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Getting Started With Text Giving

Text giving empowers you to fundraise from any location and your audience to way. Here are our best practices for successfully and effectively launching your text giving... more
Text Messaging 101: 5 Best Practices

Text message marketing is a powerful engagement tool but abuse that power and you run the risk of turning your customers away. As you map out your SMS strategy, adhere to certain... more
Six Steps To Reach Your Church Via Text Messaging

What’s the most powerful and portable way to communicate with your church? Texting! ... more
How to Build Your Opt-In List

You’ve opened a Textify account. Now what? Build that audience! ... more
Using Text Messaging for Effective Group Communication

Text group messaging is convenient and comprehensive for organizations, businesses, and groups that need to quickly get the word out about everything from sports events to... more
7 SMS Marketing Mistakes To Avoid

SMS marketing is pretty straightforward, however you don't want to lose subscribers by making these 7 common, and totally avoidable, mistakes. ... more
Timing your Texts

So you decided to give mobile fundraising a shot. You signed up; you have subscribers; you wrote out messages. Now what? ... more
Four Unforgettable SMS Messages

Coming up with ideas day after day of what to send to your audience can be tiring and the creativity can drain away quickly. In a perfect world, every SMS that you send to your... more
5 Ways to Offer Value Via Text

You’re probably already great at keeping your customers and clients notified about all that’s going on with you. Focusing on the good things happening in your business seems... more
Text Marketing and Global Ministry: A Perfect Partnership

We’re excited to tell you all about the great work happening with one of our partners, Reach Youth Global (RYG). RYG affects change in youth all over the world by bringing them... more
Text Messaging Keeps The Neighborhood Connected

Do you remember the nosy neighbor, Gladys Kravitz, in the old TV sitcom, Bewitched? ... more
Is Textify For You?

If you’re a little confused as to how or why you could use Textify in your business, organization, church, or group, let us clear that up right now. ... more
Hey, Mobile Marketing IS For You

How much can you accomplish in eight seconds? Almost nothing, right? ... more
Enticing Your Audience

Getting people to sign up for your text messaging service can be difficult apart from large conferences or conventions. So how are the small businesses along with the large... more
Best Habits for Mobile Marketing

Mobile Marketing is here to stay. It’s revolutionizing the way churches run offering collections on Sundays and it’s even bringing in the big bucks at conventions, events, and... more
Solve the Summer Donation Drought

With summer come plans of less work, relaxation, and vacation time. Churches and ministries scramble to find ways to fund initiatives and programs while their audience prepares to... more
Using SMS To Improve Patient Experience

Automating appointment reminders so that patients receive a simple text message is an effective way to communicate with new patients and recurring patients for every type of health... more
Use Textify To Streamline Your Silent Auction

Planning an silent auction this year? Consider streamlining the process and making it easier for your donors to give! ... more
How Text Marketing Outshines Social Media

New research shows that top brands are only reaching 2 percent of their followers on Twitter and Facebook. ... more
5 Ways SMS Marketing Is Perfect for Small Biz

It's no secret that today's consumer wants instant and easy access to updates and news from their favorite businesses. ... more
Giving Predicted To Grow in 2015

Americans will be more generous in 2015 and 2016, according to a new study released by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. ... more
10 SMS Messaging Examples From 10 Organizations

Have you thought about incorporating text messaging into the marketing strategy for your organization? You're in good company. Here are 10 SMS messaging examples from 10 different... more
10 Text Messaging Spring Campaign Ideas for Organizations

Spring is almost here and with it come an entire slew of warm-weather events, from outdoor concerts to high school and college graduations. ... more
Instagram and Text-to-Give: Engaging Eye Candy

Want your text-to-give campaign to reach even more potential donors? Promote it on all your social media channels and make your call-to-action simple and succinct. ... more
7 Ways To Use Text Messaging During Easter

The biggest church attendance day of the year is just a few weeks away. Are you ready? ... more
Messaging The Masses When Bad Weather Strikes

Tennessee was pummeled with a winter ice storm this week and Middle Tennessee has literally been shut down. Many employees, uncertain of whether or not their offices were closed or... more
5 Textify Upgrades To Kick Off The New Year

It’s a new year and a new you. Ok, so realistically speaking your resolutions may be collecting dust by spring but we’re rolling out upgrades faster than Taylor Swift... more
6 Reasons Your Organization Needs A Mobile Strategy in 2015

One of the most iconic symbols of holiday giving, the Salvation Army Red Kettle, has entered the digital age. ... more
Tips To Boost Year-End Giving

It’s the happiest season of all -- and the busiest season for giving. December is traditionally the largest giving season of the year, with many nonprofits and ministries... more
Mobile Matters: More Holiday Facts

The countdown to the holidays has begun! ... more
#GivingTuesday Giveaway: Win a Free Textify Mobile Credit Package!

Do you want to take your #GivingTuesday campaign to the next level by giving your supporters an easy way to donate right from their phones? Get social with us, and you could win a... more
Textify Adds Recurring Giving

A brand new feature, just launched today, allows for donors to set up recurring gifts using Textify. more
FREE DOWNLOAD: Why Text Giving is a MUST This #GivingTuesday (& how to use it!)

Download our free "#GivingTuesday to Using Text-to-Give" to learn why texting is must this #GivingTuesday and how you can best leverage its power to support your cause. more
FREE DOWNLOAD: 5 Simple Steps to a Successful Text Marketing Campaign

Our free whitepaper, Five Simple Steps to a Successful Text Marketing Campaign, will help you navigate the world of mobile marketing and plan a rockstar campaign from start to... more
10 Takeaways About Text Marketing

There’s no limit to the stats that prove text marketing is effective and efficient. ... more
Welcome to the Textify Blog

Hello! Welcome to the official Textify Blog. ... more