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11 Effective Real Estate Text Message Scripts

11 Effective Real Estate Text Message Scripts Direct texting and mass text messages in the real estate industry have been making much more sense ever...

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How to Get More Real Estate Clients: 23 Tips and Insights

23 Tips for Getting More Real Estate Clients If you are a real estate agent then you know just how tough it is to manage incoming/outgoing calls and...

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13 Must-Have Small Business Automation Tools to Save Time & Money

13 Must-Have Small Business Automation Tools to Save Time & Money In this guide, we’ll discuss the essential small business automation tools you need...

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Easiest Way to Start a Successful Podcast in 2021

Easiest Way to Start a Successful Podcast Looking to take your business to the next level? Starting a podcast is an excellent way to connect with...

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Text Message Marketing for eCommerce: How to Increase Traffic & Conversions for Your Online Store

Text Message Marketing for eCommerce: How to Increase Traffic & Conversions for Your Online Store Learn the power of text message marketing for...

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8 Reasons Why Your eCommerce Business Needs a Virtual Phone System

8 Reasons Why Your eCommerce Business Needs a Virtual Phone System Virtual phone systems can make or break your eCommerce business. Picking the right...

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9 Benefits of Text Automation for eCommerce

As SMS marketing progresses, you will realize that it is still early to get in on it for your eCommerce business. We want to focus specifically on...

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Does My Business Need a Cloud-Based Business Phone System?

Does My Business Need a Cloud-Based Business Phone System? This guide answers a commonly asked question – does my business need a cloud-based...

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How Small-Business Owners Can Get Started With AI

Original Article can be found on Forbes Council. As organizations large and small get back to "business as usual," many of us are realizing the...

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How to Convert Your Instagram Followers to Customers: 2021 Guide for Entrepreneurs, Start-Ups, and Small Businesses

Learn actionable tips for how to convert your Instagram followers into customers. This guide is your playbook for taking the following you’ve built...

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What is 10DLC? Complete Guide to Understanding 10-Digit Long Code

Learn everything your business needs to know about 10DLC messaging and why it is important for your SMS marketing strategy today. We’ve seen a major...

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How to Grow Your SMS Text Marketing List and Retain Subscribers

In SMS marketing, your list size is everything. This article will give you actionable tips to optimize your SMS text marketing list growth and build...

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Top 7 Things You Should Know About STIR/SHAKEN

Learn about STIR/SHAKEN technology standards and compliance from Calvin Ellison, Systemics Architect of VOXOX. In this guide, we bring together the...

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Why VoxDirect is the #1 Grasshopper Alternative

Discover what makes VoxDirect the #1 Grasshopper alternative communications tool for small businesses. With today’s ever changing landscape, it’s...

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A Guide to AI for Small Business Marketing and Customer Support

Interested in elevating your small business marketing strategies? Read on to learn about how AI for small business marketing can transform your...

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14 Proven Strategies for Marketing Your Real Estate Business

In this guide, we share some insanely good tips from top real estate professionals about how to use real estate SMS message marketing to grow your...

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How to Choose the Right SMS Marketing Provider

18 Tips for Choosing the Right AI-Powered SMS Provider for Your Small Business SMS marketing software has given thousands of businesses the ability...

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Why VoxDirect is the #1 RingCentral Alternative for Small Business

You don’t have to settle for outdated onboarding and legacy-style phone systems when VoxDirect is giving small businesses a big voice with 5G-AI...

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Ultimate 2021 Guide: SMS Marketing Made Simple

Wondering if your business could benefit from integrating SMS marketing into your growth strategy? Read on to learn why the answer is YES! Long gone...

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10 Tips for How to Run & Scale Your Small Business From Home

It’s time to turn your home business into an empire with these tips for small businesses! There’s home businesses, and then there’s home businesses....

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10 Real & Effective Ways to Improve Your Marketing in 2021

Use these tips to jazz up your marketing and set yourself apart from the other guys! The average person in 2021 is bombarded with 6-10 ads each day....

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Winner of the Most Innovative Cloud-based Communications Platform Award

VOXOX has been selected as the winner of the 2021 Most Innovative Cloud-based Communications Platform Award by Corporate Vision Magazine! The...

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CEOCFO Magazine Interview With Cleve Adams

Interview conducted by Lynn Fosse, Senior Editor CEOCFO Magazine CEOCFO: Mr. Adams, what is the overall focus behind VOXOX today? Mr. Adams: VOXOX is...

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5 Ways Your Business Can Commit to Going Green This Earth Day

Earth Day is right around the corner, and each year more than 1 billion people from across the globe participate in the celebration. Founded in 1970,...

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How To Easily Upsell Your Customers Using SMS Marketing

Niche or sector aside, if you want to maximize your sales and profit as a business owner, upselling your products or services is a powerful...

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5 Stats Proving Your Business Needs SMS

Quick and convenient are two things that come to mind when we think of excellent customer service in the age of instant gratification. While many...

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Telenor's Digi, Leading Malaysian Carrier, Launches Omni Hotline, Powered by VOXOX

Voxox just announced its partnership with leading Malaysian carrier Digi Telecommunications, which serves 11.7 million Malaysian customers, providing...

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VOXOX Announces Appointment of Debi Yphantides as VP of Wholesale Sales

We're excited to introduce you to our latest addition to the Voxox management team -- Debi Yphanties, our new VP of Wholesale Sales. Check out her...

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How to Effectively Use Virtual Numbers for Summer Deals and Specials

Summer is here and you know what that means—summer sales and discounts! Businesses big and small run deals to get customers in the door (sometimes...

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Don't Get Blocked for Text Messaging Missteps

As a small business owner, you've tried sales and marketing tactic in the book to reach your customers and increase sales, but SMS marketing is by...

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6 SMS Marketing Best Practices Your Business Should Be Using

Text messaging has long been used as a way to stay in touch with friends and family, but did you know SMS marketing has revenue-generating...

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SMS vs. Email Marketing: Which Provides the Better ROI in 2020?

SMS vs. Email Marketing: Who Wins In The Effectiveness Stakes? In the ongoing battle for consumer attention, any medium that can incite customers to...

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7 Amazing Benefits of Text Message Marketing for Your Small Business

You’ve heard of email marketing, social media marketing, and search engine marketing, but have you considered using text marketing to grow your...

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How to Set Up A Text Marketing Campaign: The Beginner’s Guide

Want to make sure your offer gets opened by your target customers 98% of the time? Looking for a rapid response to a short, sharp 160 character...

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How to Write a Professional Text Message (With Examples)

Business owners today have a wide variety of communication channels available to help them stay connected with new and existing customers. But with...

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Segmenting Your Lists: A Guide to Text Marketing Segmentation

SMS messages are one of the most effective ways of getting a customer’s attention. As we’ve discussed previously, text messages have some of the...

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9 Industries That Can Truly Benefit From Text Message Marketing

The incredible benefits of text message marketing are clear. From a whopping 98% open rate to a 209% higher response rate, text message marketing...

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Building Your SMS Marketing List: How to Reach Your First 100 Subscribers

Twenty-three billion—that’s how many text messages are sent each day worldwide, and 6 billion of those are sent in the United States. This represents...

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Facebook to Text Marketing: Convert Your Social Media Followers Into SMS Subscribers

Text marketing is a powerful medium for boosting consumer engagement, cementing customer loyalty, and driving sales across industries. In the digital...

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How to Use Zapier to Automate Your SMS Marketing

Did you know that there are over twenty-three billion text messages sent every day all over the world? Believe it or not, 6 billion of those are sent...

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A Text Marketing Etiquette Guide for Businesses: Here's What to Say (And What Not to Say)

One of the many benefits of technology for businesses is the ability to easily communicate with customers in a multitude of ways. For example, SMS...

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Here's How Often You Should Text Your SMS Marketing List

You’ve spent time building your SMS marketing list, segmenting contacts, coming up with best practices, and developing a process for texting your...

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These 9 Text Message Templates Are Proven To Generate Sales

No matter what your niche might be, text message marketing offers a range of sales-boosting benefits for your business. When you reach out to a...

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The Top 9 Industries That Should Utilize VoxDirect’s Business Phone System for Success

Even as we become more digital, we still rely on the phone to talk to customers, connect with team members, and conduct day-to-day business....

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How VoxDirect's Zapier Integration Helps SMEs Work More Efficiently

At VoxDirect, our goal is always to help small businesses work smarter, not harder. Our platform allows our community of clients to stay connected...

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VOXOX EVP and renowned entrepreneur, Staci Wallace Concludes Keynote at TEDxOcala

Staci’s TEDx talk, “Redefining the F-Word” showcases how changing your mindset and adopting a 1% steadfast growth strategy can transform your...

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5 Ways To Turn Holiday Returns Into Repeat Business

While Black Friday and Cyber Monday can mean stellar sales for your small business, returns are still seen as a sore point for entrepreneurs and...

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How to Create Unshakeable Brand Loyalty Using SMS Marketing

Customers have a wide range of options to choose from today when it comes to purchasing different products and services from brands. With the power...

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How To Protect Your Business From Getting Censored on Social Media

It’s hard to remember a time when there was no social media—when "hashtags" were known as the pound sign or when there was no such thing as selfies....

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7 Ways to Reinvent Your Business Post-Pandemic

Being a business owner, entrepreneur, or side-hustler means you already know what it’s like to go through challenges first-hand. But the difficulty...

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Plowing your Land: Setting Yourself up for Success

The year is 1999. Robert Downey Jr. (pre-Iron Man) is fresh out of prison and new into drug addiction sobriety. Then enters Tim Storey, prominent...

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