{"id":29978,"date":"2023-04-28T10:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T00:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/au\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=29978"},"modified":"2024-03-16T22:08:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T22:08:22","slug":"building-beautiful-connections","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/au\/blog\/building-beautiful-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Build beautiful connections with your customers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, there are more ways than ever to reach your customers. But are you building beautiful connections?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers are over being talked at \u2013 they want authentic connections with your brand. Fact. And that means they want to be able to reach out at any time and get a fast, personal response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the buck doesn\u2019t stop with your customers \u2013 building beautiful connections with SMS extends to your teams and potential customers too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cozy up to your customers.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you connect and <em>stay connected<\/em> with your customers? Simple. Make it easy for them to talk to you. No long wait times, just real, authentic connection. Now that\u2019s some A+ customer support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With SMS, you can start having <a href=\"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/au\/blog\/improve-customer-relationships-using-sms\/\">two-way conversations with your customers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ask them where you can do better.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thank first-time customers for choosing you and follow up with a loyalty discount.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be helpful and send appointment reminders by text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spark meaningful conversations with teams.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Texting in the office? Ohhh yeahhh. Most of your employees are spending their days looking at their phones for work (and \u201cfor work\u201d). So, it\u2019s smart to talk to them where they already are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By using SMS to connect with your teams, you can send messages fast to more devices. And With&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mobilemarketingwatch.com\/sms-marketing-wallops-email-with-98-open-rate-and-only-1-spam-43866\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">98% open rates<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.retaildive.com\/ex\/mobilecommercedaily\/sms-has-eight-times-the-response-rate-of-email-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8x the response rate<\/a>&nbsp;of email, those are messages you know they\u2019ll read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/au\/blog\/connect-better-with-your-teams-using-sms\/\">You can use SMS as a platform to build a positive team culture.<\/a> Welcome new team members, send out surveys, send social club reminders \u2013 all that good stuff. In an emergency, when every second counts, SMS is also the fastest and most reliable way to update everybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n  <div class=\"cta  bg-light rounded my-4\">\r\n    <div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\r\n      <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n        <div>\r\n          <h2 class=\"mb-4\">\r\n            After more hacks for finding your messaging mojo?          <\/h2>\r\n\r\n          <p class=\"mb-4\">Check out our Beautiful Connections Hub. It\u2019s full of expert insight, exclusive invites, inspo from other businesses just like you and more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                      <div class=\"btn-group mb-0\">\r\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.messagemedia.com\/au\/beautiful-connections\"  class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-sm mb-3  \" >Go there now<\/a>            <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      \r\n        <div class=\"col-md-6 text-center\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" width=\"640\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Signup-02.png\" alt=\"Image for After more hacks for finding your messaging mojo?\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <style>\r\n    \/* todo move this to cta scss *\/\r\n    .longform-content .cta {\r\n      padding: 3rem !important;\r\n      background-color: rgb(235, 238, 240) !important; \/* bg light *\/\r\n      border-radius: 1rem !important; \/* rounded 3 *\/\r\n      margin: 1.5rem 0; \/*my-4*\/ \r\n    }\r\n  <\/style>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knock more sales out of the park.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding fast to enquiries is the ultimate sales advantage. So, how do you get super speedy? That\u2019s right. <a href=\"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/au\/blog\/use-sms-turn-conversations-into-sales\/\">You can text potential customers too<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With faster response rates, you can use SMS to dig deeper into what your customers really need and want. The faster you can get them the answers they need, the more chance you have of turning that conversation into a sale. Ouch, you\u2019re on fire!<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n  <div class=\"cta  bg-light rounded my-4\">\r\n    <div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\r\n      <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n        <div>\r\n          <h2 class=\"mb-4\">\r\n            Ready to make beautiful connections?          <\/h2>\r\n\r\n          <p class=\"mb-4\">Download our latest playbook for more advice on getting closer to your customers<\/p>\r\n\r\n                      <div class=\"btn-group mb-0\">\r\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.messagemedia.com\/au\/beautiful-connections#get-playbook\"  class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-sm mb-3  \" >Get playbook<\/a>            <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      \r\n        <div class=\"col-md-6 text-center\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" width=\"640\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Signup.webp\" alt=\"Image for Ready to make beautiful connections?\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <style>\r\n    \/* todo move this to cta scss *\/\r\n    .longform-content .cta {\r\n      padding: 3rem !important;\r\n      background-color: rgb(235, 238, 240) !important; \/* bg light *\/\r\n      border-radius: 1rem !important; \/* rounded 3 *\/\r\n      margin: 1.5rem 0; \/*my-4*\/ \r\n    }\r\n  <\/style>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":30031,"menu_order":20,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"popular":false,"coming_soon":false,"link":"","footnotes":""},"blog_category":[40],"class_list":["post-29978","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog_category-trends-innovations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Build Beautiful Connections With Your Customers | MessageMedia Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There\u2019s a reason why people are always on their phones. 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