Demo the interface here: https://www.extremetextmarketing.com – (User: demouser / Password: demouser – you will not be able to get a phone number or send texts but you can get the basics of how it works)

Here is a brief list of features our platform provides:

Bulk SMS – At the heart of an SMS marketing campaign is the ability to send SMS messages in bulk to your subscribers. Send to 1 group or multiple groups at once! Send messages to your customers to announce deals or discounts you want to promote which can bring in massive business.

Unlimited Mobile Keywords – The ability for users to engage in keyword marketing. Mobile keywords are an element of mobile marketing campaigns to appeal to a certain target market. You get access to unlimited keywords! People can sign up for your text marketing by texting in a keyword.

Bulk SMS Scheduling – Scheduling out messages in intervals is a great way to ensure your customers won’t forget about you. Our script allows you to have full control of when SMS messages get sent out so you can schedule out messages months in advance.

Autoresponders – After a person joins your subscriber list, automatically send them a custom message back. You can also set up the autoresponders to automatically send SMS back to the subscribers after they subscribe on a preset schedule much like email autoresponders work.

MMS / Picture Messaging – We have added MMS capability! MMS brings the best of email and urgency of SMS to your customer communications. Paint the whole picture with rich media on every mobile phone, with near-100% open rates and fast response times.

2-Way SMS Chat – 2-way SMS chat connects you or your customer service department to your mobile customers, via SMS. Gather valuable feedback and make communication with your customers a 2-way street, all via SMS with an instant messenger interface!

Sub-Accounts – Have team members that you want to delegate work on different modules within the platform and only give them access to specific features? You can do that with our sub-accounts!

Recurring Messages – Need to schedule a series of messages on a recurring basis? You can repeat events daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly and the frequency of those scheduled events(every day, every 2nd day, every 5th day, once a week, every 2 weeks, etc…)

Contests – Create SMS contests as a way to engage and reward your current customers while also using it as a great tool to grow your list. There’s nothing more important than keeping your customers happy and growing your list at the same time!

Birthday SMS Wishes – Easily collect your contacts’ birthdays when they subscribe to your list. Then, on their birthday or even a certain amount of days before, our system will automatically send them your birthday text message.

Facebook Integration – Ability to share your message to your Facebook page! Spread the word and increase participation among your fans giving you the ability to grow your subscribers by sharing your messages on your Facebook account.

Bulk SMS Delivery Stats – View detailed stats like # of successful messages, # of failed messages, the reason the message failed, and allow the user to delete any subscribers from the list that have failed to receive messages.

Detailed Campaign Analytics – Track your campaigns to take a deeper look into which keywords are performing the best, detailed SMS logs and new subscribers and unsubscribers over a certain period of time.

Website Signup Widgets – Allow potential customers to join an SMS marketing list through a web-based form that is placed on a website. This provides yet another cost-effective avenue to reach and attract new consumers.

Polls – Create text-to-vote polls to keep your subscribers engaged and interested in what you have to offer as well as collect valuable information and gain insight into what they want and need from you.

Mobile Splash Page Builder – Perfect for users that want to create their own pages with video, images, or any HTML and then send those page URLs out to their subscriber list to view. Equipped with a full-featured HTML editor.

Appointment Reminders – Schedule and send appointment reminders to your customers ensuring they won’t forget about an appointment they made. Search for your contact then easily schedule an SMS to go out to them.

Built-In Link Shortening & Tracking – You have the option to shorten your links so they don’t take up as many characters in your text messages and also track how many clicks were made for a given link to see how effective your message was. A very helpful little tool!

Local or Toll-Free Numbers – Gather valuable feedback and make communication a 2-way street all from local recognizable phone numbers! Add multiple local numbers to a user account. Send messages from a pool of phone numbers to speed up delivery or slow it down.

Email Alerts – Get new subscriber email alerts as they happen or in a daily summary. Also, get low credit balance email alerts so you’ll always be aware of when to replenish your credits.

Message Templates – Save common or often used SMS messages so that you will not have to re-enter the same message repeatedly. Simply select which template to use and have it populate the message for you.

Broadcast From Phone – On the run? No problem at all! You’ll have the ability to blast out your SMS marketing campaigns with a simple text message! No need to login to your account to manage this process. Talk about fast and convenient!

QR Codes – Generate QR codes as a way to bridge your offline marketing campaign to the online medium. Our software comes equipped with new subscriber and web page URL QR codes.

Segment Your Contacts – With our group segmenting function, you can easily create groups within your text marketing lists. This organizes your contacts into groups and allows you to keep organized all your subscribers and where they are coming from!

Voice Broadcasting – Broadcast a voice message out to your contacts! Either type in a message and the system will convert the text into voice, or upload your own message via an MP3 file. Another great way to communicate and keep your contacts engaged in your offerings.

Ringless Voicemail – You now have the ability to send Ringless voicemail when using the Ytel SMS gateway ONLY! You will see this feature inside the voice broadcast module when creating a voice broadcast with an MP3 audio file. Keep in mind that Ringless voicemail is still an evolving technology and is not perfect. Common reasons for RVM failures are customer’s handset voicemail is not working or setup, the customer’s mailbox is full, or the carrier did not accept and blocks the drop, but credits will only be deducted from user accounts on successful RVM drops.

Upload Your Subscriber Lists – Have an opt-in SMS list from somewhere else that you want to migrate over? Provided you have explicit written consent from your subscribers that they agreed to receive messages from you, you can upload your list as well. We’ve made that process incredibly easy!

Voicemail / Call Forwarding – Voicemail and call forwarding capability. Have the option to have your calls go directly to voicemail, where you can then listen to them inside the control panel, or have your calls forwarded to any number you wish!

SMS to Email / Email to SMS – Get email notices when someone texts in something to your online number(SMS to Email). You can then respond directly to that email from your email client, the system will take that email, and text them back(Email to SMS). A great and very useful tool!

Name and Email Capture – Have the option to collect the name and email from a new subscriber joining your opt-in list! Collect names to personalize your SMS messages and emails if you want to promote to them with your email marketing campaigns.

Contact Management – Very simple to use contact management system that contains your contacts/subscribers. Search on and manage all your subscribers here.

SMS Punch Card Loyalty Rewards – Forget those archaic and often misplaced paper punch cards. Offer SMS “punch card” loyalty rewards to your customers and build loyalty to your brand to keep customers happy and coming back.

Kiosk Builder – The digital loyalty kiosk is a cutting edge tool that lets you create an easy to use kiosk display. It provides your on-site customers with a user-friendly display – letting them join a mobile club, check-in to a loyalty program, and check their current status.

API – Access the most core features of the DIY SMS platform through the API. Integrating the API into your application will enable you to extend the functionality of the platform into your own app!

Email Integrations – If email capture is turned on, automatically add the emails to your favorite email services like Mailchimp, AWeber, GetResponse, ActiveCampaign, or Sendinblue! All handled seamlessly behind the scenes.

Online Fax – Send and receive faxes between the SMS Platform and a fax machine! Migrate the manual, offline process of faxing and turn faxing documents into a software experience while giving businesses more flexibility with moving away from old legacy hardware.

Double Opt-in – Optional double opt-in capability that if turned on, people will get an additional text message asking them to reply with “Y” to confirm their subscription. Double opt-in is not mandatory, however, it is highly recommended in certain situations depending on the content of the messages you will be sending.