Entering new regional markets involves many challenges, including direct access to consumers. Marketing campaigns often involve sending short but effective SMS messages. This type of marketing is suitable for all types of businesses as it shows higher efficiency rates than promotional emails. To overcome regional restrictions and include SMS sending in their arsenal of techniques, marketing teams use virtual numbers for SMS & calls.

Find out how to increase the efficiency of your marketing campaigns with Telnum’s virtual SIM service.

The Potential of Virtual SMS and Phone Numbers for Global and Local Marketing Campaigns

  • Increased sales opportunities. VoIP Services will allow you to effectively contact consumers using local phone numbers if you are doing business abroad.
  • Wide audience reach with SMS marketing. Get instant contact with users in any country, regardless of where your company’s office is located. Potential customers will receive SMS messages from local numbers, increasing trust in your business.
  • Saving resources by eliminating expensive international calling. Using virtual numbers is significantly cheaper than regular telephony. That is why your marketing campaigns will cost you much less, no matter what country you are targeting.
  • Getting loyal customers with a toll-free number. You’ll have a much better chance of retaining customers if you offer them a toll-free number to contact customer support.
  • Tracking return on investment (ROI) indicator. Measure advertising ROI using unique numbers that you assign to different ad campaigns.

Choosing the Best Solution for Your Marketing Goals

Modern businesses need long-term virtual phone numbers and disposable/long-term SMS numbers for different aims. Virtual phone numbers are suitable for any business operations as they are offered in various types:

  • Virtual local phone numbers;
  • Virtual phone call forwarding service;
  • Virtual office phone services;
  • Virtual IP PBX;
  • Multi-channel virtual phone numbers;
  • Toll-free phone numbers.

If you focus exclusively on SMS marketing, virtual SMS numbers would be a more cost-effective solution. Telnum offers a useful service for marketers to conduct promotions in more than 90 countries worldwide.

How to Get a Virtual Number for Domestic and International Marketing Campaigns

  1. Sign up for the Telnum platform.
  2. Choose the type of virtual number that suits your marketing goals.
  3. Review several offers of specific phone numbers and choose one or more.
  4. Specify additional options that you will need to complete your tasks.
  5. Set up call forwarding.
  6. Pay for the service.

Powerful Features of Virtual Numbers That Your Marketing Team Will Love

A virtual phone number alone is not enough to expand locally in any country. The marketing team takes many steps to reach and communicate with the target audience. However, many useful features of virtual numbers from Telnum will simplify this task and save the company’s money and the marketers’ work time:

  • SMS automation. Send SMS messages automatically according to your schedules and predefined conditions.
  • Bulk texting. Engage a large number of potential buyers in your promotions. Instantly reach a wide audience with announcements of sales, discounts, etc.
  • Two-way chats. Interact with consumers in any region using local numbers. Respond to their questions and offers using rapid-fire text messaging.
  • Call forwarding. Use one official phone number to receive customer calls for various issues. Optimize customer support by instantly forwarding calls to different phones.

Conclusion

Virtual phone and SMS numbers make it easier to enter any regional market. With their help, you will conduct an effective marketing campaign without significant costs and reach a larger target audience. Moreover, you will improve the reputation of your business since local phone numbers are more trustworthy among consumers.