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And the Employee of the month award goes to…….

….Darren Liddell, Senior Developer, for his dedication and commitment to improving the SMS message delivery standards for our customers in January.

January 2010 marks the first time we’ve run the Employee of the month award. As a company we’re looking to recognise those who go above and beyond their job description to really make a difference and in doing so, encapsulate our company values of entrepreneurship, integrity and the highest quality of service.

He was presented with a (very heavy) trophy and £100 to spend on a posh dinner at anywhere he chooses. Note – even Hart’s is affordable with that money, if you stick to 2 courses, or forgo the wine!

Congratulations once again Darren!

Darren looking very pleased with his trophy

Darren (left) looking very pleased with his trophy

2009 SMS and MMS messaging volumes break annual records – again!

The Mobile Data Association has today released its 2009 mobile messaging review and the figures show continued strong growth in SMS and MMS messaging. 265 million text messages were sent on average each day throughout 2009, whilst MMS (picture messaging) volumes reached a total of 600 million by the end of the year.  Annual SMS messaging volumes have increased by a staggering 23% from 2008 to 2009.

Despite regular stories commenting on the possible demise of SMS messaging, both its simplicity and ubiquitous nature, continues to win through with consumers and businesses alike.

This is certainly our experience at Esendex. SMS messaging has been mainstream for years now, but despite this, new businesses start to use SMS for the first time every-day, and once they do, they often increase their SMS volumes, add 2-way SMS messaging or start to communicate with different groups as they look for applications of SMS across new areas of the business.

We were amazed with the number of schools and colleges that contacted us during the recent bad weather wanting to use SMS for the first time to communicate with parents and staff. But we shouldn’t have been. We have been established in the market for 9 years now and it may feel like SMS is a well established business communication technology to us, but for many organisations, they are only just starting to realise the benefits.

The full press release from the MDA can be read here.

Bulk SMS Messaging volumes – When is Bulk SMS actually Bulk SMS?

Bulk SMS messaging enquiries from companies large and small are a regular thing here at Esendex. After checking they don’t want to send spam (!) and confirming which service they want to use to send SMS – Web, Email etc, the question then comes round to SMS volume.  (more…)

Esendex teams complete the London triathlon

Here at Esendex, we consider ourselves to be a fairly healthy, not to mention, competitive bunch. This coupled with our ongoing sponsorship of Richard Stannard, GBR triathlete meant it was only right for us to enter the London Triathlon this year.  (more…)

SMS services for the deaf and speech impaired – are you compliant with legislation?

There’s a lot of forces at work which are driving SMS usage, and government legislation is one of them. Nine million people in the UK are deaf or hard of hearing. That works out at one in seven people, a pretty huge figure. (more…)

Co-founders of Esendex make the ‘42 under 42′ list for 2009

Co-founders of Esendex, Adam Bird and Julian Hucker have been announced as two of the Midlands Business Insider’s ‘42 under 42′ for 2009. The list celebrates the talent and flair of 42 companies in the midlands region whose MD’s are under 42.  (more…)

Esendex signs up for growth

Esendex is delighted to announce that it has been accepted on the East Midlands Development Agency’s (emda) HighGrowth program. Their recent press release is below:

4th June:

Nottinghamshire companies sign up for growth (more…)

Business SMS price offers for summer

We’ve got some great offers on our Pay As You Go SMS and SMS Tracker Tariff this summer so you can send more SMS, and save money at the same time!

Firstly, we’re offering 25% extra SMS messages for free with Pay As You Go – to take advantage of this offer you can buy online now. Alternatively sign up for a free trial, then when you go ahead and purchase, the extra messages will be credited to your account.

Alternatively, you can receive 500 extra SMS messages for free with our SMS Tracker Tariff. Our Tracker Tariff is already one of the most competitive around. The price you pay changes month to month depending on the volume of SMS you send, so send more SMS and the price per message goes down. And with this offer you’ll automatically get 500 extra messages for free when you sign up to the SMS Tracker Tariff.

And that’s not all – we are also offering a further 500 SMS messages for free on our Tracker Tariff when you sign up to Direct Debit. That’s potentially 1000 SMS messages for FREE!

During these challenging times we hope these offers will help you get the most from Business SMS. To take up any of these great offers, just email sales@esendex.com.

Free Virtual Mobile Numbers and free Keywords available now with Esendex

We’re currently offering a free virtual mobile number or a free keyword when you sign up for an SMS Tracker Tariff so if you don’t already offer an inbound SMS service, now is the time to do so!

A bit of background – a Virtual Mobile Number allows you to receive SMS as well as send SMS. Many of our customers are now realising the benefits of allowing their customers, employees and suppliers to text back replies. It’s often the case that our customers start off with a send-only SMS service and move on to a 2-way SMS service further down the line. We offer a couple of ways to enable inbound SMS:  (more…)

New Esendex homepage: we want your thoughts

We’ve just revamped our homepage and we would like to hear what you have to say about it. Is it clear who we are? Can you easily find what you are looking for? Can we improve it yet further?

Following feedback on usability and an evaluation of our website, we found that visitors were taking too many clicks to find what they were looking for. So we had a good look at our site and decided a refresh was needed. In a positive step to making our site easier to use, we’ve started with your first port of call – our homepage – with a view to a potential full site redesign in the future.  (more…)