Ahhh! I am very jealous of this cool new project done by our friends in the California Division. Check out the video today to learn more. I wonder what company they used to do this? Or did they build their own texting system?
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Brilliant idea. If you find out about the technical aspects of it, please let me know. I’ll check with my folks at FG SQUARED to see if they know how.
~Mike
The SMS part was a totally vanilla message flow. Call to action from the PA announcer > Mobile-originated message with primary opt in > Mobile-terminated message confirmingopt-in> Mobile-oriented message confirming opt-in. Standard Stop and Help options.
It was the integrated activity that made it really pop. The final step will be a phone bank by our colleges against cancer volunteers to follow up with all texters.
I will send a case study to David to post on the site. Our friends at ISIS-inc.org hooked us up with the keyword/shortcode.
If you have a good event where you can do a big announcement to lots of people, this is actually a really easy campaign to run. I am happy to share campaign assets and discuss further.
-miles orkin
california division, american cancer society
Coolest use of new media for a cause.
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