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<p> <a href="http://www.plain-english.com" class="urlextern" title="http://www.plain-english.com" rel="nofollow">Plain English Home Page</a> <a href="/goldsmsdoc/doku.php?id=start" class="wikilink1" title="start">User Guide Home</a> </p> <h2>Tips and Tricks</h2> <div class="level2"> </div> <h4>Custom "Bounce" Message</h4> <div class="level4"> <p> Without encouragement, some of your Text recipients will <em>call </em> the number your text is from, whether out of curiousity, or to complain about getting Text messages from you… or <em>whatever</em>!<br/> <br/> Rather than use the default, generic message, which simply explains that the number is being used only for outbound text broadcasts, a custom message gives you one more chance to engage your prospect or customer, to inform, or to drive traffic to your web site or sales staff. </p> <p> Want to see what we mean? Call our corporate Text number: (248)742-7196. </p> <p> The cost for this service is nominal, only $50 per year. If you need to upload updates, subsequent uploads are only $25 each. </p> </div> <h4>Tiny URL</h4> <div class="level4"> <p> Check out <a href="http://www.tinyURL.com" class="urlextern" title="http://www.tinyURL.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tinyURL.com</a>. You’ll find a FREE service that transforms a “normal” or long URL into something only about 25 characters long. As an example, </p> <p> <b><a href="https://www.usps.com/business/priority-mail-express-open-and-distribute.htm" class="urlextern" title="https://www.usps.com/business/priority-mail-express-open-and-distribute.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.usps.com/business/priority-mail-express-open-and-distribute.htm</a>?</b> </p> <p> becomes </p> <p> <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/oo9f8em" class="urlextern" title="http://tinyurl.com/oo9f8em" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/oo9f8em</a></b> </p> <p> which, by redirect, goes to the same target, but is far more suitable for the small message format of Text messaging. </p> <p> Another option for url-shortening comes from none-other than Google, at <a href="http://goo.gl/" class="urlextern" title="http://goo.gl/" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/</a> </p> <p> <b><a href="http://www.plain-english.com/goldsms/" class="urlextern" title="http://www.plain-english.com/goldsms/" rel="nofollow">http://www.plain-english.com/goldsms/</a></b> </p> <p> becomes </p> <p> <b><a href="http://goo.gl/JGnSDT" class="urlextern" title="http://goo.gl/JGnSDT" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/JGnSDT</a> </b> <br/> <br/> and gets appended to every Text we send! </p> </div> <h4></h4> <div class="level4"> </div>