Texting for Schools and Higher Education

Imagine how much more prepared your students would be for the academic year if 98% percent of your messages were actually read. That’s why more higher education institutions are implementing texting as a vital part of their student communication strategy. SMS Marketing Services’s automations tools go beyond simple mass texting by targeting only relevant messages to engage with students more effectively, communicate across campus, and streamline staff operations.

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Use Cases

With SMS Marketing Services you can send students targeted messages that are relevant to their campus experience and help get them more engaged.

  • Make it easy for students to quickly join clubs or event committees with mobile keywords or online sign-up pages.
  • Boost attendance at campus job fairs, networking opportunities, and events by sending text alerts and emails.
  • Encourage alumni fundraising by using text-to-donate capabilities, easily directing them to your fundraising page.

SMS Marketing Services helps you better engage prospective students to increase enrollment.

  • Sort prospective students by their majors and interests, so they only get relevant messages.
  • Reach prospective students through their preferred channel from our integrated platform (text, email, and social media).
  • Send automated reminders for approaching application and financial aid deadlines.

Text messaging offers the safest and most reliable way to send critical alerts to students and staff.

  • In dangerous situations, most likely you won’t  have direct access to your PC or computer. With SMS Marketing Services, you can send a text alert from your mobile phone to everyone stored in your SMS Marketing Services account.
  • If a person is hiding from a perilous situation, texting provides a unnoticeable  way to contact the persons.
  • With SMS Marketing Services’s Smart Targeting, alerts to the appropriate party at the correct time. No need to bother others who are safe.

Lifecycle Engagement

SMS Marketing Services’s texting solution goes beyond simple mass blasting services by automating your communications with students and alumni.

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Advertise your school or program using a mobile keyword that enables prospective students to text in for more information.

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Automatically collect demographic information about prospective students such as major, areas of interest, potential student activities, etc.

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Using automations and Smart Targeting, send scholarship information to qualified applicants. Set another rule to send a reminder if they haven’t clicked the link closer to the deadline.

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Answer questions from prospective students by engaging in two-way landline texting using your admissions office’s existing phone number.

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After acceptance, send the orientation packet and class catalog via email, and text reminders to fill out forms with an embedded link.

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Send automated reminders to students for tuition payments.

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Send SMS surveys to new students for feedback on orientation events and welcome week.

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Use texting to effectively communicate with students, staff and families during campus emergencies, sporting events, and commencement.

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Send targeted messages to alumni based on college major, campus involvement, or previous donation history.

More Advantages

Omni-Channel

Send messages via SMS, MMS, email, social media, and voice, all from our integrated platform.

Enterprise

Maintain control and consistency across your multiple employees, departments, or locations.

Integrations

Have the software you already use send text messages or synchronize contacts without having to program it all yourself.

Service

We offer unmatched 365-day support, along with consulting to help you grow from your initial use case to a comprehensive automated strategy.