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Mobile Commons Makes Sure Your Calls Get Through

While addressing the nation last night, President Barack Obama asked citizens to call their legislators and ask for an end to the debt ceiling debate. When the President asks, people listen. I can vouch for today’s reports that the Congressional Switchboard phone line is jammed to capacity – the first three times I called I [...]

Polls and Surveys and Quizzes! Oh My!

Text messaging is a fantastic way to collect data via polls, surveys, and quizzes. You can get instant feedback from your audience, whether you’re running a conference, a radio station promoting an interactive quiz, a labor union asking your members for their opinions, or marketing in-venue contests at a sports stadium. For years, organizations have used Mobile Commons [...]

CREDO Mobile Creates Political Satire with mCast

CREDO Mobile – the phone company that doubles as progressive political activists - has been one of our most consistently innovative customers. In 2007, they wanted to make a public statement and involve San Franciscans in large-scale political satire. So they turned to Mobile Commons, and our mCast (Text to Screen) feature. CREDO projected a cartoon of [...]

Even More Secure Access to Accounts

Mobile Commons has numerous health care customers that demand the highest levels of security. We developed an option for them–and for you–to address this specific need. Enhanced Security Access provides an additional level of security, including: Strong Password Reinforcement Password Expiration and Re-use Automatic Logoff Restricted Access for Customer Service While Mobile Commons offers a high level [...]

Mobile Mapping: 7 Ways to get your audience involved

Remember when a blizzard hit New York City last December? The mayor claimed that all streets had been plowed, but residents could take a quick look outside their living room windows and tell that this was not the case. But how to accurately report the truth? Enter WNYC, Jim Colgan and their mobile mapping project. [...]

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Background Your company creates many different versions of your new mobile app such as iOS, Android, and Blackberry. Now the marketing department wants to distribute the app via SMS, a billboard, TV advertisement, etc. The Problem What URL should you put in your advertisements? You don’t want to use 5 different URLs for 5 different [...]

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Welcome Back Your Accidental Opt-Outs

Text messaging is a no-spam medium. If you opt out from a mobile list by texting STOP, you are not allowed to be texted again. In fact, the carriers have a list of special words that we have to watch for, such as STOP, QUIT, CANCEL, and REMOVE. What the carrier rules don’t take into [...]

Tell the New York Times and WNYC The Best Spots for Birding

In celebration of Bird Week, the New York Times and WNYC are creating an “interactive map of bird-watching spots throughout the five boroughs.” They’re asking readers and listeners to text in their favorite haunts for birding, and what types of birds they’ve most recently seen. (We sent in some pigeon sightings from outside our Washington [...]

SMS Helps With Flu Vaccine Reminders – And A Lot More

SMS can be a great way to remind parents to get their children vaccinated, according to a new study. Dr. Melissa Stockwell, an assistant professor at Columbia University, used text messaging to remind minority, low-income families about flu vaccinations. Her results show that text messages can help keep families healthy. According to an article at [...]

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