New-look BulkSMS.com website launched today. -- June 19, 2010
We have given our brand a bit of a makeover and improved the look and feel of the
website. While things may look slightly different, our reliable and easy to use
SMS messaging services remain the same.
Text messaging delivers results for the Hever Castle Triathlon -- January 29, 2010
The organisers of the Hever Castle Triathlon successfully used text messaging as
part of their communications strategy to keep competitors informed about race details
and results. In addition, the mobile channel filled the gap between online and traditional
promotions by providing a direct means of marketing to participants. Read the press
release on how
text messaging delivered results for the Hever Castle Triathlon.
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PDF version
Does your school get its message across?
-- January 15, 2010
Did you bundle yourself and your kids up, ice skate to the car, drive slowly but
steadily to the school, endangering the lives of your precious cargo as well as
other motorists, only to arrive at the school and find out that the school has been
closed for a “snow day”?
Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way that your child’s school could have communicated
this “snow day” to you before you even got into your car in the first place? Saving
you from jeopardizing those you love (and even those you don’t know) from the chaotic
landscape that has been all around us in the last few weeks. Read the press release
on how text messaging can help schools
get their message across.
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BulkSMS will have a stand at the Business Startup Exhibition taking
place at the Olympia in London on 26-27 November 2009. Please come and visit us
at stand number 605. We will be there from 10am to 5pm on both days, showcasing
and demonstrating the BulkSMS text messaging software. We will be offering free
credits to visitors to our stand.
For more information on the exhibition please see:
www.bstartup.com.
Widespread adoption of bulk SMS messaging by schools -- August 3, 2009
Many schools have adopted bulk SMS messaging to improve communications with parents
of school-goers. The traditional communication channels were all problematic in
that notes sent to parents via learners often got lost; calling a number of parents
telephonically can be very time consuming and; not all parents have access to e-mail
and the internet. Read the press release on the Widespread adoption of bulk
SMS messaging by schools.
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SMS messaging has a bright future
-- July 28, 2009
Businesses confidence in SMS messaging continues to increase as messaging industry
revenues are forecasted to grow despite the global downturn in the markets. Read
the press release on why SMS messaging
has a bright future.
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BulkSMS at the Business Startup Exhibition in London-- May 15, 2009
BulkSMS will have a stand at the Business Startup Exhibition taking place at ExCeL
London on 28-29 May 2009.
Please come and visit us at stand number 260. We will be there from 10am to 5pm
on both days, showcasing and demonstrating the BulkSMS text messaging software.
We will be offering free credits to visitors to our stand.
For more information on the exhibition please see:
www.bstartup.com.
BulkSMS.co.uk promotes text messaging solutions at Business
Startup 2008 Exhibition-- November 11, 2008
BulkSMS.co.uk is showcasing its text messaging solutions at Business Startup 2008,
the UK's premier exhibition aimed at small business owners and managers. Read the
full press release on
text messaging solutions.
Announcement-- July 24, 2008
Please be advised that VAT will be payable for purchases of text message credits
made via BulkSMS.co.uk. Visit our contact page for our new
billing details.
Announcement-- June 26, 2008
Please be advised that VAT will be payable for purchases of text message credits
made via BulkSMS.co.uk. The effective date from which VAT payments will apply is
to be announced on our website in due course. Click here for our
new billing details.
Application-to-Person messaging is growing-- May 13, 2008
A key trend which emerged from the Global Messaging 2008 conference was that the
global messaging industry is not showing signs of slowing down. This is largely
due to the increasing adoption of application-to-person (A2P) messaging by businesses
and other organisations. Click here for full article on
Application-to-Person messaging trends.
Dr Pieter Streicher, MD of BulkSMS.com, is attending the Global Messaging
2008 conference in Cannes, France (8-9 May 2008). If you wish to schedule an appointment
with Dr Streicher at the event, please contact us on
info@bulksms.com-- Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Text messaging helps grow photography business-- April 22, 2008
Cape Sessions, a business run by UK born Liz Metcalfe, sells digital photographs
of windsurfers from a website. The business recently expanded its business model
by adding a location alert service using text messaging. This service is helping
drive sales as clients are kept informed of which beach Metcalfe is taking photographs
at on a particular day. Click here for full article on
text messaging and photography.
BulkSMS.co.uk promotes text messaging solutions at Business
Startup 2008 Exhibition-- April 15, 2008
BulkSMS.co.uk is showcasing its text messaging solutions at Business Startup 2008,
the UK's premier exhibition aimed at small business owners and managers. Click here
for full article on text messaging
solutions.
Text message alerts improve logistics management-- April 3, 2008
Text message alerts are improving logistics management within the supply chain.
Texting, as a communication channel, allows for the sending of information to one
or more people at short notice thereby meeting the key business requirements of
timeously communicating delivery schedules to drivers and ensuring that customers
are kept informed on their order status. Click here for full article on
Advantages of texting in logistics management.
SMS messaging calls faith to action--
March 4, 2008
A growing number of faith-based organisations are using the BulkSMS Text Messenger
service to send text messages. This desktop application is user-friendly, making
texting as easy as sending an email. In addition, BulkSMS.co.uk offers faith-based
organisations with a part-sponsored tagline discount when they register on the Community.bulksms.co.uk
website. This has the advantage of offering faith-based organisations a reduced
cost when sending text messages. Click here for full article on
SMS and faith-based organisations
Changes to pricing structure of SMS credits for UK clients-- February 26, 2008
To make our service easier to understand, BulkSMS.co.uk is restructuring the number
of credits per text message. These changes will take place at 05h00 GMT on March
1st, 2008. We wish to assure you that you will not suffer any loss whatsoever
as a result of the credit pricing restructure, and that the costs of sending text
messages are not going up. Click here for full details of the
new pricing structure for SMS credits in the UK.
Mobile industry is going green--
13 February 2008
Top wireless industry trends focused on by industry leaders at the 2008 Mobile World
Congress in Barcelona, Spain are faster mobile broadband speeds and the need for
companies to commit to the environmental sustainability of the mobile industry.
Read the SMS and global
trends press release.
Mobile phone etiquette for people on the move-- January 17, 2008
"We need an etiquette tailored for business people who communicate on the move.
The increase in mobile phone usage for work and private calls or messaging is becoming
a source of irritation and psychological stress within, and outside, the workplace,"
says Dr Pieter E. Streicher, managing director at BulkSMS.com. Click here for the
full media release on SMS
messaging and cellphone etiquette
Richard Simpson, director at BulkSMS.com, is attending Mobile
World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (11-14 February 2008). If you wish to
set up a meeting at the event, please contact us on info@bulksms.com.-
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Version 4.3 of the BulkSMS Text Messenger software
has been released.- Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Download here.
Key features of the new release of the BulkSMS Text Messenger
(Version 4.1)- Thursday, 20 December 2007
Automatic integration of Microsoft Outlook contacts, find and manage feature, multi-group
view, drag/ drop from Contacts to Groups, and Groups to Contacts, ability to split
large groups into smaller groups, group management screen, sender ID's, long messages
of over 160 characters (concatenation), export message. Click here to
download new updated BulkSMS software.
Google invited BulkSMS.com to present a case study
at the "Get to know Google" event.- Thursday, November 20, 2007
Possible fraud risk- Tuesday,
January 23, 2007
We've become aware of a possible fraud risk to our clients that operate web-based
SMS businesses. The risk is from unscrupulous Italian consumers exploiting free
SMS facilities. Click here to read morepossible
fraud risk.
Global Messaging 2007- 11th
June 2007
SMS messaging revenues have continued to grow year-on-year and are providing mobile
network operators with their most significant messaging revenue earnings. The result
is that analysts have had to admit that their predictions on the demise of SMS have
been premature. Click here for the full media release on
SMS messaging and global revenues.
3GSM in Barcelona- Jan 30th,
2007
Bulksms.com will be attending the forthcoming 3GSM Conference in Barcelona, Spain
from the 12th to 15th February 2007. Interested parties who wish to set up a meeting
with a Bulksms.com representative at the conference should Contact
us. See the 3GSM Conference website
for more information.
Happy New Year!Tuesday, Jan
2, 2007
BulkSMS wishes all visitors of our site a wonderful New Year! Your BulkSMS Team
Bulksms at CeBIT- March 7th,
2006
Visit us from from 9-15 March at stand F56/2 in Hall 4. To book a meeting with one
of our staff at CeBIT email us with your
details and indicate your preferred date & time of meeting.
New website design- August
15th, 2005
Thanks to Lori at Zenfulcreations and our own team the website looks nicer, there
is more information available and it is structured better. Comments are welcome.
Account security- June 27th,
2005
We have amended our terms & conditions to improve account security. The "company
name" is not editable anymore, and requires a written submission to be changed.
Please take note of our amended terms & conditions.
Users are advised to ensure that their company details and all contact details on
their BulkSMS account/s are correct. The "company" is the legal entity that contracts
with BulkSMS.
Sponsor credit usage- May
17th, 2005
It is now possible to sponsor credit usage on other Bulksms accounts from your Bulksms
account. An example of where this is useful is if you have a business in which you
have several people who have Bulksms accounts, but you want to manage the purchasing
and usage of credits from one central Bulksms account. This feature is called the
Sponsor-Consumer feature as the central account sponsors the consumption of credits
on sub-accounts. Read more about Sponsor credit usage
Better delivery on the Economy Routing Group- Mar 11th, 2005
Delivery to the UK on the Economy Routing Group has improved. We however still strongly
advise that clients test to all networks before sending using the Economy Routing
Group.
'STOP' reply feature added
- Feb 20th, 2005
It is now possible for a recipient of an SMS message to reply with 'STOP' and the
recipient's number will automatically be removed from the Bulksms phonebook of the
client who sent to the recipient if the number is stored on the client's phonebook.
The client will also be emailed to confirm that a 'STOP' request has been received.
The recipient number will also be added to a 'blocked' list so that should the client
inadvertently send an SMS message to that number again, the SMS message will be
blocked. Numbers will only be unblocked if proof is provided that the BulkSMS client
may legally SMS the particular number. This feature is in line with legal requirements
in many countries. Note that this feature is only available to the recipient if
the client set the SMS messages to 'repliable' when sending.
SSL Encryption added to website
- Feb 5th, 2005
This encrypts all traffic between your web browser and our site, making it very
much more difficult for your password to be intercepted by a third party, or your
identity to be stolen. You will see that the URL changes from http://... to https://...
and that a padlock appears at the bottom of your browser window on the login page
and once logged into your Bulksms account.
Scheduled Messages - Nov 25th,
2004
Have you ever needed to send an SMS to an individual or group from your Bulksms
account at a particular time, but knew that you would not have access to a PC or
the Internet at that time? Your only option was to send the SMS out earlier or later
than you had wanted to. No longer! With scheduled messaging you can set messages
to go out from minutes into the future to days, to weeks and even years into the
future. Goto 'Update Your Profile' to enable this feature.
Low Credit Notification -
Aug 6th, 2004
Avoid running out of credits! Set your Low Credit Level on your user profile and
receive email alerts when your credits drop below this level. This feature is particularly
useful for clients who use the http, ftp, and email to SMS interfaces. For more
information, log into your account and click on 'Update Your Profile'.
SMS Merge - Jul 20th, 2004
Personalize your message when sending SMS's to groups. While composing an SMS message
to send to a group, all you have to do is click a button for First Name and/or Surname
and when you send your message the Bulksms system will automatically place the required
information from your Online Phonebook into the message. It is that easy, and it
will give your messages more credibility. Try it out on the 'Send Messages to a
Group' page.
Archived News
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Mobile2group Number Change - +447797803200 - Jun 10th, 2004