Category: blog
How to roll out an effective Text subscription campaign & Rules you should follow
By Jason Alexis | November 18, 2015
Once you have purchased or subscribed to a SMS service, your members and visitors can easily agree to accept messages from you or opt-in to your service. You are not allowed to simply enter in a batch of phone numbers into the application and send out messages, because that is considered spam and is not allowed…
Why cloud-based text trumps other applications like Skype, iMessenger, WhatsApp, etc…
By Jason Alexis | November 6, 2015
With text messaging services like Viber, Skype, iMessenger, Google hangouts, WhatsApp, GroupMe, Kik, etc.- available free to use, why would you need anything else? For example, both GroupMe and Kik are applications for a smartphone, but have a limited number of features to use. The application GroupMe allows you to create groups on your mobile…
10 Ways Ministries are Using Text Messaging
By Jason Alexis | November 4, 2015
Churches and ministries are using text messages on cell phones and devices in increasing numbers. Texts are short messages of up to 160 characters that can be sent from one cell phone to another. Once the teen-aged crowd made the cell phone a ubiquitous device carried everywhere, anytime, anyplace, they began creating a shorthand form for words, to pack even more into the short (160 – character) messages.
So, I noticed some churches use short codes and others long. What’s the deal?
By Jason Alexis | October 16, 2015
Members and visitors must opt-in to be able to receive messages sent by service providers. To do this, most service providers use what are called short codes or long codes. A short code is a number to which an SMS, or text message, can be sent. The code is usually five or six digits in…
5 Real Life Examples of Ministries That are Using Our Text Messaging System
By Jason Alexis | October 9, 2015
Smart phones are everywhere. It does not matter whether you are in a church service or a coffee shop, nearly every person has a smartphone on their person. In fact, 90% of adults in the United States carry a cell phone.
Five Ways Churches Can Use Text Messaging
By Jason Alexis | September 17, 2015
If you think texting is only for Generation LOL, think again. Reputable churches around the world are taking this popular mobile-phone feature more seriously; they’ve discovered that text messaging allows them to communicate more frequently, and more efficiently, with their members and followers. Compared to newspapers, junk mail, radio or TV, mobile text messaging (or…
Integration: Mailchimp
By Team PastorsLine | August 26, 2015
The Mailchimp integration with our system is planned. August 2018 Imagine you are on the pulpit and wanted to capture someone’s name, phone and email then send then a follow-up text or an email with a link to a pdf you promised. Would this be something that can save you time? This workflow (using our…