7 Easy Solutions to Mitigate the Risks of Excess Texting

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In today’s digital world, building and maintaining direct relationships with customers through a multichannel messaging strategy is critical. However, more messaging does not necessarily translate into better or more effective communication. Sending too many messages can have negative effects not only on individual campaigns but on the entire long-term marketing effort.

If your customers have signed up to receive push notifications, emails or text messages from you, or have downloaded your app, they clearly want to hear from you. However, developing a strategy to send targeted messages consistently, without overdoing it, is crucial to keeping users interested in your messages and building a connection with your company.

What Does Excess of Posts Mean?

Over-messaging can be harmful in two main ways: its negative impacts on recipients and their engagement with your company, as well as its direct negative impacts on your app or website.

Potential Customer Responses to Excess Messaging:

Ignore your messages
Disable or decrease your notifications
Revoke push permissions
Uninstall your app
Reduce use of your product
Complain via support or social channels
Write negative reviews
Simple Solutions to Avoid Excess Posts
1. Segmentation: Use segmentation to make sure you send messages only to interested users. Divide your audience into groups based on their interests, behaviors, or stages of the customer journey to make each message as relevant as possible.
2. Frequency Limitation: Set an upper limit for the number of messages sent to an individual user in a given period. This helps prevent message fatigue and keeps interest in your communications high.
3. Message Personalization: Make sure that every message you send is personalized and relevant to the recipient. Personalization can significantly increase engagement and reduce the risk of users perceiving your messages as spam.
4. Using Multiple Communication Channels: Don’t rely solely on push notifications or email. Incorporate multiple channels into your marketing mix, such as SMS, social media, and apps, to reach your users most effectively.
5. Data Analysis and Feedback: Monitor key metrics such as open rates, click-throughs, and unsubscribes to evaluate the effectiveness of your posts. Use this data to refine your strategy and improve engagement.
6. Consent-based communication: Ensure that users have the ability to choose which notifications they receive and how often. Offering more control helps build trust and respect between you and your users.
7. Optimizing Message Timing: Leverage analytics to understand the best times to send messages to your users, thus maximizing the chances that your messages will be read and acted upon.

To learn more about how to build a balanced messaging strategy and prevent over-messaging, contact us to access Frequency Limitation and other key features.

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The Pushloop Team

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