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Send localized messages using Amazon Pinpoint templates and standard demographic attributes
As your application user base expands into more countries and languages, it’s important to make sure messages are localized for each recipient to improve engagement. Localizing your messages helps you reach your audience with content specific to their language settings. Creating separate messages for each language and managing each template separately can require a lot […]
Read MoreAutomate phone number validation with Amazon Pinpoint
Amazon Pinpoint allows you to engage with your customers across multiple messaging channels like SMS text, email, and voice messages. While planning and executing standard text (SMS) and voice-based campaigns, one of the challenges developers often run into is the need to verify if the phone numbers in their internal database are valid and conform […]
Read MoreSend voice appointment reminders using Amazon Pinpoint custom channels and Amazon Connect
Introduction In this post, we will walk through setting up an always-on appointment reminder campaign in Amazon Pinpoint. No-show rates are a constant challenge for service providers. Industries such as hospitality estimate 20% of diners miss reservations in big cities,1 while salons average five missed appointments per week.2 Professional services such as financial institutions and […]
Read MoreAuto-reply to incoming emails using Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
Both Amazon Pinpoint and Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) are known for their ability to send out transactional and promotional emails at scale and with ease. However, both are often not set up to receive email replies. Owners often assume that the “no-reply” addresses they are using do not require much consideration. This means that if […]
Read MoreSend real-time alerts using Amazon Pinpoint
Businesses need to send real-time notifications in order to take action when alerted of a critical situation. Examples could include anomaly detection, healthcare emergencies, operations failures, and fraud transactions. Email, SMS, and push notifications are often used to notify stakeholders in real-time. However, building a large-scale, real-time notification solution can be a complex and costly […]
Read MoreAdding WhatsApp as an Amazon Pinpoint Channel
8/19/2020 – Updated for clarity on Twilio sandbox requirements Amazon Pinpoint recently announced the general availability of custom channels. Custom channels enable you to extend the capabilities of Amazon Pinpoint via a webhook or AWS Lambda function. Among many other possibilities, you can use custom channels to send messages to your customers through any API-enabled […]
Read MoreRetrying Undelivered Voice Messages with Amazon Pinpoint
Note: This post was written by Murat Balkan, an AWS Senior Solutions Architect. Many of our customers use voice notifications to deliver mission-critical and time-sensitive messages to their users. Customers often configure their systems to retry delivery when these voice messages aren’t delivered the first time around. Other customers set up their systems to fall […]
Read MoreLearn About Amazon Pinpoint at Upcoming Events Around the World
Connect with the AWS Customer Engagement team at events around the world to learn how our technology can to help you better engage with your customers. Get demos on recent feature releases, discover how you can use Amazon Pinpoint for your specific use case, and attend informative sessions to hear how companies around the world […]
Read MoreThe latest news, content, and helpful tips for AWS Digital User Engagement
The AWS Digital User Engagement team hit the ground running this year. From speaking in front of crowds of digital marketers and developers, to developing new tutorials to help make it easier to get started building solutions to common use cases, here’s the latest on what we’ve been up to and our latest updates to […]
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