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Instant Census automated, two-way text messaging can be used for a variety of purposes, in a variety of industries. We offer several SMS communication solutions for researchers, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and membership associations. If you’re looking for a better, faster way to connect with your most important audiences, this post’s for you.

Whether you’re a business interested in soliciting feedback on the customer experience, a researcher looking for a quicker way to connect with survey respondents, or a nonprofit organization hoping to coordinate volunteer efforts in a more effective mode of conversation, Instant Census has a solution.

Researchers

• Poll research subjects about particular illness symptoms and track outbreaks throughout a population

• Send text message communications to students and parents to track and improve engagement

• Send text message notifications or reminders to complete email or web-based surveys

• Schedule phone surveys via text message

• Recruit participants into panels for email, web-based, phone, or other survey modes

• Stage positive text message interventions to improve certain behaviors

• Poll research subjects about voting habits and opinions of political issues

Businesses

• Research Customer and User Experience with products and services

• Test the reception of new products

• Identify customers’ Moments of Truth

• Identify emerging and fading industry trends

• Gain better insights into the customer buying processes

• Survey members of customer loyalty or rewards programs on purchasing habits

• Send notifications or reminders to complete email or web-based surveys

Nonprofit Organizations

• Survey people of a specific demographic on social issues relating to an organization’s mission

• Live poll audiences or attendees and display results in real-time during events

• Send text message communications regarding events and conferences to attendees

• Send text message notifications or reminders to complete email or web-based surveys

• Schedule phone surveys via text message

• Recruit participants into panels for email, web-based, phone, or other survey methods

Membership Associations

• Send messages to membership with links to complete online surveys

• Send text message notifications or reminders to complete email or web-based surveys

• Send text message communications regarding events and conferences to attendees

• Live poll audiences or attendees and display results in real-time during events

Have another use case in mind? Want to learn more about automated text messaging? Get in touch!