Using SMS Gateway

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If you want to send a message to a large number of people, using an SMS Gateway may be the perfect solution to get your marketing heard.

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The majority of people these days own a mobile phone, and check them regularly for calls and messages.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could access this huge reserve of marketing potential? Well, now you can, with an SMS Gateway. Using a Bulk SMS gateway provider such as Red oxygen will enable you to target specific consumer groups, and send them your message, to really get your voice out there. You will be able to contact people wherever they are, which would be great for getting the message to the masses.

So promote your services and your business today, and get in contact with a company such as Red Oxygen, who will guide you through the processes which you need to go through in order to use this system; you’ll be thrilled with what you can achieve! Continue reading →

Bring on the Mobile Age

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There are more phones in some countries of the world than there are people.

Today there are an estimated 900 billion mobile phones around the world.

Admittedly some of them are old feature phones still floating around in the electronics drawer, but it doesn’t distract from the fact that mobile phones are important commodities.

According to statistics monitored by Wikipedia, several countries such as Brazil, Russia, Lithuania, and Singapore have over 1 million more mobile phones than citizens.

Here are a few more interesting statistics about mobile phones compiled by Go-Gulf.com.

- 80% of the world population has a mobile
- 92% of smartphone users frequently use text messages
- Singapore has the highest percentage of smartphones in the world at 54% Continue reading →

Why one company is taxing IE7 users

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How do you feel about being taxed for your web browser?

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Kogan Technologies was tired of redesigning their website for older web browsers.

So, instead of simply letting their visitors wait for the page to load incorrectly, they made a website for Internet Explorer 7. But decided that all visitors using that web browser should pay to have a special site just for them. Continue reading →

5 Reasons You Should Be Using SMS Marketing

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Walk through any mall, sit on any park bench, or buy a ticket to see any movie and most of the people you see are walking head’s town, thumbs flying on their phone pads. And it isn’t age specific.

Chances are it will be someone younger, but people of all ages text. It is for this reason that SMS (texting) marketing has become so popular. Here are the top reasons you should consider an SMS marketing campaign: Continue reading →

Why isn’t SMS more popular?

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Messenger programs like WhatsApp and iMessage are increasing in popularity. Since more people in the world have feature phones, why isn’t SMS more popular?

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According to research firm Informa, more people are now sending messages via messenger apps rather SMS.

Today it is much easier to message across the world using via internet based programs than it used to be a few years ago.

However, it may be more difficult to analyze the impact SMS has than most people realize. Continue reading →

Why Redwoods don’t grow in Australia

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Guest blog post on Anza Technology Network by Tom Sheahan, CEO of Red Oxygen

Sequoia tree farm. Photo by Sverrir Mirdsson.

Redwood Trees: The three redwood subfamily genera are: 
Sequoia and Sequoiadendron of California and Oregon, USA; and Metasequoia in China.

The redwood species contains the largest and tallest trees in the world. These trees can live to an age of thousands of years.

The business environment isn’t much different than the natural one. To grow a good business you need:

  • Good, creative , honest, industrious people
  • Society that has a rule of law and protects intellectual property
  • Supportive public policy
  • Deep source of private investment

Australia has many positives that are the basics when establishing a business.

Read the entire article on Anza…