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SMS API and MMS guides covering messaging deliverability, 10DLC and sender registration, marketing campaigns, and high-volume sending on Plivo.

SMS API

How to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in Java with Spring Boot and Plivo

SMS API | Plivo | You can get started to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in Java with Spring Boot and Plivo.

3 min
SMS Marketing

SMS: The Best Channel for Marketing

For marketing communications, SMS text messaging provides the best combination of low cost, high immediacy, and almost universal reach.

2 min
SMS API

How to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in Node.js with Express.js and Plivo

SMS API | Plivo | You can get started to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in Node.js with Express.js and Plivo.

4 min
SMS API

How to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in PHP with Laravel and Plivo

SMS API | Plivo | You can get started to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in PHP with Laravel and Plivo.

4 min
MMS

4 Ways Retailers Can Leverage MMS for a Better Customer Experience

Four ways retailers can leverage MMS for a better customer experience: coupons and promotions, personal shopping, product registration, branded messaging

4 min
SMS API

How to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in Ruby with Rails and Plivo

SMS API | Plivo | You can get started to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in Ruby with Rails and Plivo.

4 min
SMS API

How to Send MMS in Node.js using Plivo's Messaging API

SMS API | Plivo | You can get started to send MMS, receive MMS, forward MMS, etc. using Node.js programming language.

3 min
SMS Marketing

Your Guide to Getting Started with SMS Marketing

You’re probably wondering how to reach your customers, no matter where they are. Enter SMS marketing. Here’s how to build a Grade A SMS marketing strategy.

7 min
SMS API

How to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in Python with Flask and Plivo

SMS API | Plivo | You can get started to Receive and Respond to Incoming SMS Messages in Python with Flask and Plivo.

3 min
SMS

Infrastructure Ensures Fastest Delivery for Time-Sensitive Notifications

SMS notifications let you put important information in front of customers and prospects more quickly and more reliably than other communications channels.

3 min
SMS

Reach Customers in 190+ Countries with Plivo Alerts and Notifications

SMS notifications have the best reach of all the channels businesses have available to communicate with customers and prospects.

2 min
SMS API

How to Write a Cloud Function to Send SMS in Node.js and Plivo’s SMS API

SMS API | Plivo | You can get started to Write a Cloud Function to Send SMS in Node.js and Plivo’s SMS API.

4 min
Sender ID

A Guide to Sender IDs: Why They’re Important and How to Use Them

Sender ID Number: Sender ID is the name or number of the sender of an SMS message. Here’s everything you need to know to get started with your SMS campaigns.

4 min
SMS API

Overcome SMS Messaging Roadblocks with an SMS API Platform

If you’re not using an SMS API provider, delivering messages to your customers is like a bad game of telephone. Here’s how to overcome your comms roadblocks.

6 min
SMS API

How to Send and Receive SMS Messages Using Go and Plivo’s Messaging API

Learn how to use Plivo's Go SDK to build Go applications that send and receive SMS messages, covering prerequisites and setup.

3 min
SMS API

How to Send and Receive SMS Messages Using .NET and Plivo's Messaging API

Get started with Plivo's .NET SDK and write applications that send and receive SMS text messages as part of your company's messaging channels.

4 min
Powerpack

Use Adaptive Elements in Plivo’s Powerpack

Powerpack lets Plivo scale sending SMS messages and provides adaptive elements like Sticky Sender, Local Connect, Smart Encoding, and Automatic Fallback.

3 min
SMS API

How to Evaluate an SMS API Provider

Consider these criteria when you evaluate which cloud communications platform should be your SMS API provider.

2 min
SMS API

How to Send and Receive SMS in Node.js and Express.js Using Plivo's SMS API

Get started with Plivo's Node.js SDK and build Express.js applications that send and receive SMS text messages for your company.

4 min
SMS API

How to Send and Receive SMS Messages in PHP Using Plivo’s SMS API

Send SMS in PHP using Plivo's PHP SDK: this guide explains how to write PHP applications that send and receive SMS messages.

3 min
SMS

What is Google Verified SMS?

Google Verified SMS adds sender verification and branding to business SMS messages so recipients can trust incoming messages at a glance.

2 min
SMS

SMS Best Practices for Today’s Mobile-First World

Use these SMS best practices so you can focus on message content that captures your recipients’ attention and not on debugging delivery failures.

5 min
SMS

How to Send SMS in Ruby Using Plivo’s SMS API

Get started sending, receiving, and forwarding SMS text messages using Plivo’s messaging API platform and the Ruby programming language.

2 min
SMS

How to Send and Receive SMS Messages Using Python and Plivo’s Messaging API

Discover how to get started with Plivo’s SMS API and Python to easily send and receive SMS text messages.

3 min
SMS API

How to Send and Receive SMS Messages in Java Using Plivo’s SMS API

This guide shows how to integrate Plivo's Java SDK into your applications and write Java code that sends and receives SMS messages.

4 min
SMS API

Holiday Messaging: Don’t Let Covid Upend Your Success

Learn how to adapt your holiday messaging campaigns as COVID-19 brings new travel restrictions, limited gathering sizes, and changed traditions.

3 min
Sender ID

Sender ID Registration Now Available via Console

Sender ID registration for international SMS and MMS is now available via the Plivo console. It’s a self-service way to improve engagement rates and brand recognition.

2 min
MMS

Introducing MMS on Powerpack

Send and receive pictures, audio, video, and emojis from your applications across US and Canada. Get started for free now.

2 min
SMS API

3 SMS and Voice Use Cases You Can Build with Minimal Dev Time

Create and deploy new SMS and voice integration services with minimal development time using PHLO from Plivo.

4 min
SMS API

5 Reasons Your SMS Messages Don’t Reach Your Customers

Improve delivery of your business SMS messages with a strong API platform and awareness of what affects deliverability.

6 min
Short Codes

Best Practices for Using Short Codes with an SMS API

What you need to know about short codes — common use cases, capabilities, and regulations — and how to leverage your SMS API provider.

7 min
MMS

Introducing MMS Support on Toll-Free Numbers in the US and Canada

Twilio may be the best known name for SMS and voice API’s, but there are very strong alternatives that offer better quality, reach, pricing, and support.

2 min
SMS API

Why You Should Migrate Your SMS Services to a Twilio Alternative

Explore an SMS API alternative to Twilio that offers global reach, reliability, easy migration, great customer engagement, and lower TCO.

4 min
SMS

SMS Service Provider: How to Choose the Right One (2024)

Looking for a reliable SMS provider? Discover how to choose the best SMS provider in 2024 and evaluate their performance here.

8 min
MMS

Introducing MMS - Multimedia Messaging Across the US and Canada

Send and receive multimedia messages in the United States and Canada using our Messaging API through MMS-enabled Plivo numbers.

1 min
Powerpack

Announcing Powerpack for Improved SMS Delivery

Use Powerpack to improve your SMS delivery via number pools, sticky sender, smart queueing, and local connect, all at no additional cost.

4 min

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