# What are SMS marketing best practices?

> Effective SMS marketing rests on permission and restraint: message only opted-in recipients, identify your brand, lead with clear value, keep it to one idea and one call to action, respect quiet hours and frequency limits, and always offer an easy opt-out. Because SMS is read within minutes by nearly everyone, the channel rewards relevance and punishes over-sending. See /products/bulk-sms and /solutions/ecommerce-retail.

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## Permission and easy opt-out

Send only to recipients who explicitly opted in, honour STOP/unsubscribe instantly, and keep proof of consent. Marketing without opt-in breaches regulation in most markets and destroys deliverability. See /answers/what-is-dnc and /answers/gdpr-for-messaging.

## Timing and frequency

Send in the recipient's local business hours, avoid quiet hours, and cap frequency — a few well-timed messages outperform a constant stream and keep opt-out rates low.

## Craft the message

Identify your brand in the first words, state one clear benefit, include exactly one call to action, and keep it inside a single segment. Add a short link for depth rather than cramming detail into the text.

## Segment and personalize

Target by behaviour and lifecycle stage rather than blasting the whole list; relevant offers to the right segment lift conversion and reduce opt-outs.

## Measure and combine channels

Track delivery, click and conversion, and coordinate SMS with email and WhatsApp so each channel does what it does best. See /answers/sms-vs-email-marketing and /products/omnichannel.

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