Who is the cheapest, most reliable bulk SMS provider in Kenya 2018?

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I have done a lot of bulk SMSing, both manually to a list, or automatically to individuals after certain actions, like subscribing to my service, etc.

And I have tried and tested several systems/providers to settle, and this is my conclusion:

  • Don't go to the mobile providers(Safaricom, Airtel, Orange)- they take too long, are more expensive than other providers..and don't follow through most times. The sign up process also sucks.
  • Use private providers that give you a dashboard to send your messages yourself, and with an account, make payments and monitor use.
  • Use infobip and OnlineBiz. I have used these quite seamlessly. They both give you an account manager who is there to help you no matter your size*

*I don't know the owners of these two companies, and I am not speaking on their behalf, but they have worked very well for me.

 

 

 See Text messaging, or SMS, is the most attention-grabbing, immediate, and convenient form of communication. Thus it’s becoming important to ensure mobile messaging included in the marketing mix. People would sooner leave home without their wallets than their phones. TextWik mass text service is easy to use, reliable, scalable to millions of text messages, and smart enough to help you target the most relevant messages for your subscribers, delivering maximum results. The main features for SMS Marketing with TextWik include:

Bulk SMS

Bulk SMS messaging is a legacy description for application-to-person SMS messaging services. It refers specifically to the sending of large number of SMS messages to the mobile phones of a predetermined group of recipients. A defining characteristic of bulk SMS messaging is that businesses and organisations can make use of one or more solutions to send and receive SMS messages, namely; a mobile phone application, a software program, a web interface, or integrate an SMS API with their website or system. The uses of bulk SMS messaging is continually evolving as new business or public benefit needs are identified. From large scale businesses to small enterprises, community groups to educational institutions, bulk SMS messaging provides a cost effective solution for managing communications with small or large contact groups.

Unlimited Mobile Keywords

A word or name used to distinguish a targeted message within a short code service.

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. with streamlined process and made it incredibly intuitive to get your message out TextWik stands out. Whether you're at a computer or on the go, you'll have no problem sending your texts.

Bulk SMS Scheduling

Scheduling out messages in intervals is a great way that ensures customers won't forget about the services being offered. This allows the enterprise 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 the subscriber list, automatically send them a custom message back. You can also setup 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 Messaging

2-way messaging allows existing subscribers to reply to your campaigns, send you text messages, and engage you in 2-way chat. It's a great way to stay connected and answer any questions your subscribers may have.

Contests

Create SMS contests as a way to engage and reward your customers. An invaluable tool for keeping your current customers happy and engaged and staying with your marketing campaigns.

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, 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 a 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!

Assign Multiple Long Codes

Add multiple numbers to a user account. Very useful if you have a large number of opt-in contacts to market to, you can spread your workload across multiple numbers for better performance and caution!

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 a MP3 file. Another great way to communicate and keep your contacts engaged in your offerings.

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 processes 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.

 

 

 Alcodes. Try it for its best services. It provides Promotional, Transactional and OTP SMS’s services.

Instant Delivery

Small, medium or large, business or individual, Alcodes believes in serving all kinds of their customers with featured services. While sending SMS- promotional, transactional or OTP SMS, we assist you with the instant delivery.

Multi Operator

You can configure our SMS services with all your phonebook contacts at one time. With this feature, you can send the same message to all the synced users at the same time. Therefore, Alcodes provide you to direct connection with multiple mobile operators at the same time using same short codes to generate SMS.

Group Book

With Group book or web SMS we enable you to advertise or promote your product or services. This is an SMS marketing feature with which Alcodes serves you to send group messages at a time serving large number of people concurrently.

Analytics Ready

Analytics Ready is an efficient feature of our services which aids to track your campaign status via metrics and stats. We provide the statistics showing the performance and response of your SMS campaigns at the users end. With this feature you can monitor your results and collect data to further optimize performance of your SMS campaign.

 

I can suggest a good cheap bulk provider ( http://www.intistele.com ). It is really helpful service and you can be always online. This sms solution can help you to make all your business thing

 

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