For many years now, messaging has proven to be a very effective means of communication, both for individuals and corporate organizations. As a matter of fact, we can say that if your corporate business does not have SMS marketing as one of the means of marketing right now, then you are really not keeping pace with the current trend. All thanks to its quick delivery, this is a largely accepted means of communication. 

However, there are also different types of messages/SMS. You might be very familiar with the regular text message. This is the type of message whereby once you send it to a phone number, it drops on the phone as an inbox in the recipient’s device. Then the recipient visits his/her message inbox, opens the message, and reads the content. This is the most popular type of messaging available and has been around for many years. 

It would interest you to know though that there is another type of message that is quite different from this and also very effective. That is Flash SMS. You can learn more about flash SMS here. 

Here are some of the differences that exist between flash SMS and your regular text message. This should help you make an informed choice as to the next type of message you are sending to your customers or recipients.

1. Whereas the regular text message delivers inbox on the recipients’ phone, Flash SMS appears on the phone screen directly regardless of what app you are currently on. That means you do not need to open a flash SMS before seeing the content of the message, as it comes on your screen directly.
2. Whereas the regular text message is automatically saved on your recipient’s phone when they receive it, Flash SMS does not save automatically. The receiver of the SMS would have to decide whether to discard the message or save it. 
3. While the regular text message can sometimes go unnoticed or left unattended in the inbox folder of the receiver, the reverse is the case with flash SMS. Because of the way it delivers, this is well suited for messages you want to use to capture the receiver’s attention immediately. 
4. While the regular text message can still be referenced in the future by a third party who has access to the mobile phone of the receiver, you can avoid this with flash SMS. If not saved, flash SMS disappears immediately it is discarded, and that makes it suited for sending confidential or sensitive information. 

There you have some of the notable differences between the normal SMS and flash SMS. Hence, depending on the type of SMS you wish to send and what your goal for sending the message is, you can decide on which type of SMS is best suited at a particular point in time. 

Visit the SEND SMS page now and send a regular text message and a flash SMS to see the difference. 

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