SMS marketing

How to deliver your Black Friday SMS campaign

A practical guide to quality control, sending and follow-up when campaign pressure is high.

Published by Intellipush · Product and editorial content from the Fredrikstad team

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Once the campaign has been planned, delivery is about control. Small mistakes in a list, link or schedule can become significant when many messages are sent in a short period.

Freeze content and audience in time

Set an internal deadline for changes and ask a second person to check the offer, conditions, recipients and sender. Confirm that the landing page can handle the traffic and presents the same message as the SMS.

Run a realistic test

Test the whole journey on actual phones: receipt, sender, display, short link, campaign tags, page and any code. Check that the character set does not create unexpected segments.

Monitor without overreacting

Watch technical errors and material issues, but avoid extra messages merely because response starts slowly. Gather delivery data, actions, complaints and opt-outs before assessing the outcome.

Make a clear go or stop decision

Immediately before delivery, the owner confirms that the offer, audience, conditions, sender and landing page are correct. Stop when important questions remain open. The cost of waiting a few minutes is usually lower than the cost of sending an error to the entire list.

Have an incident plan

Define which signals require a pause: an incorrect link, unexpected audience, technical rejections or complaints revealing a systematic misunderstanding. Record who makes the decision, how scheduled messages are stopped and how affected recipients should be informed without creating more noise.

A relevant next step

Make the next campaign more relevant

Plan recipients, wording, timing and follow-up as one coherent journey.

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