Educational System using SMS to enhance learning (in Africa)

Through the live SMS chatting, text to win, mobile coupons, ringtones and plethora of other mobile campaigns we see each day it’s easy to forget the basic utilitarian feature of an SMS message – quick inexpensive communication.

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of development agencies with mandates ranging from health and education [...]

Dude Texts 662,258 Messages in 1 Month!

Some guy in the below YouTube videos is claiming to have sent out 662,258 text massages in 1 month, by hand.  IMHO, he’s probably using a bot or something to send out all these messages.  Notice how in the second video he doesn’t give us a good look at the phone numbers? He says they [...]

Are we just a “Mobile Marketing Agency”? (nope!)

Textopoly does not fit into a neat box in the mobile world. Over the years I’ve tried to find the most accurate way to describe what it is that we do. And over theses same years mobile has grown dramatically in regulations, technology, creativity, etc. – and we’ve grown with it. We’ve stayed fluid and [...]

Food and Beverage Companies Go Crazy Over Mobile

Check out this list of companies active within the mobile world: Burger King, Denny’s, Taco Bell, Walgreens, Pabst, Domino’s, Coca-Cola, Coors Light, Nestlé, and McDonald’s to name a few.  These are some big name companies, so there must be some unique benefits to mobile in the Food & Beverage and Quick Serve Restaurant industries.

Over the [...]

New T-Mobile Rules – More Work with Less Refunds

From what we hear T-Mobile will soon be transition to their new platform called ‘3PG’ and while this sounds similar to a mobile video format (.3pg), I assure that that it’s not.  We don’t know much about the new platform, but we do know what they are starting to require.  As we move forward in [...]

The Screen Debate – Is Mobile the 1st or 3rd?

It’s not very often that media buyer’s and marketers receive a new box to check when it comes to forms of marketing. Traditionally we had print, radio, and television. With the invention of the internet, a whole new untapped market opened which delivered interactive results.. As modern people, we’re not always reading a magazine, listening [...]

Welcome to Textopoly’s Mobile Blog

Welcome to our Textopoly Blog! We made this so clients, mobile groupies, and curious passer byers can not only get caught up on mobile news but be enlightened by our thoughts and interests. So take a look around and feel free to share your thoughts as well. And remember, text like no [...]

Law Follows Technology

Two U.S. Senators recently introduced a bill to crack down on unsolicited text messages. This has left me and other mobile marketers wondering just what effect this proposed legislation will have on a mobile marketing eco system on the rise. Brands and users alike are experiencing great ROI on mobile programs and finally beginning to [...]