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Smart SMS-mailings that made history

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:29 am
by tmonower111
Most advertising SMS are quite formulaic and not particularly original. But there are bright solutions – some even went down in history due to the excellent results of advertising campaigns and the ingenuity of marketers.

Newsletter #1. 11 million restaurant invitations
In 2013, the KFC chain decided to increase sales and launched a geolocation-based SMS campaign in 44 Russian cities. Thanks to local targeting, marketers managed to catch potential customers who went online from a tablet, smartphone or desktop within a radius of 5 km around the restaurant.

Potential buyers saw a banner for issuing a discount hong kong b2b leads coupon. Customers also received an SMS with a code word for issuing a discount. The special offer could be used at the nearest restaurant.

Result

Just a month – and 11 million people learned about the restaurants of the chain nearby. More than 100 thousand issued a coupon and took advantage of the discount.

What worked

Integrated marketing approach and geotargeting.