SMS Marketing For Small Businesses

Group Text Messaging For Ministries And Churches

Ez Texting is a powerful, affordable group text messaging solution for your small business.

50,000 clients rely on Ez Texting to provide easy, cost-effective SMS marketing services.

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Ez Texting Text Message Marketing Features:

Cost Effective Marketing

Ez Texting was designed with the small business in mind, and our pricing reflects that. You can try out our service for free. If you like what you see, you can start your first campaign for only $5 dollars.
There are two ways to pay: Discounted Monthly Plans or no obligation pay as you go accounts. (See the pricing page). Either way, you never sign a contract.
Custom-Tailored Keywords allow your customers to signup by sending a text message to the short code 313131 (or 393939 for Canada) Many of our Monthly Plans include free Keywords. Otherwise they are available on a rental basis.

Third Reform Church
Group Messaging Case Study

Third Reform Church is located in Pella, Iowa, a town of about 10,000 people. On any given Sunday, there are 2500-3000 people attending services.

Objective:
Ez Texting spoke with Craig Zuithoff, the Student Ministry Leader for a group of 400 middle- and high-school students, all of whom need to be updated with information on a regular basis.

Solution:
Zuithoff sought to communicate with the students in the most relevant method possible. Although this included methods like Facebook and mass emails, he felt there was a need for something more immediate. Text messaging, the most common means of communication for this age group, was a perfect fit. After a quick web search and review of options, Zuithoff decided Ez Texting was the most practical service for his needs. He created an account and was up and running in minutes.

Implementation:

Zuithoff started by collecting permission and numbers directly from his students. In addition to manually collecting data, he placed two web widgets on his site to collect numbers online, as well. He mentioned that the first & last name fields are especially helpful, as he can create sub-groups based on this information.

Zuithoff sends reminders of upcoming events and meetings about two times per week. He also hosts a Monday night meeting with a small group of students that changes locations almost weekly. In order to spread the word about their next meeting place, he simply sends a text a few hours beforehand. Without this in place, there would be no easy way to alert his group members of where they need to be.

Outcome:
Ez Texting has proven to be an invaluable service for THIRD REFORM CHURCH. Since using Ez Texting over the past year, Third Reform Church has seen a significant jump in special event attendance due to their last minute SMS announcements. Over time, approximately 80% of students have opted in to receive SMS alerts. Parents have also started to signup in order to keep track of their children’s church schedule. It has been especially helpful for last minute updates, or event cancellations/changes due to bad weather.

Powerful Texting Features For Small Businesses

Create multiple subscription lists to categorize your customers and staff.
Allow customers to text in your keyword to 31313 to join your text messaging list from their own phones.
Run a contest or offer mobile coupons to generate more signups.
Include our HTML widget onto your website, blog, email blasts so that your customers can signup wherever they are.
If you have a list of opted-in customers you can quickly upload names, numbers, email addresses and more.

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