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<h4>Send text messages (SMS) to a group of people who can subscribe to your alerts just by sending you a text message.</h4>
<h4>Ideal for:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Schools</li>
<li>Sports Teams</li>
<li>Churches</li>
<li>Clubs</li>
<li>Boy Scout Troops</li>
<li>You!</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why Not Do SMS By Email?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Some plugins send their SMS as emails. This can be very confusing for your subscribers. James Dunn at WPMU.org explains why this is bad in his article, <a href="http://wpmu.org/why-you-should-never-use-the-sms-plugins-in-the-wordpress-repository/" rel="nofollow ugc">Why You Should Never Use the SMS Plugins in the WordPress Repository</a></li>
<li>The carrier may add additional text. For example AT&T adds “FRM:”, “SUBJ” and “BODY” to text messages sent via email.</li>
<li>Sending SMS as an email you need to know the cell provider for each subscriber. When your subscriber changes carrier, your alerts won’t get delivered, because the phone’s email address will change.</li>
<li>The caller ID number will be strange and un-recognized. For example “1 (410) 000-040”. No, that’s not a typo, it only has 3 digits after the dash. And, that strange sending number is not guaranteed to be the same message to message.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Example Alerts:</h4>
<ul>
<li>School closing and delays</li>
<li>Meeting cancelations or time changes</li>
<li>Reminders: “Don’t forget your field trip money”, “Bookfair today”, “Canned goods drive tonight”</li>
<li>Sporting event cancelations or delays</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin is free, but it does required a paid service.  We’d love to offer the whole thing for free, but the phone number and messages have a real cost associated with them.  We’ve tried to price everything as fairly and cheaply as possible.  There is no subscription or recurring billing.  Unused messages are fully refundable.</p>


Kanagawa SMS Alerts

Makes it simple to send text messages to your subscribers.

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leadsms

<p>LEADsms connects your WordPress powered web site to our <a href="https://localtextmarketers.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">CONNECTsms business texting platform</a> via a web widget.<br />
When the form is submitted, its message content and phone number is sent securely to your CONNECTsms account, where you can now chat with your visitor via SMS/text message.</p>
<p>A valid CONNECTsms subscription is required to use LEADsms (subscriptions start at $39.99/month).<br />
Use of the branded plugin is free with any subscription, while a non-branded version is available for an additional $9.99/month.</p>
<p>Note: Currently LEADsms is available for webmasters in Canada and the United States, but other countries may be supported in the near future.<br />
If you are outside of either jurisdiction and are interested in using the plugin, send us a note and we’ll see what we can do to help.</p>
<p>Why Support Your Website Visitors with SMS?<br />
Texting is the best way to reach your audience, and more importantly, the way they would prefer to communicate.</p>
<ul>
<li>70% of people say texting is the fastest way to reach them.*</li>
<li>77% of people want to use text for customer service.*</li>
<li>46% of people want to text businesses for sales inquiries.*</li>
<li>The best way for any business to get faster responses from contacts is to text them.*</li>
</ul>
<p>In addition, offering an SMS website support solution allows your visitor to send their message and be on their way, secure in the knowledge that when your response arrives, it will do so on their most personal and intimate communication channel.<br />
If you want to offer seamless, convenient support to your audience in the way that best suits their needs, you need to use text messaging / SMS. LEADsms accomplishes this.<br />
*Source for statistics: TextNow’s 2023 State of Business Texting Report</p>


LEADsms

LEADsms offers WordPress webmasters an easy way to support their site visitors and generate leads and new business via SMS / text message.

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