February 2011
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September 2010
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WatchBrutus Buckeye - Brutus! Brutus! Burtus! Text “brutus” to 69866 to vote our No. 1 Nut to the top in Capital One Mascot Challenge! - TwitVid
WatchGroup Attacks Google Privacy, Schmidt with Times Square Ad | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
January 2010
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November 2009
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September 2009
7 posts
Mobile Commons and our customers featured in the...
Full Article
Of course, to capture people’s cell numbers, you need some way to get their attention. “I tell businesses to think about the resources they already have at their disposal,” said Jed Alpert, the founder of Mobile Commons. “If you’re a restaurant, you have tabletops. If you have a highly trafficked Web site, or are running billboards or radio spots, those are all good places to let...
Mobile Commons wins Twilio for Government Contest
This Week’s Netbook Contest Winners
Mobile Commons provides many ways for citizens to contact their local representatives in the Senate and Congress, as well as the President of the United States.
With Mobile Commons, calls can be initiated via web interface, SMS, or simply by dialing 866-581-7519
Try the demo now.
Advocacy customers of the Mobile Commons Platform use their software to...
Shedd lures contestants with text message |... →
At the end of 30-second spots that aired on Chicago’s NBC, ABC, [Comcast] and Fox affiliates, the aquarium announced a contest with prizes that included a hotel stay and VIP seats for the Fantasea premiere. The commercials were identical across the networks except for the calls to action: All the ads directed viewers to a Web site to register for the contest, except one spot, which gave...
More people connect with text!
Shedd Aquarium’s cell-phone connnection
For those who believe that someday the whole world will run through their cell phones, the Shedd Aquarium is supplying a new piece of evidence.
In a TV ad campaign aired this summer on the four major broadcast networks, one of Chicago’s leading tourist attractions tried an unusual experiment. The commercials, which offered free tickets to the...
9/11 Memorial & Museum runs mobile giving...
From Mobile Marketer Daily
September 10, 2009
The 9/11 Memorial is partnering with North South Motorsports and Mobile Commons
The National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum and the North South Motorsports team have teamed up to launch the Text to Remember program to help raise funds and awareness.
The partners tapped Mobile Commons for the initiative. The SMS calls-to-action will be at the NASCAR...
August 2009
7 posts
Text to Remember
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum and the North South Motorsports team today unveiled a car custom-designed to commemorate 9/11 on September 11, 2009 at the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
Text the word WTC to 30644 and you can add your name to an honor roll on the 9/11 Memorial’s website, www.national911memorial.org
Come see Mobile Commons Present in NYC
Looking for something to do Thursday September 3rd at 6:30pm? Mobile Commons Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Jed Alpert, will be speaking on a panel discussing ultra-light startups and SaaS companies.
Check out the event and get tickets early.
Mobile Commons’ new CEO talks mobile strategy
By Dan Butcher
August 20, 2009
Anthony Risicato is the newly appointed CEO of Mobile Commons
Mobile marketing company Mobile Commons Inc. has appointed Anthony M. Risicato as its CEO and announced new partnerships with agencies.
Mobile Commons’ platform focuses on integrating SMS into multichannel campaigns and is designed to manage mobile communications programs in one interface. The...
Text in questions for Larry Lessig and Rep....
Change Congress is in Pittsburgh this weekend at Netroots Nation 2009. Tomorrow, at 10:30 am (EST) we’re hosting a panel with Larry Lessig and Rep. Chellie Pingree about money, politics, the health care reform debate, and the national strategy to pass campaign finance reform. Click here to watch it live!
We’re also accepting your questions over text message. Just text ...
July 2009
5 posts
GAO: VA Failing to Serve Women Warriors
Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, released a stunning new report detailing significant barriers that many female veterans face in accessing healthcare at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Not just for policy wonks, this report should be required reading for every American.
Read the Full Article.
P.S. Next month, IAVA is releasing a...
Hear about the Sierra Club mobile action network... →
Jesse Danzig and Orli Cotel discuss the Sierra Club’s mobile action network on Sierra Club Radio. Jump to the 15 minute mark for the audio segment.
The Sierra Club sends breaking news over SMS as well as high-priority action alerts when pending environmental legislation is on the floor and they need supporters to mobilize and call their representatives. Try it! Text SIERRA to 69866.
June 2009
5 posts
Dr. Irene S. Levine: What are you doing on June... →
May 2009
5 posts
CREDO's Protest Locator is Brilliant
Thousands of people are finding PROP 8 protests using CREDO’s text protest locator. A fantastic use of the Mobile Commons FastFind tool.
Check it out.
http://www.credoaction.com/2009/05/does_your_mobile_phone_company.html
Texting to find closest Prop 8 rally Tuesday
Reblogged from SF Gate Link
For those not in San Francisco or LA to celebrate/mourn Tuesday’s Prop 8 ruling, the progressive techies over at CREDO Mobile offer a way to find the nearest pro-same sex marriage rally by using SMS.
Here’s how: “Just text in the word RALLY along with your zip code to our CREDO shortcode: 27336 (it spells out CREDO on a non-smartphone).”
The...
April 2009
5 posts
Coney Island Hospital Gets Wired for New Blood... →
“this morning I moderated a panel on mobile activism called “Power in Your...”
– Politics Online ‘09: How Mobile’s Different Than Web | Personal Democracy Forum
Humane Society Fundraising
Thanks to Michael Stein for blogging about a fundraising case study.
The mobile marketing agency technology provider Mobile Commons spent a lot of time at the end of 2008 working with one of its clients, the Humane Society of the United States, and their friends at the Watershed Company to come up with a nice mobile test for end of year fundraising. They wanted to give mobile subscribers an...
March 2009
2 posts
CCC Generates 1000 Senate Phone Calls in Support... →
They built this campaign on the Mobile Commons platform and did a fantastic job, generating amazingly successful response rates. More to come on this one!
“Yet, Markarian said nonprofits should not let text messaging stand alone if they...”
– The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management
February 2009
7 posts
“The Blue Ocean Institute hosts a text messaging service called FishPhone that...”
– Text FishPhone to For Sustainable Fish Information | Pays to Live Green
“If you pair mobile phones with FM radio, you’ve got most of the interesting...”
– Ethan Zuckerman
Ethan let this one fly during his open remarks at Mobile Tech for Social Change. He was speaking mainly in the context of activism in the developing world and combining SMS with FM Radio. I think what he meant is that FM radio serves as a mass broadcast mechanism and most social...
