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Atlantic Monthly Advises, “If Symptoms Persist, Text Your Doctor”

15 million text messages are sent every minute. An article in the Atlantic Monthly suggests that more of those should be sent to our doctors and healthcare providers. In an article entitled, “If Symptoms Persists, Text Your Doctor,” the Atlantic suggests that mobile messaging can help streamline some of the inefficiencies of modern healthcare, and [...]

Amanda Moskowitz Testimony on The Power of BusTime to Revolutionize Transit

Our General Manager Amanda Moskowitz delivered testimony this morning to the New York City Council. She spoke about the power of the MTA’s BusTime system to revolutionize transit by connecting commuters with reliable bus information. She also suggested the ways in which text messaging can connect all government agencies with their citizens. Read her full [...]

The Pregnancy Text Campaign Won a Smarty!

We won a Smarty! Last night, the Mobile Marketing Association held its annual Smarties Awards – honoring the best mobile campaigns from across the globe. And we were delighted that DoSomething.org and Mobile Commons won a beautiful statuette for the Pregnancy Text campaign. Pregnancy Text was part of DoSomething.org’s initiative to fight teen pregnancy. They [...]

Simon & Schuster’s Lucky Winner Rocks Her New Guitar

Earlier this summer at Comic-Con, Simon & Schuster launched a mobile campaign to connect young adult authors with their fans. As part of the launch, S&S raffled off a bunch of exclusive prizes – including a guitar themed around The Blessed, the new novel from Tonya Hurley. We just had to post this follow-up picture [...]

DoSomething.org Integrates Text Messaging Throughout Its Annual Awards

Last night on VH1, our client DoSomething.org aired their annual awards ceremony – honoring not just socially responsible celebrities, but also young people who are taking action in their communities. And like just about everything DoSomething does, the Awards show had text messages integrated seamlessly throughout the event. Teenagers were given a variety of options [...]

Sierra Club Sends a Mobile Alert to Keep Their Members Involved in White House Advocacy

Last week, the Sierra Club held a call with White House staff about some of their most critical issues: wind and solar power. Calls like this are an important way to make an impact – and they become more powerful the more constituents get involved. To encourage maximum participation from their base, the Sierra Club [...]

National Cancer Institute and Mobile Commons for Health – A Press Roundup

Last month, as part of the launch of Mobile Commons for Health, we also debuted a new partnership with the National Cancer Institute to run their SmokefreeTXT campaign. The innovative program targets individual users according to their quit dates – and also takes into account smokers’ moods and craving levels. Our new health care platform, [...]

Winning Wireless – A Preview of Michael Sabat’s Training for Netroots Nation

This piece, by Mobile Commons’ VP of Business Development Michael Sabat, was originally posted on the Netroots Foundation blog. Michael will be offering a training in mobile strategy as part of Netroots Nation, from June 7-10, 2012. Click here to register now. Text messaging is already the de facto way our society communicates. People text [...]

Jed Alpert featured in Mashable on SMS Vaccine Reminders

Today our CEO, Jed Alpert, was featured in a Mashable piece about the power of SMS vaccine reminders. The article highlights how effective SMS reminders can be in getting parents to vaccinate their children – potentially saving thousands of lives. “The great thing about mobile is when you send messages, they’re designed to have an [...]

The Obama Campaign Deploys “New Cellular Weapon” – Instant Donations

The Obama campaign has just debuted what Time is calling “a new cellular weapon” – “one-click” campaign donations over mobile phones. Obama 4 America has always been one of our most innovative customers; their mobile outreach is unparalleled when it comes to engaging their base, reaching out to undecided voters, and raising money. Now, with [...]

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