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Due to clients being bombarded with sales calls from our competitors, we have had to limit our Case Studies to a select few. However, if you would like to know more, please get in touch.

Durham University required a solution to sell raffle tickets at a cost of £1.50 by text message. Textvertising already offer a raffle service and this service was ideal for their needs.

Melanie says "Every year we have a duck race which is where 20,000 numbered rubber ducks are sent down the river between Elvet Bridge and Kings Gate in Durham. We collect revenue from sales and make a donation to local and international charities".

"This year we wanted to make the event more interactive, appeal to a younger audience and make ticket sales as easy and convenient as possible. We invited Textvertising to provide the service as each ticket is not only numbered uniquely but contained individual identifications. We were shown how this prevented any problem of message forwarding or fake tickets being generated. We were ale to match these up on Text Raffle Tickets sold through our Admin panel, and overall the service was really easy to set up and use."

Textvertising were asked to provide a charity donation service for Greggs Bakers, a popular brand found on many high streets.

The service enable Greggs to accept charity donation by SMS and and the end of the event these donations were passed on to BBC Children in Need.

Textvertising were asked to provide a solution for end users to download the popular "Harry Hastings" theme tune to their mobile phone.

Our Multimedia service was used to deliver both dynamic content and the ringtone in response to the keyword HARRY being sent to a shortcode and the content was free to receive to the end user.

Textvertising were commissioned by God TV (Sky Channels 580 & 581) to accept donations of £5 using premium rate.

This service was broadcast live across the world during Mission Week and this service enabled people to in the UK to donate via SMS from their mobile phone.

Textvertising provide a service to Mama's and Papa's the UK's leading baby accessory store.

Adverts in publications across the country invite readers to receive a catalogue by texting BABY and a number plus their name and address to a shortcode.

Francesca said "The service works really well for us and we receive enquiries by email within a few moments of the text being sent. The number the reader includes helps us determine which advert the reader responded to and helps dramatically with managing our marketing.

The text service generates the leads for us whilst freeing up our phone lines and we now have a database of almost 9000 numbers which will be fantastic for future marketing plans."

Experian were looking for a provider that could offer the services and security required for their text alert service.

Textvertising were visited by Experian and shown around our own secure data facility and scrutinised on data protection policies.

Their requirements included secure SSL encryption, mail merge, secure FTP and very high levels of server, firewall and data security - all of which Textvertising provide.

Steven Bibby, MD says "Textvertising provide the same level of security as standard to all our customers, no matter how big or small. Experian choosing Textvertising simply shows that our commitment to the customer is recognised by the leaders in the business"

North East Lincolnshire Council were looking at new ways to promote tourism and also a new way to tackle underage youngsters drinking in the street or parks.

The "Underage" service allows passers by to anonymously report offenders directly to the council allowing them to tackle the problem with co-operation from the Police.

North East Lincolnshire Council reports on their website:

".. Research in the past has suggested the long summer holiday period can see an increase in underage drinking and that the home can provide one of the biggest sources of booze for youngsters.

To help combat the problem the team is asking residents make sure access to alcohol in the homes is restricted and that they do not provide juveniles with access to drink.

They are also encouraging parents and all other residents to report the sale of alcohol to minors either by contacting Trading Standards directly or by using the team's new text message hotline system.

As part of the new text message scheme anyone can send information directly to officers simply by texting 'underage' then their message to 82055.

It is hoped members of the public will use it to inform officers of underage drinking or sales while they are taking place, providing them with up to the minute intelligence on where problem hotspots are.

This will allow Trading Standards officials to better target their patrols and sweeps to make sure they are visiting areas where under age drinking is taking place on a regular basis.. "

This service was also reported by ThisIsGrimsby.co.uk and the BBC.
You can read the reports using the following links:

NELincs.gov.uk
thisisgrimsby.co.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6908138.stm

Text to Screen. Press Release Blackpool Evening Gazette.
Published Friday 30th July 2010

Blackpool’s most popular party venue the Tower Lounge has launched its latest entertainment product Text 2 Screen.

DJ’s Kieron Lunn and Chris Evans wanted to encourage more interaction from the customers and have a system in place where party goers could use the huge screen to have some fun.

Kieron said "on a Saturday were often running with 1000 customers in the venue and we wanted to give them a chance to interact with both the team on stage and other customers in the venue, without having to battle through the crowds". Chris added "people seem so used to communicating via short messages; twitter is a massive example of that. Everyone has their phone glued to their hand and now they can use their mobile device to post messages on our screen ranging from simple happy birthdays to chat up lines and we’ve even had marriage proposals via the text 2 screen service".

The DJ’s were aware of other Text 2 Screen products but wanted a system that they had full control over and could operate and manage without being labour intensive.

They approached local SMS solution provider Textvertising who provided a system that can be customized to suit the venues needs.

Robbie Macdonald of Textvertising said "we’ve provided Text 2 Screen to a number of venues in the UK. Our product can be customised to for each individual venue which gives them the freedom to utilise the product to their individual needs ranging from data capture and income generation to awareness campaigns and customer activity".

Since the system was launched in the Tower Lounge earlier this month the messages have been flooding in with an average of 1000 texts a weekend. The data captured will be a vital marketing tool for the venue when wanting to let previous visitors have information of future events happening in the resort.