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iVillage.co.uk and inspireyourlife launch ¯Change Your Life SMS cross channel campaign
driven from the iVillage website.
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inspireyourlife http://www.inspireyourlife.com, a unique inspirational text messaging service,
has joined forces with iVillage UK http://www.iVillage.co.uk, the UKÂs leading online information
network for women to provide inspirational quotes via SMS.
The promotion running from the WebPage http://www.iVillage.co.uk/health/inspireyourlife starts
in early September 2002 running for initially one month. It coincides with the launch of
iVillage.co.ukÂs ¯Change Your Life campaign, which is geared towards helping its users to
evaluate their lives, identify areas of improvement and set goals to achieve the required
changes.
In addition to tips and expert advice provided by iVillage.co.ukÂs existing infrastructure,
inspireyourlife will provide its users with a selection of inspirational quotes, tips and advice
from celebrated figures of wisdom, straight to their mobile phone.
To subscribe, users can either text in a trigger text on a short code or phone an IVR line. Users
that text in to subscribe will be charged £1.50 to receive 1 message daily for 7 days. Users that
subscribe via IVR will be charged £4.50 to receive 1 message daily for 21 days. Users will
have the choice of subscribing to any of the 5 message categories:
- Confidence Booster
- Secrets to Success
- Stress Buster
- Inspiring Quotes from the Bible
- Love and Relationships
Susanne Mornan-Vaughan, Director and Founder of inspireyourlife, comments, ÒWe are
delighted to work with iVillage.co.uk on this campaign. The role of the text messaging service
will be to motivate, inspire and encourage individuals to set and achieve their goals throughout
the duration of the Change Your Life Campaign and beyond. The popularity and intimacy of
SMS, coupled with a high penetration of mobile phones among women, means that it is the
ideal medium to deliver this service to iVillage.co.uk subscribersÓ.
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Angus Glover Wilson, Senior Business Development Manager at iVillage.co.uk, comments,
ÒThe iVillage.co.uk Change your Life campaign aims to inspire women and help them reach
their personal best in all aspects of their lives. The partnership with inspireyourlife is a
perfect fit with the campaign and weÂre confident that the service will keep our audience
motivated and on track. iVillage.co.uk has made significant progress in exploring new revenue
streams and cross channel products over the last year and weÂre looking forward to continued
success with this latest venture.Ó
Yaa Adjaye-Kufuor, Director and Founder of Saycon Ltd., consulting arm of inspireyourlife,
adds ÒThis joint venture between inspireyourlife and iVillage.co.uk demonstrates how the
mobile channel can be utilised to support end consumers whilst they are on the move. We are
happy to have helped inspireyourlife extend its reach to iVillage UK subscribersÓ.
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Campaign location: http://www.ivillage.co.uk/health/inspireyourlife
About inspireyourlife:
http://www.inspireyourlife.com/about.html
inspireyourlife is an exciting new SMS text messaging service that seeks to motivate and
inspire people by delivering inspiring quotes and messages that can help boost confidence, self
esteem and develop / maintain a positive mental attitude; making it easier to deal with the
challenges of every day life.
The text messages are a compilation of motivational quotes / statements from renowned
individuals such as Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, Goethe, Martin Luther King, Albert
Einstein, Mohammed Ali, Mother Teresa, Confucius and Aristotle.
inspireyourlife was launched on the 6th of June 2002. The text messaging service is
supported by a radio advertising campaign on Jazz FM 102.2 and Premier Radio Station (1305,
1332, 1413 and MW). inspireyourlife is accessible to all mobile phone subscribers in the UK.
There has been exceptional growth in text messaging across the globe. According to the GSM
association, around 24 billion person-to-person SMS messages are being sent per month
worldwide. The association also predicts that SMS volumes will reach 360 billion globally by the
end of 2002. According to the Mobile Data Association, Britons now send 44 million text
messages daily and an estimated 1.9 billion monthly.
This phenomenal growth has resulted in the development of a wide variety of text messaging
services in the marketplace today. However, to the best of our knowledge, inspireyourlife is
the first to utilise text messaging and the versatility of the mobile phone in an inspirational
context, and that is what makes it unique! inspireyourlife is a trading name of Irama
Technology Services which is based in London, United Kingdom.
About Saycon, Ltd.
http://www.saycon.com/about-us.html
Headquartered in Harley Street, London, Saycon Ltd is the Consulting Arm of inspireyourlife .
It advises on consumer facing mobile technologies and its impact on businesses and
marketers. It boasts a full range of services. These services include designing, developing
and managing mobile projects for leading consumer brands in the areas of mobile marketing
and mobile information services. As part of its unique positioning, Saycon has the ability to
bring together the key players in the mobile business value chain to provide a complete
solution. This gives Saycon a level of independence to concentrate on mobile content and
mobile marketing strategies.
About iVillage.co.uk
http://www.ivillage.co.uk
iVillage.co.uk is the leading website for women in the UK. It offers information, advice,
community, and interactive tools and quizzes across content channels including Diet & Fitness,
Relationships, Pregnancy & Baby, Work & Career, Money, Computers & Internet, Food, News
& Politics, Motoring, Health & Beauty, Shopping, Games, Astrology and Parenting.
iVillage UK is a joint venture between iVillage Inc in the US and Tesco, BritainÂs leading retailer.
This 50/50 joint venture sees Tesco committed to investing money, online and offline
promotions and expert knowledge of some the strongest and most loyal customer relationships
in the UK. Both parties contribute reciprocal marketing and support.
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Tim Gibbon
Elemental PR
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If you have any questions about inspireyourlife SMS text messaging services
please use our contact form or email us at
info@inspireyourlife.com.
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