INTRODUCTION
Bulk SMS capability allows for the transmission of large numbers of SMS messages from a variety of interfaces to a mobile phone. Because of its effective nature, bulk SMS messaging offers tremendous advantages to Nigerian businesses looking to differentiate themselves from their competitors; speed up the flow of communication between management and employees or suppliers and complement their existing communication and marketing channels.
Bulk SMS makes perfect business sense. This is because more people own mobile phones than landline telephones and more people use mobile phones to communicate than email. There are no geographical or demographical limitations, such as income or age, to effective use of bulk SMS messaging.
HOW DO YOU COME IN AS A BULK SMS CONSULTANT?
Your job will be to help businesses, corporate organizations, companies, religious organizations (churches, mosques, etc), schools, etc reach out to their customers, members or loved ones as the case may be using Bulk SMS services. Through the use of Bulk SMS, thousands and even millions of messages can be sent at ONCE using any desired name (a maximum of 11 characters) to be displayed as the SENDER’S NAME.
There are a lot of offline businesses/organizations that are in dire need of these services since they are on the look out for how to expand their business and get more clients. They will be willing to pay you this Bulk SMS service you will be providing for them.
HOW THEN DO YOU MAKE MONEY FROM THIS?
There are different ways through which MONEY can be made offering Bulk SMS services. Firstly, you need to know HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. This is very simple to understand and implement. All you need do is to log in to the site, fill in the forms (e.g. the phone numbers, the sender id, date of delivery, etc) and then click SEND. Once this is perfectly understood, you are ready to progress.
Secondly, you must come up with a list of your target customers, which may include;
- Companies
- Schools (Private schools especially)
- Mosques and Churches
- Hospitals
- Supermarkets
- University Departments
- Meetings and Events Organizers
- Weddings (Bride, Groom or well wishers)
- Politicians (for political campaigns and awareness)
- Computer training schools
- Hotels
- Companies embarking on sales promotions or product launch
- Seasons Greetings, anniversary or any other occasion
- Etc
NOTE:
You don’t need to look too far. Many of these potential customers who are ready to pay you instantly for your services are located in your immediate environment. That is why you MUST NOT LET THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PASS YOU BY.
You can even do this on PART-TIME BASIS depending on the nature of your job/work. The successful are not the rich but those that take hold of opportunities at any time. Success is not a matter of chance; it requires your active participation.
Thirdly, you must come up with a comprehensive, appealing and convincing proposal letter which will inform your audience of the need to use bulk sms. You must be able to outline in clear terms the benefits that will accrue to your customers if they begin to use bulk sms services. This proposal should be convincing enough such that anyone who reads it will have no option than to patronize you. You could use a letter headed paper (if you have one) or type it out in Microsoft Word and submit it to your target customer.
Want to give it a try, then follow the outlined steps below;
1. Create a list of your potential/target customers
2. Create a compelling and professionally looking proposal letter
3. Take your proposal letter to your potential customers and explain better using word of mouth.
4. Optional: You can create a CONTACT FORM for your potential customers, which can be used to gather phone numbers of his clients
5. Agree with your potential customers on the price for your service (You must have before now known how much you SMS provider sells SMS units to you; you then add your profit margin and also allow room for negotiation. You can buy SMS units at N3 and sell at N10 or N15).
6. Collect the MONEY, SENDER ID, phone numbers and the message to be sent from your customer.
7. From the money received from your target customer, purchase the needed number of SMS units from your SMS provider.
8. Send the SMS to the numbers you were given by your customer AND KEEP THE PROFIT! (Make sure you proofread the message before you send it to ensure it is EXACTLY what your customer gave you else…..)
9. Re-invest part of your profit to get more customers and more deals
CONCLUSION
If you need more information, enquiries or questions, please call me on
08098086797, 08151153393 or email: bigdreamsconcept@gmail.com – I’ll be
willing to help you out.
To your success,
Seun Odunayo
Chief Executive Officer
Bigdreams Concept International
