OpenMarket Hosts Webinar with Internet Retailer: SMS Messaging -- How Retailers Can Engage with Consumers on a Small Screen

SEATTLE, Sept. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenMarket, a leader in enterprise mobile engagement, will present a webinar with Internet Retailer on September 20, 2016 at 11:00 AM PST titled, "SMS Messaging – How Retailers Can Engage with Consumers on a Small Screen." This webinar will discuss how retailers can use text messaging (SMS) to proactively interact with consumers across key e-commerce functions including customer service, business operations and sales and marketing to achieve maximum business results.  

With 97 percent[1] of U.S. smartphone users texting at least once a day, and 75 percent[2] of millennials choosing to text rather than talk, now is the time for retailers to integrate SMS messaging into their communication plans using the most familiar and ubiquitous tool available. This webinar will feature new research-backed insight on where SMS leapfrogs other channels in connecting directly and immediately with consumers.

Participants of this webinar will learn:

• How to leverage some of the biggest customer engagement opportunities related to the shopping experience.
• What consumers, and especially millennials, expect brands to offer in terms of on-demand, personalized service.
• How retailers are using SMS today and the most common use cases that impact business outcomes.
• Considerations for integrating SMS into your existing workflow and communication strategies.

To register for the webinar: https://www.internetretailer.com/webinars/how-retailers-can-engage-consumers-with-sms/?source=OpenMarket

To download the Internet Retailer Mobile Messaging Report sponsored by OpenMarket, "Missed Opportunity: E-Retailers Underutilize SMS as an Effective Customer Engagement Tool, visit: http://www.openmarket.com/download/internet-retailer-survey-report-2016/.

Presenters:
Andy Shirey, Senior Product Manager, OpenMarket. Andy specializes in enterprise mobile messaging and engagement services. At OpenMarket, he has guided product strategy for the company's mobile messaging products and helped enterprises realize the value of mobile throughout the entire customer journey and across the entire organization. Andy regularly participates in mobile industry events and blogs on messaging topics.

Kartik Subramanian, Director, Program & Product Management – Mobile Commerce, Walgreens. Kartik currently leads the Mobile Product, API and Innovation group at Walgreens where his team manages the iOS & Android, mobile apps, the SMS channel as well as the Walgreens Developer(API) Program. Before his stint at Walgreens, Kartik worked in product management, corporate strategy & software engineering roles at Sears, Nokia & Motorola.

Katie Evans, Chief Technology Editor, Internet Retailer. Katie leads technology and mobile strategy, coverage, reporting and research for Internet Retailer as its Chief Technology Editor. She also is editor of the Internet Retailer Mobile 500, which ranks global retailers by annual sales via mobile devices, in addition to providing a wealth of competitive mobile commerce data. Previously, she was Internet Retailer's managing editor, international research, analyzing global e-commerce trends in markets including Asia, Latin America and Europe.

About OpenMarket
OpenMarket, a division of Amdocs, helps enterprises use mobile to transform their business. OpenMarket provides mobile engagement solutions for organizations to optimize their operations and enhance relationships with their customers and employees. Major enterprises choose OpenMarket for our domain expertise, service flexibility, demonstrated performance and reliability, global scale, and corporate maturity. We provide smart, interactive connectivity to more than 200 countries, enabling businesses to engage with nearly every mobile user around the world. Our clients trust us to power their mobile business. For more information, visit www.openmarket.com.

About Amdocs
Amdocs is the market leader in customer experience software solutions and services for the world's largest communications, entertainment and media service providers.  Its portfolio powers The New World of Customer Experience™, where a wide array of innovative and personalized services is delivered seamlessly to end users, regardless of device or network. For more than 30 years, Amdocs solutions, which include BSS, OSS, network control and optimization, coupled with professional and managed services, have accelerated business value for its customers by streamlining complex operating environments, reducing costs and speeding time to market for new products and services.  Amdocs and its more than 24,000 employees serve customers in over 90 countries. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $3.6 billion in fiscal 2015.

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[1] "U.S. Smartphone Use 2015," Pew Research Center, April 2015.
[2] "Why Millennials Would Rather Text Than Talk," OpenMarket, June 2015.

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