SMS solutions for political parties
To be successful in a political campaign
you need to gain the support of as many people as possible. This is the most
demanding field during a political term. If you want your party to be
successful (and not just during elections but long after it) you need to
introduce modern and attractive solutions that help you engage people. Do
you want to get the most of votes? Then you need to find a way to keep in
contact with your people.
But why is it so important to be in touch with people at all
the time? During a campaign people meet with several parties and politicians
in the media without end. You also need to reach your voters and persuade
the prospectives in all the media. People consciously try to select the piece
of news they are interested in so you need to do your best to call the
attention of these people. But how?
You need a communication channel that allows targeted, instant and two-way
communication with people at any time and any place. And this channel is SMS
technology. After you implement SMS functionality in your IT system you will
be able to send lots of messages to great numbers of people even at the very
same time. With this solution you can reach the masses effectively at low
costs.
The popularity of SMS messages are due to the fact that people carry their
mobiles everywhere with themselves and do not move without cellphones. So it
is the most effective communication channel that ensures availability.
Furthermore 94 % of SMS messages are read within minutes regardless of the
sender. So why don't you boost these advantages? Learn how you can use SMS
technology in your party below.
How can political parties use SMS technology?
- SMS technology can be used as a political campaign tool to reach the
masses. The great advantage of this solution is that it allows direct
communication with voters and prospectives. As people are busy and hard to
reach you can send them SMS messages to their mobile phones seeking their
support, votes, or after the election you can send them SMS notifications
about meetings, conventions, election results, future plans, changes, etc.
So you can keep in contact with people and can engage them for longer
relations.
- SMS messaging can be used to communicate with your party members to
organize work more efficiently. Send SMS reminders
about important dates,
events, list of names, etc. With this solution you can ensure continuous
availability in case of emergency and a well-structured campaign as all the
workers will be notified about their exact tasks.
- Launch SMS pollings to attract more people
and learn their opinion.
- Send reminder messages
about the cutoff dates for voter registration and
link to registration forms
- Adopt automated SMS services to send
confirmations to people's messages.
- Send SMS invitations to people to invite
them to your general or open assemblies, speeches, or other political events.
- Use Scheduled SMS
messages that allows you to predefine the time when messages need to be
sent out.
- Introduce SMS functionality in your web
site. In practice it means that you can allow people to send SMS messages
from your website: Please see examples on how to send SMS messages from web
sites to cellphones:
Send SMS from Joomla sites
SMS sender page in Drupal sites
SMS sender block in Drupal sites.
It is also possible to let people to subscribe for various SMS contents and
newsletters they are interested in. Examples:
Subscribe to SMS content in Joomla
Subscribe to SMS content in Drupal.
Benefits of SMS messaging for political campaigns
If you look for a solution that allows you instant and direct
communication with your voters and supporters SMS technology is the best choice
of you. It ensures an efficient channel for candidates to reach executives,
managers, bureaucrats, homemakers and senior citizens at a personal level. SMS
based campaigns are much more cheaper than other media and it is highly
responsive. Furthermore people do not consider SMS messages as intrusive as
opposed to cold telephone callings and never-read e-mail messages. So after
implementing SMS technology in your IT system you will be able to reach the
masses in real time. You will also be able to provide convenient SMS services
to keep your people well-informed during and after the election. With this
solution you can increase your voter base effectively and you can also
engage these people for longer relations as there is not only one election.
How to achieve SMS functionality?
To be able to launch SMS services to people first you need to
install an application that allows you to send bulk messages and it handles your
messaging processes effectively. Such an application is
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway that is a software
product and can be installed to your computer. After the installation you will
be able to send SMS messages from your PC to mobile phones.
The SMS gateway forwards SMS messages to the mobile network in the following
ways: GSM modem connection means that one or
more GSM modems are attached to the PC with a datacable and the SMS gateway
operates them. IP SMS connection means that
the SMS gateway connects directly to the SMS center of a mobile service
provider over the Internet.
Figure 1 - SMS solutions for Political parties
Conclusion of SMS political campaigns
If you decide to implement SMS technology based on Ozeki NG
SMS Gateway to gain the loyalty of people you make the proper choice. This
solution ensures you a stable and reliable SMS system that is able to meet
high requirements. With this SMS system you will be able to send bulk SMS
messages to great numbers of people seamlessly. And if you have all the
technical background to reach as many people as possible you only need to
concentrate on important matters of your party as your SMS gateway does the
heavy work for you and keeps in contact with people.
Now visit our Product pages where you can know
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway in details and you can get a free trial to test the
system
If you have any further question please do not hesitate to contact us at:
info @ ozekisms.com.
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