Nearly half of consumers say they’re opening to more SMS correspondence with brands, according to a new survey. If your business is seeking ways to connect with text messages, Txtwire can help you get started.

Smartphones are amazing devices, and text-messaging wouldn’t be nearly as fun without them. But many of us have been guilty of spending too much time with these devices at the expense of people around us. Here are some simple hacks to ensure you maintain balance in the real and virtual worlds.

You’ve already come to appreciate the value of a quality SMS marketing strategy. Now, you can use these five tools, including smartwatches, to manage text messages, streamline related marketing activities and more.

We’ll have access to more marketing channels in the future. They’ll tap into new technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. But using proven tools such as SMS at the same time will go a long way toward building and retaining your customer base even as you try out these new opportunities.

If you have children in school, you’ll want to read this new study. Researchers set up a system that alerts parents when students miss assignments or skip class, and it cut course failures nearly 40 percent.