Text & SMS at Center of New 911 Emergency Programs
Mobile & Text Options Maintain Critical Communications for Business, Schools & Government
Summer surprises could reveal some deficiencies in your business communication network.
Brownouts, outages, and power surges are frequent during the summer; but many businesses are unprepared to stay in touch with staff, customers and vendors if power and other forms of communication are down.
More emergency and business leaders are turning to SMS and text to send vital messages! For example, Iowa emergency officials are scheduled to be the first in the nation to take 911 messages via text later this summer. Currently the 911 call center in Black Hawk County, Iowa is testing the text program to go live as early as July, 2009. The system is designed to allow people with speech and hearing impediments to text 911. Texting to 911 will also be available for anyone in an emergency where a voice call isn't possible.
Many businesses have already put the reach of mobile marketing to work to reach their workforce. With more people dropping the landline to save money, cell phones and mobile devices are the best way to reach workers no matter where they are. MESSAGEbuzz can help you keep in touch with your staff, customers and suppliers.
MESSAGEbuzz’s easy-to use web-based system has been used to transmit information to students at the University of Southern California. The instant message system also links two campuses of Neosho Community College with an easy-to use web-based system that puts information in the hands of students. MESSAGEbuzz delivers alerts to students in their preferred method of communication; the cell phone. Often this younger demographic is harder to reach via more traditional forms of communication.
MESSAGEbuzz not only delivers emergency messages to the right people at the right time; but can also help educators and school administrators design interactive contests, sweepstakes, trivia games, and activities to publicize campus activities and encourage student participation.Find out how to get started in mobile. Call us at 888.900.2899 or email us today.