Questions?

Who is Nine and what do we do?
How does the service work?
Why mobile marketing?
How does mobile marketing work?
Will we need hardware or software to launch a mobile marketing program?
We are new to mobile marketing can you teach us what we need to know?
Who should manage the program in our organization?
What is the cost to listeners/viewers/customers to participate in our mobile marketing programs?
Do all consumers have to opt in to receive messages?
How do customers opt out of campaigns?
How many characters can a SMS message contain?

Who is Retailing.TV & What do you do?
Retailing.TV is a mobile marketing and media distribution service that enables group text messaging and mobile mailing list management. We help brand marketers and content publishers to send appropriate messages to their Opt-In customers cell phones. Our CDN can deliver Video, Audio, Text, and Pictures to US Cell Phones. Our service can deliver any message to one or many cell phones within seconds. Retailing.TV offers our software for mobile campaign management as a monthly hosted service with prices starting at only $99 per month. Advertising agencies and brand marketers can get started in minutes with easy to use templates and MMA compliant guidelines. All mobile campaigns have full reporting and analytics that are optimized for marketers. Trust Nine to have the best mobile marketing people, processes, and enterprise tech systems that deliver a better, faster, and more affordable mobile solution.Because it’s working. Mobile is direct / permission based marketing with the advantage of instant gratification. Consumers walking around in the real world request info from you sent to their phone and you send it to their phone.
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How does the service work ?
Retailing.TV is the Content Delivery Network that is providing the software and service to deliver the messages between brand marketers and customers.

If you have received a message or sent an SMS message to 85800 then you are Opted-in to a mobile alert or information service that is operating on the Retailing.TV network. When you send a specific keyword to 85800, you will recieve a message response from the brand marketer / content provider that is related to the specific program and information requested from our system. If the program that you have selected has a periodic information alerts or updates, then you may be receiving occasional broadcast messages from the brand marketer / content publisher in relation to the program..
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Why mobile marketing?
Because it's working. Mobile is direct / permission based marketing with the advantage of instant gratification. Consumers walking around in the real world request info from you sent to their phone and you send it to their phone.
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How does mobile marketing work?
Consumers respond to a marketing call to action on TV, Radio or in Print and opt-in to receive information from you on their phone. Try it yourself… Text the word "nine" (without the "") to the short phone number 85800. You will receive a SMS text message back from us within 30 seconds.
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Will we need hardware or software to launch a mobile marketing program?
No. Retailing.TV is a Software as a Service. That means we provide the service of running your mobile campaigns through our hardware/software and our approved mobile phone carrier platform. We assign an account and an internet web portal to our clients to control thier campaigns.
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We are new to mobile marketing can you teach us what we need to know?
Yes. When you become a client of Retailing.TV you get a trained mobile marketing expert as your personal account manager. They do a full analysis of your marketing goals and work with you to craft effective campaigns specific to your company.
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Who should oversee the program in our organization?
Your Mobile strategy should compliment and integrate with your overall marketing strategy. Therefore we recommend the head of marketing be involved with planning. Don't make the mistake of putting mobile in the digital marketing category. Mobile compliments all your marketing efforts.
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What is the cost to listeners/viewers/customers to participate in our mobile marketing programs?
Nine does not charge a fee. But, Standard Carrier Messaging Rates and Charges Apply. The cost to the user is determined by their cell phone carrier's service plan. Some customers pay for each message – though never more than 5 or 20 cents. The majority of consumers who opt-in to text message campaigns are avid texters and have unlimited or package SMS text plans.
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Do all the consumers in a mobile marketing program have to opt in?
Yes. Customers must Opt-In. So If you want to buy lists of cell phone numbers and send them unsolicited messages the answer is NO! That's not how mobile marketing works. The beauty of mobile is that the people who receive your message have requested them from you. This is key to the high ROI we get with mobile marketing.
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How do customers opt out of campaigns?
Yes. All the customer needs to do is reply to a message with the word ‘stop' and they are removed from the campaign.
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How many characters can a SMS message contain?
On some wireless carriers, due to a programming convention called percent-encoding, certain symbols require more than one character when used. For example, the symbol "&" will display as one character when viewed on a mobile device, but actually requires the use of three characters to implement. Please use a character count and take these factors into account when building messages for your next campaign. Other symbols in this category include: @ # $ % & [ ] ; : , ? + = /
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Retailing.TV is a product of Nine Multimedia Inc. | 1-877-398-3362 | 4275 Executive Square, Suite 210, La Jolla, CA 92037 | http://ninemultimedia.com

Retailing.TV is a SMS & MMS delivery network. We send marketing and advertising response and broadcast messages for brands that have trusted relationship with their clients. If you have received a message from shortcode 85800 then it was sent on behalf of a brand advertiser that is using our shared shortcode system to deliver the information that you requested. If you feel that you would like to be removed from the mobile message, then please text the word STOP to 85800.

Retailing.TV operates shortcode number 85800 as a free service and does not charge the end customer for information or media. We do not offer premium download services or mobile pay subscription services on the 85800 shortcode. Standard message fees may apply from your wireless carrier.

We Deliver on These Carriers. *Standard Messaging Charges Apply. * See Terms & Conditions.