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How To Move SMS Subscribers

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Presenters
Derek Johnson - Tatango - @thederekjohnson
Derek Johnson is the founder and CEO of Tatango. He’s been
helping businesses with their SMS marketing strategies for the
last seven years.

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Table of Contents
● Who’s This Webinar For?
● Lies, Lies, Lies
● MMA Best Practices
● Decreasing Subscriber Migration Churn
● Why So Formal?

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Who’s This Webinar For?
● Brands looking to migrate their SMS subscribers from one short code to another.
○ Shared Short Code > Shared Short Code
○ Shared Short Code > Dedicated Short Code
○ Dedicated Short Code > Shared Short Code
○ Dedicated Short Code > Dedicated Short Code
● Doesn’t apply to brands migrating dedicated short codes.

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Lies, Lies, Lies
#1
Sorry, but we don’t have a way to export mobile phone numbers.
Seriously? Any junior developer, or anyone with MySql experience should be able
to export the needed data from any SMS provider in a matter of minutes, with no
issues.

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#2
Sorry, but since we take on the liability for the SMS campaign, we can’t
allow you to use your customers’ mobile phone numbers on another
SMS platform.
While the courts have found that all parties involved in sending text messages are
liable for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, this doesn’t mean
the SMS provider is still liable for what a brand does with their customers’ mobile
phone numbers after their contractual relationship is terminated.

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#3
Sorry, transferring your customer’s mobile phone numbers from
one short code to another is against the CTIA guidelines.
This is complete BS; the CTIA has no restrictions or rules whatsoever for
transferring mobile phone numbers from one short code to another. Don’t
believe me? Feel free to read their entire Mobile Commerce Compliance
Handbook here: bit.ly/ctia-requirements

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#4
Sorry, transferring your customer’s mobile phone numbers from
one short code to another is against the MMA (Mobile Marketing
Association) Best Practices.
This is complete BS as well, but there are some best practices that the MMA
advises when making the switch from one short code to another. Remember
though that the MMA best practices are just best practices, so this isn’t
enforced and isn’t required when transferring short codes. We’ll review these
best practices later in this guide.

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#5
Sorry, transferring your customer’s mobile phone numbers from
one short code to another is against the law.
You mean the Telephone Consumer Protection Act? There’s no mention
whatsoever of not being able to move customers’ mobile phone numbers from
one SMS provider to another in the TCPA, and there isn’t any case law either
that mentions this. This is complete BS, and definitely a tell tale sign that your
current SMS provider doesn’t know the first thing about the laws governing text
message marketing under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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MMA Best Practices
● MMA U.S. Consumer Best Practices for
Messaging Version 7.0
○ Section 1.6 - Program Short Code Transfer
● Two step messaging process.
● Best practices, not required.

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Decreasing Subscriber Migration Churn

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Why So Formal?

14. Questions?
Derek Johnson
CEO
Tatango
@thederekjohnson
derek@tatango.com
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