NotePage SMS, Texting and Messaging Blogs

The first step is to go to the Google Play store on your Android phone.

Once there, search for NotePage SMS.

In the search results, you should see NotePage SMS Gateway. Select that option.

When presented with the NotePage SMS Gatway app scree, select Install.

You’ll then be prompted with a screen that explains what the SMS Gateway app will need access to on the phone. Select Accept.

After the app has been downloaded and installed, you should have an icon for it on your smartphone. Select the app to open it.

How to Configure NotePage's Android SMS Gateway App Video Tutorial

Two-thirds of healthcare organizations use text messages for patient appointment reminders, in many cases meeting patient preferences for office communication, according to a recent Medical Group Management Association poll.

The poll of over 1,600 healthcare organizations found that 66 percent of organizations have adopted text message technology to send appointment reminders to their patients. In many cases, text message adoption came at the behest of a clinic’s patient populations.

While most organizations use text messages exclusively for appointment confirmation, a small few allow patients to confirm, cancel, or request a reschedule via text.

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●        Text messaging has a 45% response rate, while emails have a measly 6% response rate.
●        About 30% of consumers interact with a brand via text messages.
●        According to mobile marketing, 95 to 98% of the texts are read immediately after the receipt.
●        Customers are spending five times longer messaging (texting) every day as compared to voice calls and this stands true across all demographics.
●        As per a survey, 7 in 10 millennials prefer to communicate through text messages and the younger Gen Z groups.


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But as short message service (SMS) and other forms of text messaging have grown to become such a core part of the way we interact with each other, they have done so at the expense of the form of digital communication that preceded it —­ email.

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According to Dr. Andrew Ledbetter, there are five attitudes people can hold about online communication. People vary on how much they hold each of these five attitudes. Those variations can come from the way a person grew up communicating with their family or that person’s competence or skill at communicating with others.

1. The attitude of self-disclosure refers to the anxiety people may have about sharing personal and private information online.
2. The attitude of apprehension refers to feelings of dread or fear of communicating online.
3. The attitude of miscommunication refers to beliefs about how common misunderstandings and conflict are when communicating online because online communication makes it difficult for people to understand one another.

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In a ruling that increases liability for companies that use text messaging for marketing or communicating with customers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit adopted an expansive definition of what constitutes an automatic telephone dialing system—or ATDS—under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. In Marks v. Crunch San Diego, the court held that any equipment that has the capacity to dial numbers from a stored list, such as a database of numbers, is an ATDS under the TCPA. The Sept. 20 ruling creates a split among the Courts of Appeals as to the scope of the TCPA that could lead to resolution by the Supreme Court.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act
The TCPA prohibits unsolicited calls advertising property, goods, or services using an ATDS and prerecorded messages to residential and cellular phones. The Federal Communications Commission has interpreted the TCPA’s restriction to apply to both voice calls and text calls to wireless numbers, including text messages.
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One in three teen drivers in the US text while driving, new survey data suggest. And the number may be higher in states where teens start driving at younger ages.

Researchers surveyed 101,397 teens age 14 and up, from 35 states, who had driven a vehicle in the past 30 days. All but one of the states had banned text messaging for drivers under age 21. Still, 38% of the teens said they had texted while driving at least once.

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Q: What are some considerations for implementing or sustaining the use of a text messaging program?

A: There are different options. Providers can design their own text messaging program and have a server push the text messages out to their patients. Our approach was to partner with a technology partner. A technology partner can be a university, business, or nonprofit organization. They have the platform; the technology, and we received training.

An important aspect to consider with a text messaging program is how to sustain patient engagement. You don’t want text messages to become a nuisance. We found that having a variety of text messages is very important. Not only were patients getting reminders about things they should consider doing, such as exercising or taking their medications, but we also sent quizzes.

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As the parent of three millennials, I pride myself on knowing voice mail is out, texting is in. Small-talk texting is out. Getting to the point is in.

You could call me hipster communicator mom.

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Oftentimes, we think of the conservation of the old as incongruous with the use of newer technology like mobile devices. This is far from the case; in fact, GPS technology is being combined with text messaging to track both wildlife and livestock, a useful tool to keep an eye on both the farm animals we depend on and the increasing number of endangered or threatened species.

One device conservationalists are using to keep tabs on wildlife is cellular GPS collars. Cellular collars are affixed to animals, which then use GPS to calculate the animal's coordinates. This information is relayed to researchers via SMS. The frequency of text message updates can be controlled by the researchers. When an animal wearing a collar moves out of cellular range, a beacon transmitter is automatically activated, using radio tracking to monitor the animal's location.

Tracking Animals with SMS

One church in Illinois is notably using text messaging to resolve a problem. St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, located in Crystal Lake near Chicago, has noticed a sharp increase in the number of attendants only during major Christian holidays, and hopes to retain those who come only on days like Christmas and Easter. The church has adopted texting as a means of encouraging these followers to come to other services.

Text Me to Church: How SMS Helps Religion