Top Texting Strategies for Franchise Organizations

Text is one of the most effective ways for franchise systems to communicate. The challenge with franchise marketing is that two layers need your attention: As a partner to a leading franchise association, Marchex provides text capabilities via its intelligent mobile messaging platform and can support multiple business functions.  Franchisees and franchisors successfully use textContinue reading “Top Texting Strategies for Franchise Organizations”

Top 5 Business Texting Trends

As customer communication channels evolve, many businesses seek to implement intuitive, easy, and engaging communication strategies. As 2020 brought a myriad of lifestyle changes, the ways customers wanted and expected to connect with businesses also changed. Businesses that chose to adapt during a time of immense uncertainty ultimately grew closer with their customers and communities.Continue reading “Top 5 Business Texting Trends”

Marchex acquires Sonar Technologies expanding text/SMS capabilities

Earlier this week, Marchex acquired Sonar Technologies, a conversational analytics company focused on text and SMS analytics. This is exciting news for Marchex customers who offer text communication channels with their customers, particularly when it comes to customer service. Sonar helps businesses use AI and chatbots to support their customers every step of the purchaseContinue reading “Marchex acquires Sonar Technologies expanding text/SMS capabilities”

Advantages of Integrating Text into Your Sales Process

Sales prospects, even the most interested, are often a challenge to engage with. A salesperson must compete for a prospect’s time and attention while the prospect is bombarded with information from multiples channels on their devices. For this reason, salespeople must deliver the right message through the right channel at the right moment to holdContinue reading “Advantages of Integrating Text into Your Sales Process”

Integrate Text into Sales Workflows with Marchex Sonar

Sonar text messaging is a valuable tool for engaging prospects from initial contact to sale. Automated text bots can help your sales team reach out to your prospects and customers right away, without lifting a finger or hiring more employees. Marchex Sonar’s AI chat bot can easily be customized to work with any existing intakeContinue reading “Integrate Text into Sales Workflows with Marchex Sonar”

Facilitate Internal Communications with Business Texting

Many companies deploy a business model in which their employees are spread out across a wide geographic area. Staff at home and customer service businesses work in the field—addressing customer’s needs in their homes or business locations. For example, a residential dishwasher repairperson works in various homes, a commercial landscaper visits multiple businesses, and a scooterContinue reading “Facilitate Internal Communications with Business Texting”