Event Organisation from e-txt
“We find using e-txt™ a great asset to the Promotional People agency as with such a large database of people who sometimes need to be contacted at short notice, e-txt™ has really has saved the company valuable time and money by being able to send messages to a large group of people instantly.”
Julie Kingdon
The Promotional People Agency
“For Saros the benefit of e-txt™ is the immediacy of a text message. It enables us to get the interception of a phone call -i.e. we control the timing and content - without the cost or intrusiveness of a phone call. For our work, we use SMS to invite or remind people about research events - for the invites, the lack of irritation/ intrusiveness is key: Recipients can review the message at leisure and respond if they want more information, at a time that suits them.
For reminders of events people are registered for, it's the timing that's paramount... we are always striving to improve turnout rates at our events, and there's nothing like a quick beep in their own pocket, confirming the address etc, to get people turning up at the right time and place!”
Maya Middlemiss
Saros Research Ltd
“I use e-txt™ to remind the players in my badminton team that they have a match. Not all of them use email but most have a mobile phone. I usually have to text at a time when they are travelling between work and home so it is quite convenient to use e-txt™. I find it easy because I can touch-type but I am very slow at using a mobile phone to enter text, so being able to use a PC to text is great!”
Marcus Lesniak
“My main use of e-txt™ is to keep in touch with members of my Explorer Scout Unit. The Explorers are girls and boys from 14 to 18, and they all are depend on their mobile phones to keep in touch with each other. By using e-txt™ we can remind them about activities and let them know about changes of plan quickly and easily thanks to the e-txt™ group function - and without getting RSI from prodding mobile phone keys.”
Ken Mackenzie
“We own a shooting club. Through SMS we are in a position to inform directly and immediately, with the push of a button, all our club members of the activities of the club and future special events and also sending our regards on special days like Christmas, Easter, birthdays, etc. to individual or group members. Keep up the good work”.
Dimitrios Kopelakis
East Attica Shooting Club
Greece
“I can use e-txt™ to update my rugby teams - can be up to 30 texts at a time - the rugby players really only look at their email irregularly so this is a reliable way of organising a bunch of 18 to 22 year olds playing rugby. I even manage to get last minute info through using this system!”
David Judd
Wolverhampton City Council’s Youth and Play Services are responsible for developing youth services to include regular activities, meetings and projects. The council has also used a unique text-in number on publicity and promotional material for summer activity programmes such as One Big Summer, and the Krash Project, a teen magazine. Other uses of an e-txt inbound number include a text-in voting mechanism within the youth council elections, incorporating an automated reply system to confirm the vote – and an Anti-bullying service.
“It (e-txt™) is really straightforward to use and makes getting in touch with young people so much easier. We get them to sign a consent form to say they’re happy to receive messages, and they can always opt- out - although very few do. It means I can write a text like an email in the morning and know that people will be at the centre for a meeting in the evening.”
Sommer Dillon, Wolverhampton Youth and Play Services
“It looks cool, young people expect to see that kind of thing now, and know that they can get in touch by text,”
Mr Potter, Wolverhampton Youth and Play Services
Open to anyone between the ages of 10 to 26, Young Farmers offer a wide range of skills and experiences from organising events and running meetings in local communities, to arranging trips and competing in a wide range of competitions at county, regional and national level.
“It (e-txt™) has been really successful. We’re finding a significant increase in the numbers of members attending meetings after they’ve been reminded by the text messages.
We’re also finding that we receive apologies in advance for absences, in direct response to the messages. These arrive directly into our e-txt™ inbox and are very helpful too.”
Elizabeth Johnson, County Co-ordinator
Yorkshire Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs
“We use e-txt™ to contact clients when we are cancelling or rescheduling classes. All students at our colleges have mobile phones and this is the easiest way to contact them at short notice. We also use the system for social event updates, party invites and college news.”
Luke Simmons
Malvern House International
“I run a mobile disco business and with the advance with technology for the actual disco, including computer controlled lighting effects and digital players such as MP3 I felt it was time to upgrade to the latest communication devices.
The texting system has come in very handy for contacting clients especially to those who have booked for a wedding. It is always a manic time and just sending a few texts to reassure them that the disco will be there for there special day. It is quick, convenient and does not eat into the client’s manic time of worrying if they have thought of everything.”
Alastair Craig
NightLights Disco
“We use e-txt™ for our monthly event in asking people to confirm their attendance. It has been so popular that we are now shifting from using the telephone to make calls to merely texting reminders.
In the past we have also used e-txt™ for voting in a competition. Again it proved so popular with the participants that we anticipate to use the same method every year.
We are now looking to integrate e-txt™ with our Sage CRM system which will in effect allow us to roll out a complete solution for our clients.”
Jay Patel
Technology Innovation Centre
“Texting has become a way of life and as a leader of a large multi generational church I use texting to keep in touch with people who are involved in leading groups, running team, involved in Sunday services and generally as a way to encourage them.
I send out a weekly bible verse to over a hundred people – mainly university students and singles at work and they find this both helpful and inspirational as it brings something special to where they are, at a time which is not expected. It allows people to feel they belong even if they cannot attend a service or meeting.”
Clive Collier
Hazlemere Church
“I have to say that the effectiveness and ease off your text programming is fantastic. It helps us to stay in touch in a very personal way with large sections from our database.
We get some great feedback from our customers and prospects when they receive one of our personalised e-txt’s.
We use it to confirm attendances at events, seminars. We use it to announce new products and special deals, and also to send out friendly welcome messages to our new students.”
Gerard O'Donovan
Noble Manhattan Coaching Ltd
“We use e-txt™ for several reasons, mainly…
A) to inform customers of access code changes in our marinas – meaning customers not only definitely know but they can keep the new code with them on their phone
B) to remind customers of their early payment discount deadlines – encourages people to call and pay when they get their text – less easy to ignore/forget than a letter
C) to remind customers of forthcoming events – just allows us to hit a lot of people quickly and they can’t totally ignore a text!”
Lucy Thomson
Premier Marinas Limited