Comments on: 10 Things to Know About Short Codes

By: Short Code Guru

Short Code Guru — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:13:15 +0000

With the development of advanced phone and Apps, I think short codes might find it hard to keep up with the market. Twitter is now mobile compatible, it is free for advertisers. I do think SMS will always be affective in radio, for contest, and voting, but the cost is very high. A shared code is the best solution for this economy.

By: Short Codes for the rest of us - Pt. 1 | Mobility Site

Short Codes for the rest of us - Pt. 1 | Mobility Site — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:31:32 +0000

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By: “Change” has come to Interactive Marketing | IT Hire Wire

“Change” has come to Interactive Marketing | IT Hire Wire — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:22:02 +0000

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By: Church of Dim Sum

Church of Dim Sum — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:50:00 +0000

I’d like DIMSUM 346786, how do I go about getting it?

By: Nag

Nag — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:24:59 +0000

I have been google'ing for this information for the past 2 days and i found on Gigaom, a site which visit daily.

Hmmmm.. it would be nice if you could add a Forums section to Gigaom to discuss technical details..

THANKS OM anyway.

Cheers, Nag

By: This is really happening. » links for 2007-12-10

This is really happening. » links for 2007-12-10 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:28:15 +0000

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By: Marguerite Jasmin

Marguerite Jasmin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:56:26 +0000

You said: "Do you need one? If you want to market or promote something to mobile users, manage mobile communications to members of a group or organization, or get cell phone users to access your mobile application or service — then, maybe."

Can I still do all this without using the short codes? What are the alternatives?

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The Bloom Report » Blog Archive » SMS Short Codes — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:05:06 +0000

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By: Greg Harris

Greg Harris — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:10:58 +0000

Katie,

You are absolutely right that all this confusion with short codes, and the expensive set up fees put mobile marketing outside the reach of most small businesses.

We built Mobivity to make it easier to get into mobile marketing and sms content delivery. With Mobivity you can get on our short code and mobilize your content for a few dollars per day.

While Mozes & TextMarks get you on a short code, they are not platforms for marketing via sms. They are more consumer focused and lack some marketing based features.

At one point we had set up a test account for you. Let us know if your interested in evaluating it.

http://www.mobilemarketing.net

By: Allison Gower

Allison Gower — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:54:56 +0000

qtags (78247) is another keyword to shortcode service (visit us at http://www.qtags.com). It is a std-rate (non-premium service)and can also be used as a memo service. Allison (president – qtags)

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:14:57 +0000

I run the site that pulls together a lot of registered common short codes: http://www.USShortCodesWHOIS.com

I know that many of the common short codes are no longer active (provisioned) or the applications behind them are not responding (inactive campaign). I also know that there are many missing from the list. I was informed by an Analyst who listened to a Neustar investor call recently (Neustar runs the short code administration authorized by CTIA) that they reported 900 registered common short codes. The WHOIS site is far from 900.

If you know of missing codes, please contact me so I can add them. I have been told about, or found myself, another 25 or so that I have not posted yet to the site.

And my own short code is 74574.

By: insignificant thoughts » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-17

insignificant thoughts » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-17 — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:12:35 +0000

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By: Swampthing

Swampthing — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:17:21 +0000

I do not mean to attack but the Pondering Primate blog does not give the readers the full blown truth about this interactive space.

Check out this article regarding real short codes: 2D mobile bar code readers: breakthrough for marketers March 10th, 2007

I am assumeing that links cannot be posted but you can Google what you need.

The truth is told here.

By: Kane Johnson

Kane Johnson — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:14:52 +0000

you also need to consider the ever-changing new regulations passed almost weekly from carriers…additional costs & stricter rules/regs about mobile campaigns.

By: Patrick Teng

Patrick Teng — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:08:47 +0000

One thing about short codes that I have noticed is that there are still a lot of people confused about them.

They're still assuming that, to send a SMS, he or she still needs a full 10 digit number. Then once they get it, you run into people with smart phones, who's keys don't map to the characters to numbers.

Also, branding the product is always an issue, do you put your short code or your brand first? Should it be "Text to Mozes (66937)" or "Text to 66937 (Mozes)" ? At our startup, Msgme, we're faced with that all the time.

By: Katie Fehrenbacher

Katie Fehrenbacher — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:22:08 +0000

Dean, thanks, I pointed out the registration fees of random and dedicated in point 3 on a monthly basis. I was estimating the entire fees for a year in post 1, based on the other additional fees you need to set up the service and working with third party companies.