Textus Receptus

SMS Marketing Report Reveals Text Messaging as Dominant Method of Communication Among Consumers

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

The results provide an insightful look into how consumers interact with text messages in both their personal and business lives.

Key Points: 
  • The results provide an insightful look into how consumers interact with text messages in both their personal and business lives.
  • The study revealed that 77% of users find text messaging helpful for staying in touch with friends and family.
  • Additionally, 42% say text messaging is a good way to save time compared to phone or email.
  • Moreover, 63% of respondents said text messaging was their go-to method for daily communication with people they know, and 50.4% said it was their most effective channel of communication for their business.

TextUs Names Nick Madison as New Chief Revenue Officer

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Friday, September 15, 2023

Denver, Colorado, Sept. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TextUs , the leading text messaging platform that allows businesses to have engaging two-way conversations at scale, welcomes Nick Madison, CRO, to its executive leadership team.

Key Points: 
  • Denver, Colorado, Sept. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TextUs , the leading text messaging platform that allows businesses to have engaging two-way conversations at scale, welcomes Nick Madison, CRO, to its executive leadership team.
  • While at Payscale, Nick oversaw net new and customer sales globally as well as customer growth, managing a team of both individual contributors and sales leads.
  • He successfully launched an international sales organization and helped Payscale exceed target revenue plans while serving as VP of Sales.
  • “TextUs is a leader in a critical and emerging space around how we better communicate with prospects, customers, and recruits.

Study Finds Text Messaging Proven to be Most Effective Form of Communication Among Smartphone Users Nationwide

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Denver, Colorado, Aug. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A recent study conducted by TextUs and Benenson Strategy Group surveyed smartphone users nationwide on their usage of text messaging.

Key Points: 
  • Denver, Colorado, Aug. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A recent study conducted by TextUs and Benenson Strategy Group surveyed smartphone users nationwide on their usage of text messaging.
  • The results provide an insightful look into how consumers interact with text messages in both their personal and business lives.
  • The study revealed that 77% of users find text messaging helpful for staying in touch with friends and family.
  • Additionally, 42% say text messaging is a good way to save time compared to phone or email.

TextUs Announces Addition of Automated Sequences to Messaging Engagement Platform

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Monday, July 24, 2023

Denver, Colorado, July 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TextUs, the leading messaging engagement platform has announced the release of Sequences, allowing users to automate touch points to nurture leads and candidates at scale.

Key Points: 
  • Denver, Colorado, July 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TextUs, the leading messaging engagement platform has announced the release of Sequences, allowing users to automate touch points to nurture leads and candidates at scale.
  • As such, TextUs has evolved its platform to meet the unique needs of their users, allowing them to better utilize text messaging to connect with candidates, prospects, customers and more.
  • As manual 1:1 conversations become more difficult at scale, automated sequences ensure that valuable touch points are present throughout the entire journey.
  • “Sequences will help scale their outreach with ease, and that’s a huge win for gaining efficiency.”
    To see a video of the TextUs sequences in action, click here .

TextUs Releases HubSpot Integration, Bringing Integrated SMS and Embedded Messenger to Leading CRM

Retrieved on: 
Monday, June 26, 2023

Additionally, TextUs is the first SMS partner in the HubSpot marketplace to include embedded messenger capabilities, which allows users to utilize two-way text messaging directly from the HubSpot contact record.

Key Points: 
  • Additionally, TextUs is the first SMS partner in the HubSpot marketplace to include embedded messenger capabilities, which allows users to utilize two-way text messaging directly from the HubSpot contact record.
  • Key features of the HubSpot integration include:
    Build texts into HubSpot workflows.
  • Easily respond to prospects and customers by texting them directly from HubSpot using the TextUs embedded messenger.
  • To see a video of the Textus Hubspot integration in action, click here.

TextUs Announces Link Shortening Capabilities to SMS Software Platform

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

TextUs has recognized the need for unified shortened link structure across its platform in order to improve trust and deliverability.

Key Points: 
  • TextUs has recognized the need for unified shortened link structure across its platform in order to improve trust and deliverability.
  • As a result of this, it became clear that universal link shortening capabilities were needed globally across the platform.
  • As SMS has become the communication tool of choice for many businesses, TextUs has seen adoption of the medium expand.
  • To learn more about TextUs’ global link shortening capabilities and see the platform in action, please schedule a demo at https://textus.com/ .

TextUs Announces Release of Embedded Messenger, Bringing Integrated SMS to Partner Platforms

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

As enterprise software solutions look to rapidly add value for their customers in an ever-competitive market, the demand for integrated messaging capabilities has grown.

Key Points: 
  • As enterprise software solutions look to rapidly add value for their customers in an ever-competitive market, the demand for integrated messaging capabilities has grown.
  • And as with all new and current TextUs customers, embedded messenger partners will be registered for 10DLC to ensure compliance.
  • As SMS has become the communication tool of choice for many businesses, TextUs has seen adoption of the medium expand.
  • TextUs encourages SaaS providers to contact their partner team to learn more about the embedded messenger offering and identify how best to integrate texting into existing software platforms.

TextUs Surpasses 1 Billion SMS Messages Sent and Received on Platform

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Denver, Colorado, April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  TextUs, the leading conversational texting platform that enables organizations to have engaging real-time conversations with prospects, candidates, employees and customers has recently surpassed one billion messages sent and received on its platform.

Key Points: 
  • Denver, Colorado, April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  TextUs, the leading conversational texting platform that enables organizations to have engaging real-time conversations with prospects, candidates, employees and customers has recently surpassed one billion messages sent and received on its platform.
  • Since 2013, TextUs has been an industry leader in conversational and campaign business text messaging.
  • As SMS has become a communication tool of choice for many businesses, TextUs has seen adoption of the medium expand.
  • “Allowing businesses to log over 1 billion text messages with customers, candidates, and employees is a significant accomplishment for a conversational SMS platform like ours,” said Martin Payne, CEO of TextUs.

TextUs Integration with Microsoft Dynamics Expands to All New and Current Customers

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

This integration is now available to all new and existing TextUs users and is configured from the Integration Settings directly within customers’ TextUs accounts.

Key Points: 
  • This integration is now available to all new and existing TextUs users and is configured from the Integration Settings directly within customers’ TextUs accounts.
  • Together, TextUs + Microsoft Dynamics enables sales and customer service teams to send and receive real-time, two-way text messages from Microsoft Dynamics to enhance communication workflows and boost response rates.
  • Text conversations are logged back into Microsoft Dynamics, making SMS a seamless extension of current business systems, and streamlining data into one system of record.
  • This integration will provide Dynamics users with an integrated, native feel texting solution that will enhance overall communication and productivity.”

Data Shows Lower SMS Opt Out Rate for Campaign Messages Containing Rich Media

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, March 16, 2023

In TextUs’ latest State of Texting report , TextUs found text messaging to be the leading communication channel among those surveyed, outpacing email and phone by large margins.

Key Points: 
  • In TextUs’ latest State of Texting report , TextUs found text messaging to be the leading communication channel among those surveyed, outpacing email and phone by large margins.
  • Over 50% indicated text messaging was the most effective way to communicate in their business workflows.
  • Further, recent research indicates that SMS campaigns that utilize an image show a 10% increase in likelihood of getting a response.
  • Not only that, but these same rich media campaigns have a 22% lower opt-out rate.