Podcast Show Notes: What trends are happening in Sinch MessageMedia & SMS/MMS marketing? The future of SMS/MMS Marketing Why SMS/MMS Marketing and Message Media have such high delivery rates? How to create personalised marketing messages delivered at the right time When to use SMS/MMS to drive up Google Reviews & Re-orders The latest ways to integrate Message Media into your Marketing Automation Where and How AI fits in with Message Media Channels Why you're missing out on new business and repeat sales Damien connects great businesses with great technologies to drive great outcomes. For the past 7 years, he has been working with businesses of all sizes to utilise messaging channels to have more engaging conversations with their customers. He has been a key contributor to the continued growth, performance and eventual acquisition of Sinch MessageMedia Connect with Damien and Sinch MessageMedia: Web:   https://messagemedia.com/au/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damien-brennan/   STATS - The Business Trends report on SMS Marketing: Reach anyone with a mobile device 97% of adult Americans own a cell phone, and 70% open a text message within 5 minutes of receiving it Increased customer engagement 36% of customers prefer business communication via text - more than any other channel Efficient and personalized communication 32% of customers expect immediate responses, and 36% ignore non-personalized messages 90% open rate for SMS 36% Click-through rate for SMS compared to less than 3% for email 51% of people reply to an SMS within 1-2 minutes, compared to 5.4% for email. 1/3 Consumers check their SMS notifications within 1 minute of receiving a text 70% of consumers opted in to receive SMS from businesses Register your own Sinch MessageMedia account and talk to one of the Message Media team members: https://messagemedia.com/au/our-partners/bubblegum-marketing/