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How do you measure SMS marketing ROI?

Last reviewed July 22, 20261 min readReviewed by BroadNet engineering

Quick answer

Measure SMS marketing ROI by attributing revenue driven by a campaign against its full cost — message spend plus incentives — using unique links, promo codes, or holdout groups to isolate the SMS effect. Because SMS is read almost universally within minutes, well-targeted, consented campaigns typically show strong returns, but the honest number depends on attribution discipline and list quality, not on open rates alone.

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The long answer

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§01

Attribute revenue, not opens

Open rates flatter SMS; revenue is the real measure. Use unique tracked links, unique promo codes, or a holdout control group to isolate the revenue the campaign actually caused. See /answers/sms-marketing-best-practices.

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Count the full cost

Include message spend (per segment, so watch encoding), any discount or incentive, and platform costs. Compare against attributed revenue for a true return. See /answers/sms-pricing-explained and /answers/sms-character-limit-explained.

§03

Protect the denominator with list quality

Consented, clean, well-segmented lists convert; blasting unconsented or stale numbers wastes spend and hurts deliverability, dragging ROI down. See /answers/how-to-handle-sms-opt-outs and /products/hlr-lookup.

§04

Compare and combine channels

Benchmark SMS against email and WhatsApp for the same goal, and combine them — an SMS reminder on an email campaign often lifts total ROI. See /answers/sms-vs-email-marketing and /answers/abandoned-cart-sms.

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