How it works
OnCampusText is a cloud-based platform that colleges and universities can use to keep their student body up to date on campus events, important announcements and any other information that you would want to communicate quickly.
The #1 way a college student communicates with everyone close to them in their life is through text messaging, what better way to keep them informed about things going on at their school? It is immediate, economical, and hyper targeted to your campus population!
Who can use it?
Any office on campus would benefit from using the OnCampusText platform. Your students opt-in by texting your keyword to the shortcode 71444. You include “TEXT (your specialized keyword) to 71444″ in all your marketing for events, digital signage, newspaper ads, emails, posters, etc. It will take a short time to build up your list, but once you have students signed up, they are there until they opt out, which doesn’t happen often as long as you are giving them timely and relevant information about things that they care about. You also have the option to upload phone numbers that you have collected straight to the platform as well.
What are common use examples?
- The #1 use of the OnCampusText platform is marketing for upcoming event and/or important deadlines relevant to students
- Through the Text to Win feature you could offer seat upgrades via a contest for the big Spring Concert or other popular event on campus.
- Grow your list by rewarding the first 20 people at an event who show a specific text to get free pizza, a t-shirt or something else
- Use the Scavenger Hunt feature to run a passive program on a weekend
- Use the Poll feature to get students opinions when planning upcoming programming
- You can offer a $20 gift card or other exclusive prize to a random winner from those who join the list. You would use the Text to Win feature to choose the winner.
The possibilities are endless, and we can help come up with TONS of ways to help build your list.
It takes less than 5 minutes to set up a campaign, and your students get your message SUPER FAST!