Anchor Mobile Unveils Location Aware Alert SMS Platform

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) September 25, 2011

Anchor Mobile Unveils Location Aware SMS Alert Platform

Anchor Mobile (http://www.AnchorMobile.net) has announced the launch of a new, innovative location aware SMS platform Called Smartbombs - the guided missile of mobile marketing. Location aware SMS will not require a smart phone or mobile application to engage; which will come as a relief to the 65 percent of Americans who do not currently own a smart phone.

The location aware SMS alert platform is currently compatible with 90 percent of all cellular phones in the United States and works with carriers, Verizon, AT&T, U.S. Cellular, and T-Mobile.

Location aware SMS technology is anticipated to revolutionize SMS marketing within the next couple years.

With this platform, an advertiser can create geo-fencing around different geographic areas similar to geo-fences in Google Ad Words. You can then create SMS alert campaigns tied directly into geo-fences, says Anchor Mobile CEO, T.J. Kirgin.

When a subscriber is inside a geo-fencing boundary during a campaign, an SMS alert can be triggered and sent directly to their cell phone automatically, based on their location.

This will allow advertisers to set up unlimited geo-fencing perimeters inside the platform as well as an unlimited number of campaigns per geo-fence, says Kirgin.

A form of location based marketing, Geo-fencing and location aware SMS alerting software has an unlimited reach when it comes to its purpose. A casino can create a geo-fencing boundary around its property with the potential to run breakfast specials via SMS alert from 6:00a-9:00a, Monday-Friday, a lunch special from 11:00a-1:00p Monday-Friday, and a happy hour special from 4:00p-7:00p on Fridays only.

Location aware SMS alert subscribers would only receive the push notifications during specific times if they are within an approximate geographical range of the geo-fence.

In 2010, 281.3 million people visited a U.S. National Park. In the event of an emergency, the U.S. Parks Service would be able to send location aware SMS alerts to vacationers and campers, many of which who choose to be without electricity and modern conveniences such as radios. These geo-fenced messages could warn campers of an impending storm, or a near by bear sighting, potentially saving lives.

Geo-fencing is made possible through cell tower triangulation and a platform that pulls subscribers phones every 20 minutes, triggering events if the location aware SMS alert subscriber is within the geo-fence during an active campaign.

Says Kirgin, SMS triangulation does not require a GPS application on a cell phone, and smart phone technology isnt needed for messages to be received. Its the same technology that Jack Bauer used to find terrorists on 24. In fact, the FBI, CIA, and other government bodies have been using cell tower triangulation for years.

Location based SMS alert technology also has the potential to revolution the sports marketing industry. Imagine every sports venue in the country wrapped inside a geo-fence allowing marketers to push special offers to a captive audience of tens of thousands during a game or concert.

Tourism can benefit as well. Travelers flying into their destination will see signs in the airport terminal encouraging them to Opt in to receive special offers while in town based on where you are! Multiple geo-fences can be used to send offers to tourists as they travel around town. Airports can be geo-fenced so that when travels return, an SMS alert will be sent to their phone welcoming them back to town and tell them whats happening in the city and where.

Multi-unit companies with multiple locations can upload the latitude and longitudinal coordinates for locations to automatically generate geo-fences for each marketing campaign, making implementation a snap.

Location aware SMS platforms can be used on shared short codes or individual dedicated short codes.

Additional information and pricing on location aware SMS alerts and geo-fencing can be found by texting the word LOCATION to 94932, visiting http://www.AnchorMobile.net, or calling 1-800-984-4242.

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Tel. 636-946-9800 ext. 120

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Iannuzzos Karate School Unveils Impact of Family Environment it Created

(PRWEB) October 12, 2011

Rather than having family game night to bring the family together, The Davis family of Baldwinsville New York has a unique way of bringing everyone together. Twice a week the family of five grapples, spars and kicks together at Iannuzzos Karate School. Recently the family has achieved much success after earning their second-degree black belts. Fred Davis says that with so many distractions and different individual interests, this quality time that his family spends together is unique to many families.

There are families that sit in the stands and watch the race, Davis said And there are families who run the race, and were together and we run the race.

Davis, along with his wife, Joyce and their three kids have been training at Iannuzzos Karate School for the past five years. Davis, his wife and their two daughters all have second-degree black belts, while his seven-year-old son has a blue belt.

Joyce Davis says that working together at the karate school helps motivate each other and reach the goals that they individually set. Karate, she says, has helped build her childrens confidence and the constant support they provide each other has given her children the confidence to push themselves.

Fred Davis knows that its difficult for many families to set aside time to be together, but he says that its important that his family has found common ground that has forged a stronger bond among the five. Davis noted that his fifteen-year-old daughter has become closer with him since theyve been training together. My fifteen-year-old feels an openness to talk to her father because of karate, you cant put a price on that, he said.

Davis also believes its important that his family has also found an activity that keeps them active and teaches them about health, wellness and nutrition.

Although the family supports each other in the individual activities like sports teams, martial arts enables them support each other on the field rather than from the sidelines.

The Davis family isnt the only family that trains together at Iannuzzos Karate School. In fact when the Davis family sees other families they like to encourage them because training together can seem Intimidating at first. Fred Davis said that although it may be daunting at first, Rick Iannuzzo has don such a good job of not making it like a military system, he said. Its a family environment where he encourages everyone to work to the best of their on individual abilities.

Iannuzzos wife, Julia is an ACE Certified Professional Trainer and certified black belt who also teaches at the karate school. She truly believes that a family that kicks together sticks together.

Iannuzzos Karate School has also developed an online program, http://www.internationalkarateschool.com, for families beyond the Central New York span who want to train together. Internationalkarateschool.com is designed for men, women and children of all ages. The program enables Martial Arts enthusiasts to earn black belts in the comfort of their own home and on their own time. To learn more about the online karate programs available please visit internationalkarateschool.com

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