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Txtlocal receive more praise from industry experts
Txtlocal have received widespread critical acclaim following the launch of its new online texting service. As well as great reviews from PC Pro, MicroMart and Web User, a recent review by SemText.co.uk concluded “Txtlocal offer the most powerful and versatile messaging platform for businesses on the market.”
SemText.co.uk (a mobile services company) assessed Txtlocal against competitors in the market, looking at overall pricing, customer service, usability and customer service.
Toby Ludlow (owner of SemText.co.uk) went on to describe the Txtlocal service as “feature rich, easy to use and intuitive.” The customer service also came in for praise “first class support, with friendly and happy staff”.
SemTexts’ clients range from small businesses to community groups and sports clubs who will join the thousands of existing clients using the Txtlocal service, with millions of messages sent each month.
Alastair Shortland, Txtlocal Technical Director, whose team produced the interface, said “We are always delighted with positive feedback, the SemText review is yet another reward for the hard work our development team put in to enhance our market leading, user friendly interface”
Alastair continued “More and more customers are telling us how easy the system is to use and as a result they are sending more texts. Since the launch of the new control panel we have seen a real increase in the number of people signing up for our service”.
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St Richards Hospice use Txtlocal to Raise Funds for Charity Event
Txtlocal, helped St Richards Hospice raise £1000 through their SMS text service. The charity fundraising event was held at Worcester Warriors Sixways Stadium, on Saturday 26thSeptember, with 9,510 spectators in attendance.
The fundraising event involved St Richards Healthcare Assistant Sam Webb, who very bravely put herself forward to have all her long blond hair shaved off in front of rugby fans. In return for Sam Webb’s immense spirit spectators were encouraged to make a text donation of £3.00 directly from their mobile phones.
On behalf of St Richards, www.txtlocal.com provided two complimentary banners stands to be displayed on the pitch during half time featuring the words: Text SHAVE to 60777. Spectators then simply sent a quick text to make their donation while watching from the stands.
Tricia Cavell, Hospice Fundraising Manager said “The text service provided the best option for collecting funds on the day. The service made it easy for people to make an instant donation by simply sending a text message while watching from the stands.”
Cavell continued “We are very grateful to Sam for raising money in this way and in total she has raised over £1000.”
According to Txtlocal, more and more charities are signing up for their low cost text service in a bid to raise funds and support. Highly recognised charities such as Comic Relief and Children in Need often use text communication to encourage donations and this trend is growing amongst smaller charities such as St Richards.
Txtlocal Director Alastair Shortland said “Text works well as a fundraising tool as it makes it really easy and convenient for supporters to simply make a donation from their mobile handset.”
St Richards Hospice introduced SMS text messaging into their communications strategy in early 2009 to help promote the annual Midnight Walk held last July.