(1/5) The first SMS was sent almost 3 decades ago by Engineer Neil Papworth to Vodafone director Richard Jarvis

It said “Merry Christmas” https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎄" title="Weihnachtsbaum" aria-label="Emoji: Weihnachtsbaum">

(2/5) Fast forward 28 years and we now send 270,000 of them every second

That’s roughly 1.8 million since you started reading this thread https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Explodierender Kopf" aria-label="Emoji: Explodierender Kopf">

(3/5) Across the world 5 billion people use SMS to communicate with others https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👋" title="Waving hand" aria-label="Emoji: Waving hand">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📱" title="Mobiltelefon" aria-label="Emoji: Mobiltelefon">

On average we respond to a message just 90 seconds after we receive one

(4/5) Yet despite the huge ubiquity of SMS in our social lives, business are only just starting to wake up to its potential as marketing channel https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♂️" title="Achselzuckender Mann" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckender Mann">

We’ve broken down what SMS marketing actually is, and what rewards it holds for early adopters https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

(5/5) Take a look at the link below....

https://blueprint.store/blog/what-is-sms-marketing-and-what-are-its-benefits">https://blueprint.store/blog/what...