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Tag: multichannel marketing

Build Better Engagement using the AWS Community Engagement Flywheel: Part 1 of 3

Introduction Part 1 of 3: Extending the Cohort Modeler Businesses are constantly looking for better ways to engage with customer communities, but it’s hard to do when profile data is limited to user-completed form input or messaging campaign interaction metrics. Neither of these data sources tell a business much about their customer’s interests or preferences […]

How to Manage Global Sending of SMS with Amazon Pinpoint

Amazon Pinpoint has a global SMS reach, of 240 countries and regions around the world, enabling companies of all sizes to send SMS globally. Unlike the process of sending a personal message from your phone to someone in another country, sending Application to Person (A2P) messages, also known as bulk SMS, involves many more regulations […]

How to send geofenced marketing messages using Amazon Pinpoint

Introduction Geofencing, which creates a virtual geographical boundary that triggers a marketing action to a mobile device when a user enters or exits that boundary, can be used in marketing messages to drive more traffic and increase conversions. Amazon Pinpoint, AWS’ multichannel communication tool, can be used to create mobile notifications using geofencing technology, so […]

How to create a WhatsApp custom channel with Amazon Pinpoint

How to add WhatsApp as an Amazon Pinpoint Custom Channel WhatsApp now reports over 2 billion users in 180 countries, making it a prime place for businesses to communicate with their customers. In addition to native channels like SMS, push notifications, and email, Amazon Pinpoint’s custom channels enable you to extend the capabilities of Amazon […]

Customize marketing messages and promotions for personalized outreach

Introduction Amazon Pinpoint is widely used by many customers for their various user engagement use cases like marketing campaigns, scheduled communications (newsletters, reminders, etc.), and transactional messaging. By using the message template feature in Amazon Pinpoint, customers can design messages personalized to the specific end users, by using variable attributes. While Amazon Pinpoint enables customers […]

How to build LINE messaging into business communications

In today’s interconnected world, businesses need to communicate with their customers through multiple channels. This means using a variety of messaging apps, social media platforms, and other communication tools to reach customers where they are. One such platform that has gained immense popularity in select Asian markets is LINE. As the biggest social network in […]

Advanced Amazon Pinpoint Templates using Message Template Helpers

Personalization of customer messages is a proven way to increase engagement of promotional and transactional communications. In order to make these communications repeatable and scalable, building personalization through templates is often required. Using the Advanced Template Capabilities feature of Amazon Pinpoint, it’s now possible to create highly customized templates used for email, SMS, and Push […]

Adding WhatsApp as an Amazon Pinpoint Channel

3/30/23 – Update – Please use this blog to create WhatsApp as a channel using Pinpoint without Twilio 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. […]