotions of exclusive in-store offers. The campaign resulted in a 30% lift in foot traffic during the promotional period.
As technology continues to evolve, SMS and SVSMS personalized microsites are set to play an even larger role in retail engagement strategies:
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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
“Dear Bidvest team, Just wanted to take the time to say a very special thank you to TEAM BIDVEST. Everyone at OUP thanks all the people involved over the last few weeks and trust me, everyone in our organization now knows how much we can depend on Bidvest and we're all truly grateful for your efforts. Your responsiveness to our changing needs and requests is truly appreciated”
- Oxford
Discover our comprehensive solution features designed to transform your business communication experience
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.