Ways Nonprofit Can Use Text Messaging

The social good community includes non-profits, foundations, educational institutions, healthcare institutions and individual change agents that lend them support. Social good bodies can benefit from SMS and RCS messaging technology because it is instant, easy and simple. Whether your campaign objective is to raise money, conduct research, collect data, or build awareness. SMS and RCS messaging can provide an interactive experience for you.

What does SMS and RCS technology mean to the social good?

Commitment to the social good is about dedication, addressing the highest priority and positive outcomes. With that commitment, it requires a certain combination of tools to get it done. Tools that can penetrate through the orchestra of digital sounds channel make. Consumers have a daily challenge and that is to interpret these messages and collect insight to shape our understanding of the brands we should give out attention to and start to form emotion around. This insight is an opportunity for brands to control how those thoughts and feelings are formed. That is where SMS and RCS technology find value. 

Advocacy – Text messaging is the most effective solution for mobilizing thousands of supporters and driving phone calls to Congress. Set up and launch a call-in campaign at a moment’s notice.

• Connect constituents with their state or federal legislators
• Give supporters key talking points over the phone before connecting them to legislators
• Track incoming calls in real-time and measure your impact instantly

Donation/Fundraising and other custom features- Text messaging is a very powerful and most effective way to reach your supporters, increase donations, and raise more money.

• Launch a text-to-give campaign
• Send text reminders to donate
• Promote your campaign at live events
• Direct supporters to online web forms
• Use keyword opt in to donate
• Text to give/pledge
• Auto drip alerts and follow up drip alerts
• Custom Webform integration to website, including Birthday and other data collection
• Shortcode and Longcodes, even your current landlines text enabled
• Branded messaging, text with your brands logo
• Two Way communication, LIVE
• Automatic Text Message Scheduling
• Target your messages with Constituent Code Queries
• no contracts, custom packing available

Voter Registration and sign ups – Use text messaging to motivate voters to register and head to the polls on election day or reminders

• Inform about current issues and voting laws
• Guide through the voter registration process
• Direct voters to their designated polling place on election day
• polling and surveys

Volunteer Management – Organize and coordinate your volunteer events with text messaging.

• Send volunteers opportunities suited to their schedules and preference per their request
• Ask for support when it’s needed most and when they’re most likely to respond
• Reach volunteers with real-time LIVE updates and personal thank you notes