Textlocal

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Textlocal Ltd
Company type Limited company
Textlocal
Industry Mobile Marketing
Founded(2005)
FounderAlastair Shortland & Darren Daws (both have since left the business)
Headquarters Chester & Malvern
Number of locations
2
Products Bulk SMS, SMS marketing, Messenger and Mobile marketing
Number of employees
54 (Jan 2020)
Website https://www.textlocal.com https://www.textlocal.in

Textlocal is a mobile communications company founded in 2005 with offices based in Malvern and Chester.

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In 2005, Alastair Shortland and Darren Daws decided they wanted to transform the way businesses, individuals and groups communicate using mobile. Txtlocal Ltd was then formed.

Since then, with the development of their Messenger product, it has allowed over 165,000 users to communicate via SMS, MMS and Mobile Web. Its services include inbound and outbound SMS and MMS communications using a web-based control panel, SMS Gateway and MMS API, mobile web page creation, mobile forms and surveys, SMS attachments and mobile vouchers and loyalty cards. [1]

They are members of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing, Direct Marketing Association and Federation of Small Businesses.

History

Textlocal Ltd was formed in September 2005 as a provider of bulk SMS for businesses. In 2011, Txtlocal Ltd rebranded to become Textlocal, with a new website and branding. In 2012, Textlocal launched a new iteration of their Messenger platform, Messenger 2.0. Created by the team of in-house developers, the new platform added a number of new features and a more streamlined interface. In 2013, they released their Attachments tool, [2] which allowed users to attach documents to an SMS through a combination of file hosting and shortened URLs. This was the first product of its kind in the mobile messaging market.[ citation needed ] This technology enabled the development of subsequent features, including mobile forms and surveys [3] in 2013 and vouchers, tickets and loyalty cards [4] in 2014. In 2014, IMImobile acquired Txtlocal Ltd. In 2015, Messenger 3.0 was launched, updating the platform, and then launched Textlocal India.

Products

Recent awards

References

  1. ↑ "Mobile Marketing Services". Textlocal. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Attachments tool". Textlocal. Textlocal. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "mobile forms and surveys". Textlocal. Textlocal. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "vouchers, tickets and loyalty cards". Textlocal. Textlocal. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Fast 500 EMEA: UK Winners". Deloitte. Deloitte. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Fast 50 Winners 2013". Deloitte. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Textlocal are victorious at the DMA Honours Awards". 25 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Txtlocal awarded Top 20 Fastest Growing Digital Agency in Europe". 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "Mobile Messaging Awards winners announced". 23 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "EMMA 2011 Award Winners".
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