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How to increase online sales: advice for retailers struggling with store closures

As with all successful businesses, the ability to adapt to external circumstances and customer behaviour is vital, here we have outlined some advice for retailers struggling with store closures amidst the coronavirus crisis.

Cyber Monday 2017 – The Five W’s

By now you should be ready, or already well underway, with your Black Friday sales and marketing plans, and with £8.7 Billion being predicted to be spent over the Black Friday weekend, it is certainly something that no retailer wants to…

The perfect eCommerce customer journey – how to make loyal customers

There is an old saying in business, “People buy from people” Now days this might not exactly be completely true, what with the huge increase of online retail websites, eBay, Amazon etc. However the experience you have with these sorts of…

Customers want to hear from brands post-purchase too!

Many brands and businesses think that SMS marketing is all about selling, which is not the case. Agreed it’s incredibly good for selling products and letting customers know about your offers, but the customer journey does not end there… What about…

The UK Boxing Day Bargain Hunters

The Christmas crackers have been pulled, the Brussel sprouts have been disposed of, and unwanted gifts popped on eBay, as people get ready for one of the biggest days in the UK retail calendar. Brits love a bargain, even if they…

SMS is guaranteed to deliver this Christmas

I don’t think anyone can take anything away from Rudolph, he does an amazing and unbelievable job of delivering presents worldwide, in an amount of time that seems impossible whether you’re carrying an overweight bearded man behind you or not –…

1 out of 4 shoppers came through SMS marketing

We knew SMS was good, but this good? Even we were surprised! The Black Friday madness is now behind us, while the dust settles and the shop shelves are restocked, the statisticians calculators are working overtime to try and figure out…

Cyber Monday – bigger than you think

Cyber Monday often gets forgotten in all the crazed madness of Black Friday – however it certainly shouldn’t be overlooked among other important events on the retail calendar. Yes Black Friday seems to make most of the headlines and get the…

Special Black Friday Offer – free SMS credits anyone?

As you will probably know, we don’t run many offers here at Text Marketer, as our prices are already incredibly low, some of the lowest on the market – however… As this week is Black Friday we thought that we would…