We have put together 20 basic ideas on how you could add SMS in your apps, and take advantage of its potential.
1. ADD SMS NOTIFICATIONS TO A DATING APP
2. LET USERS GET INFORMED OF AN UPDATE FROM A HOTEL
3. RECEIVE UPDATED FROM A WEBSITE OR SERVICE
If a website has a new blog post or is offering a discount on a product a user is watching, send an SMS to notify the user and make the sale
4. LET USERS KNOW THEIR TAXI IS ARRIVING
Simple notification to say what color and registration the car is and what the driver is called.
5. REMIND USERS THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THEIR EXPENSES AT WORK
Remove unnecessary emails and send an SMS when employees need to complete their expenses or other company paperwork
6. Q&A SERVICE
Integrate SMS with a 3rd part API like Yelp to give a super simple Q&A service. For example, a user sends SMS with the question “where is the best place to get pizza”. The system checks a service like Yelp and the user receives an SMS with the top result
7. 30 MINUTE CLUB
These types of events are popular amongst students. User register to a 30 minute club, and at a random time the service (or organizer) sends an SMS with a event and location to be at in the next 30 mins
8. EBIRTHDAY CARDS
Let users create a birthday card online and send the card via SMS. The recipient receives a message via the online system with a link to the ecard to view or download on their smartphone
9. MORE INFO SMS
A user sees an advert in a newspaper and sends a SMS to request more info. This is an idea from Steve Polands – http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-26b-auto-details-and-photos-to-your-cell/
10. TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
Using the classic two factor authentication system, add an additional layer of security to your user accounts
11. RESTAURANT BOOKING
Create a simple SMS booking system where users can book a table and restaurants can update customers, all via simple SMS
12. UTILITIES WATCH
Users receive an SMS when their utilities usage is higher than normal to help them keep costs down
13. BAD NEIGHBOURHOOD WARNING
Using location services, users would receive an SMS when they enter an area with high crime rating. See more info on http://www.ideaswatch.com/startup-idea/violent-neighborhood-notifier
14. SMS THESAURUS
A simple server where a user could send an SMS with a word to a receiving number, and then receive an SMS with some alternatives
15. POTENTIAL BUYER FOR MARKETPLACES
When selling items on a marketplace, sellers could receive an SMS when someone has made a bid or send an email for more information
16. I AM RUNNING LATE
Send an SMS with coffee credit when running late for a meeting. This is something that really impressed us at the TechCrunch Hackathon – http://challengepost.com/software/delayed
17. GMAIL INTEGRATION
A simple service that would send an SMS when the number of unread emails goes over a certain threshold or when emails marked as important have not been read or replied to
18. SKYPE/MEETING INTEGRATION
Send a SMS to someone invited to a meeting who has not logged in or registered as attending
19. ECOMMERCE
Send an SMS when a delivery is close –to keep customers informed
20. THE LAST ONE IS UP TO YOU.
These are just some basic, general ideas and we would love to hear how you plan to use text messages!
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