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Practical guides on texting, calling and emailing the audiences you serve.
GroupMe is ending free SMS — here's the next best option
GroupMe dropped SMS, so anyone in your group without the app is now cut off. Connext keeps free in-app messaging and reaches the rest by text — as low as 1¢ per message, no monthly fee, with a daily message cap so nothing runs away.
Two-way texting without giving out your personal cell number
Stop handing out your personal cell for work texts. Here's how to run real two-way texting from a dedicated number and keep your private line private.
Can you text a landline? How to actually reach non-texters
Can you text a landline? Usually not, and the text just fails silently. Here's what really happens and how voice fallback reaches people who don't text.
How congregations can send event and schedule reminders by text
A step-by-step guide for synagogues and churches to send service times, event reminders, and schedule changes by text — with tips on groups, timing, and RSVPs.
Reaching camp families who don't all have smartphones
Not every camp parent has a smartphone or a data plan. Here's how to keep every family informed all summer using text and voice, without leaving anyone out.
How to reach every parent about a snow day (before the buses roll)
A practical playbook for school snow-day alerts: build your list early, write the message the night before, and use text plus voice so every family gets word in time.