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Direct Marketing Strategy & SMS Campaigns

Bulk SMS campaigns, without another platform to learn.

4 in-depth guides
By Jason Reeves & Smarterblast team
Last updated 2026-10-21

Bulk SMS campaigns, without another platform to learn.

The guides in this category take the strategic view: why a text blast draws faster responses than other channels and when it is the wrong tool, where a lawful contact list comes from, how specific industries put SMS to work, and what has shifted in direct marketing economics recently. Smarterblast now focuses on bulk SMS only, so these guides are written for teams deciding when and how to use text.

Channel Strategy & Consent

When a text blast is the right tool, and where a list you can lawfully text comes from:

Why SMS Gets More Responses Than Email

Why texts draw faster, more direct responses, what a text is not built for, and how to tell when a text blast fits.

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Can You Text a Purchased List?

Why consent for marketing texts does not come with a bought list, and what to do instead.

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Industry Strategy

Vertical-specific SMS playbooks:

Bulk SMS for Auto Dealerships

Service reminders, lease-end outreach, new arrivals and sales events, plus the consent rules dealers need.

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State of the Industry

Current economics, platform shifts, and what's changed in direct marketing recently:

Bulk Direct Marketing in 2025: What's Working and What's Dead

Bulk Direct Marketing in 2025: What's Working and What's Dead.

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Bulk SMS campaigns, without another platform to learn.

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