Which method of invite is better? SMS or Email?
August 28, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under The Unwired Life
From direct mail to email to SMS and now through Facebook event invites, friends and colleagues use various means to invite us to socials. Although all of these methods have their more appropriate use, I feel that SMS invites are the ones that stick. Here’s why.
More often than not, SMS invites that I send out for events usually have a higher turnout for events, even if I indicated an RSVP – and they DON’T RSVP but still come. Hmm. Also, based on experience, I get replies that ar 24 hours late – but still replies nonetheless confirming attendance to …read more
Can consumers sue for mobile phone spam?
July 19, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under SMS
T-Mobile might be in deep s#it as consumers are up in arms over mobile phone spam. Truth be told, the story of cellphone spam is nothing more than push advertising but with your subscriber base ranting over being misinformed on whether or not they subscribed to a service in the first place.
Culturally speaking, the level of aggression differs per country. Some folks don’t really mind being sent text spam – for instance if this is the business model behind getting free credits. So yeah it depends, but T-Mobile isn’t in any good shape with its irate customers who ARE getting …read more
