One of the most wonderful aspects of texting is how personal and individualized messages can be. In fact, it is one of the most highly relational forms of communication other than meeting in person, because of how instantaneous sending and receiving messages are. And now in light of COVID-19, with everything shifting virtually and people wanting to limit close contact as much as possible, online events have been on the rise!
Whether it is a virtual wedding, birthday party, or even a social gathering, it is common to see things happening via video chat or even through live stream. And the same question still remains: how do you guarantee that a lot of people will attend your event, especially if you cannot make personal invitations in person?
Evites are one of the best ways to inform your friends and family about an event while making the event still feel really special. With so many third-party websites that allow you to make customized cards and websites, we highly recommend creating an evite that both shares all of the important logistical information, while making people want to come!
We also recommend using SMS texting in order to send out those online invitations. When using email or other forms of communication, you risk the message being unseen or ignored. However, with SMS texting’s 98% open rate, you are guaranteed to have an increase in responses and overall exposure to your event. You can also include a simple link to that evite, allowing you to not worry about complicated coding or trying to fit that invite into a text message.
In order to get started, you can start sending evites through a variety of different ways. You can either:
- Manually import a distribution or contact list of pre-existing contacts you have and send a customized message to them.
- Or, you can create an online signup page or keyword sign-up that automatically sends a response with the evite to anyone that signs up to receive text messages!
No matter what you decide, we highly recommend setting up automation features that can schedule and regularly send messages to your contacts, reminding them to sign up for the event! This can guarantee the highest level of conversion rates possible. You can even answer any questions they may have about the event because they are able to directly text you back through two-way texting.
And the best part is, sending a text message is a free way to send out invites - which beats having to create and purchase physical cards. We highly recommend utilizing Trumpia for all of your SMS texting needs - view all of our pricing plans and see how our low costs can expand so many possibilities.
