Most business owners have heard of SMS (Short Messaging Service) marketing and some might even have used it but find it quite the expense. In a sense it is pretty effective when it comes to open and response rate compared to email. As the world becomes more attached to their mobile devices and more intact to social media, email communication will become a thing of the past. Fortunately those that are already dealing with social media have a solution to the expensive SMS problem. The solution is twitter. Twitter is not only for tweeting to other users of its service, you can also capture a list of phone numbers and have your tweets sent directly to their phones via SMS 100% free.

How can this be done?
Lets say a customer of yours is located within the USA

Simply have them text the follow

Follow  “@username” to 40404
example text (follow strykerdigital to 40404)

And you are currently opted in to the user of twitter. All tweets will be automatically sent to the phone number opted in.


To remove a phone number simply text
UnFollow  “@username” to 40404
example text (unfollow strykerdigital to 40404)

That’s it! You’ve just saved yourself a ridiculous amount of money sending SMS to customers

Below are shortcodes for countries Twitter currently supports
Afghanistan: 40404 (Roshan)
Argentina: 89338 (Movistar, Personal, Nextel customers. Nextel only supports sending updates to Twitter)
Aruba: 176 (Digicel)
Antigua: 176 (Digicel customers)
Anguilla: 176 (Digicel customers)
Australia: 0198089488 (Telstra customers)
Bahrain 88000 (VIVA), 98555 (Zain customers)
Bangladesh: 9594(Citycell customers)
Belarus: 40404 (life:) customers)
Bermuda: 176 (Digicel customers)
Brasil: 40404 (TIM andNextel customers)
Bhutan 40404 (B-mobile)
Bolivia: 40404 (Viva and Tigo customers)
Bonaire: 176 (Digicel customers)
Canada: 21212
Colombia: 40404 (Tigo customers)
Cambodia: 40404 (Cellcard, Smart Mobile)
Cameroon: 8711(MTN)
Curacao: 176 (Digicel)
Democratic Republic Congo: 40404 (Tigo customers)
Denmark: 40404 (Telmore)
Egypt: 4040 (Vodafone customers), 2222 (Mobinil customers)
El Salvador: 40404 (Digicel and Tigo customers)
Fiji: 40404 (Digicel and Vodafone customers)
Georgia: 40404 (Beeline and Geocell customers)
Grenada: 176 (Digicel customers)
Guatemala: 40404 (Tigo and Movistar customers)
Guyana: 1443 (Digicel customers)
Haiti: 40404 (Digicel customers)
Honduras: 40404 (Digicel customers)
India: 53000 (Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Videocon, and TATA DOCOMO customers)
Indonesia: 89887 (AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, XL Axiata, Bakari Telecom, TelkomFlexi, and Indosat)
Iraq: 71117 (Zain); 1432 (Asiacell) and +9988 (KOREK)
Ireland: 51210 (Vodafone, Meteor Mobile customers)
Isle of Man: 89887 (Manx customers)
Italy: 4880804 (Wind customers), +3424486444 (Vodafone customers)
Jamaica: 176 (Digicel customers)
Jordan: 90903 (Zain customers); 98788 (Umniah customers)
Kazakhstan: 4040 (Beeline, Kcell/Activ customers); 40404 (Airtel customers)
Kenya: 89888 (Safaricom customers); 40404 (Airtel customers)
Kuwait: 89887 (Zain customers)
Korea: #1234 (LG U+ customers)
Kyrgyzstan: 4040 (Megacom, Beeline Customers)
Macedonia: 40404 (VIP customers)
Madagascar: 40404 (VIP)
Malaysia: 28933 (Maxis, Tune Talk, DiGi)
Maldives: 4040 (Wataniya customers)
Mexico: 6464 (Telcel customers, only supports sending updates to Twitter)
Nauru: 40404 (Digicel customers)
New Zealand: 8987 (Vodafone and Telecom NZ customers)
Nicaragua: 89887 (Movistar)
Nigeria: 40404 (Zain and MTN customers ); 20644 (Glo Mobile customers)
Pakistan: 40404 (Mobilink, Zong, Ufone, and Telenor customers)
Palestinian Territories: 40404 (Wataniya customers); 37373 (Jawwal customers)
Panama: 3010 (Digicel customers)
Papua New Guinea: 40404 (Digicel customers)
Paraguay: 40404 (Personal)
Romania: 89338 (Vodafone and Cosmote customers)
Russia: 8080 (Beeline customers)
Rwanda: 3434 (MTN customers)
Saudi Arabia: 840404 (STC customers)
Saudi Arabia: 710001 (Zain customers)
Saudi Arabia: 606040 (Mobily customers)
Serbia: 40404 (Vip mobile, mt:s, and Telenor customers)
Seychelles: 9695 (Airtel customers)
Sri Lanka: 40404 (Dialog, Telecom Mobitel, and Etisalat Lanka customers)
St. Lucia: 176 (Digicel customers)
St. Vincent: 176 (Digicel customers)
St. Kitts: 176 (Digicel customers)
Sudan: 40404 (Zain customers)
Sweden: 71017(3 customers)
Tonga: 40404 (Digicel customers)
Trinidad and Tobago: 40404 (Digicel customers)
Turkey: 2444 (Vodafone and Telsim customers)
Uganda: 179 (MTN customers)
UK: 86444 (Vodafone, Orange, 3 and O2 customers)
Ukraine: 40404 (life:) customers)
United Arab Emirates: 335640404 (Zain)
Uruguay: 40404 (Antel)
US: 40404
Uzbekistan: 89338 (Beeline, Ucell customers)
Venezuela: 89338 (Movistar)
Yemen: 7070 (MTV)