Mobile marketing

How you'll benefit

As the market leader in mobile messaging, Textlocal offers retailers the opportunity to build customer relationships through real-time mobile communications, connecting your business with the 93% of people who own a mobile phone.

Free to use platform
No software to download
Access to market leading messaging features
Deliver dynamic content that drives direct engagement
Free technical support and advice
No contract or commitment, simply pay as you go

SMS, helping retailers connect with customers in real-time

Mobile marketing is a hugely effective tool for your shop, as it provides an opportunity to engage with your customers and increase sales as you can constantly keep your customers updated on any offers or promotions.

With Textlocal you can be confident that we’ve partnered with one of the best providers in the industry, and we even offer a free trial so you can try before you buy. After that, if you want to carry on using the service, you’ll benefit from exclusive prices, only available for bira members.

Texting is cheaper than direct mail or apps, more read than email, more personal than broadcast media, more accepted than telemarketing, and more measurable than print media.

Use our mobile marketing service to:

Alert customers to in-store promotions
Confirm orders and deliveries
Send out targeted offers to specific customer groups
Quickly build an opt-in customer list with a short code and keyword
Improve customer service by gathering feedback
Alert customers to in-store promotions
Confirm orders and deliveries
Send targeted offers to specific customer groups
Quickly build an opt-in customer list
Use texts to improve customer feedback response
Send out targeted offers to specific customer groups, including specific times of the year

Visit Textlocal FAQ's page

What’s the difference between SMS and MMS?

SMS stands for Short Message Service and refers to sending short text messages from one device to another. The size of an SMS text message is restricted to 160 characters.

MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service. MMS is an expansion of the SMS format that is able to send larger quantities of information per individual message. With an MMS, you’re able to send multimedia content types including video, images and audio to another device.

The difference between SMS and MMS boils down to MMS being able to send multimedia content, while SMS can’t.

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bira has teamed up with Textlocal to provide our members with cost-effective mobile marketing to help drive sales.

What’s the difference between SMS and MMS?