SMS for Pet Professionals

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Advantages of SMS for Pet Professionals

If you work in the pet care service industry, you know the importance of making and keeping appointments with customers. Whether you’re a pet groomer or a veterinarian, your appointments are what keep you in business. You can book and retain pet appointments by streamlining communication with your customers through short message services (SMS). With SMS solutions, you can keep your pet care business running like a well-oiled machine and seamlessly connect with your customers. When you use text messaging services from Red Oxygen, you can optimize your business by reducing appointment cancellations, bringing in more revenue, leveraging customer feedback, and much more.

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Hi, Nicole! Your veterinary appointment is coming up on August 16 @ 2:00 p.m. at York Animal Clinic. If you need to reschedule, reply to this message or call (123) 456-7890.

Remind Customers of Upcoming Appointments

Remind Customers of Upcoming Appointments

Your customers will never miss a grooming or pet care appointment again with SMS solutions. With SMS texting, you can remind them of upcoming appointment dates and times as they approach. If they're unable to make their appointment, you can present options for rescheduling. That means fewer no-shows and greater revenue flow for your business.

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Hello, Rachel, your pet is ready for pickup at Good Boy Grooming. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Send Pet Pickup Notifications

Send Pet Pickup Notifications

Improve convenience for your customers while keeping business operations moving when you use SMS solutions to notify pet owners when their animals are ready for pickup. Text messages have 98% open rates, creating a higher probability that your customers will see them. That means pet owners will never miss a phone call or email notification for their pet pickup, helping you get pets in and out in record time.

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Hi, Dan! Get 15% off your pet's next grooming when you schedule your appointment by January 31 at Precious Pets. Book today at preciouspets.com.

Offer Special Discounts

Offer Special Discounts

SMS solutions for pet professionals make retaining customers and boosting revenue easy with pet care discount texts. You can show your loyalty to your customers by sending them discount codes or informing them of special offers to keep them coming back.

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Remind Customers of Upcoming Appointments

Hi, Nicole! Your veterinary appointment is coming up on August 16 @ 2:00 p.m. at York Animal Clinic. If you need to reschedule, reply to this message or call (123) 456-7890.

Your customers will never miss a grooming or pet care appointment again with SMS solutions. With SMS texting, you can remind them of upcoming appointment dates and times as they approach. If they're unable to make their appointment, you can present options for rescheduling. That means fewer no-shows and greater revenue flow for your business.

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Send Pet Pickup Notifications

Hello, Rachel, your pet is ready for pickup at Good Boy Grooming. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Improve convenience for your customers while keeping business operations moving when you use SMS solutions to notify pet owners when their animals are ready for pickup. Text messages have 98% open rates, creating a higher probability that your customers will see them. That means pet owners will never miss a phone call or email notification for their pet pickup, helping you get pets in and out in record time.

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Offer Special Discounts

Hi, Dan! Get 15% off your pet's next grooming when you schedule your appointment by January 31 at Precious Pets. Book today at preciouspets.com.

SMS solutions for pet professionals make retaining customers and boosting revenue easy with pet care discount texts. You can show your loyalty to your customers by sending them discount codes or informing them of special offers to keep them coming back.

Red Oxygen Makes SMS Simple

Red Oxygen enables pet professionals to increase communications between customers and staff to make business flow more smoothly and efficiently than ever.

We offer business SMS solutions that work the way you do, allowing you to send texts online, through email, in bulk or using your software of choice. Our easy-to-integrate application programming interface (API) makes reaching your customers with personalized messages faster and easier than ever.

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Your business possibilities are endless with SMS for pet professionals. Additional applications you can accomplish using our solutions include:

  • Appointment canceling and rescheduling:If a customer cancels an appointment through text, you can give them a convenient means of rescheduling within the same message.
  • Pet care annual booking:Scheduled SMS offers a great way to inform your customers of timely pet care services like vaccinations and check-ups and invite them to schedule their next appointment.
  • Feedback and reviews:You can send follow-up messages to pet owners after their appointments to leverage feedback on their recent experiences.
  • Last-minute appointment openings:You can notify your waitlisted customers of sudden appointment openings using SMS text messages.
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Pet Sitting Confirmation SMS

Hi [NAME]! This is just a reminder that your cat-sitting session with [Pet Sitter Name] is coming up. We have you scheduled for five 15-minute cat visits from [DATE] to [DATE]. Click here to confirm: [URL1]. Need to make changes? Click here [URL2].

Vaccine Reminder SMS

Hi [NAME]! It looks like [PET NAME] is due for a [VACCINE NAME] soon! Please call our practice at your earliest convenience to make his appointment. We look forward to hearing from you! Don't want to get text message reminders anymore? Click here to unsubscribe: [URL]

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SMS Templates for Pet Professionals

Enhance engagement and save time by customizing SMS messages for your audience.

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Optimize Your Communication With SMS Solutions From Red Oxygen

If you’re looking to streamline communications with the best construction company SMS solutions on the market, Red Oxygen is your answer. We’re proud to offer the simplest, most effective solutions for sending SMS while delivering exceptional customer service. We’ve supported over 300,000 customers in more than 50 countries worldwide, successfully sending over 400 million messages and counting.

 

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Send SMS from Outlook

Works w/ Microsoft Outlook 2003-19 & the Microsoft 365 Outlook app

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Send SMS Using Microsoft SMS

Use this add-on to send SMS through Outlook on a browser

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Send SMS From Gmail

Send SMS directly from your Gmail interface on a computer or Android phone

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Send Bulk SMS

Personalize, create templates and send them all at once

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Connect with our API to send SMS

Configure our API with your existing software or CRM

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Send SMS through a browser

Log in from any device through any browser. No installation required.

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Send SMS from Microsoft 365

Use this add-on to send SMS through Outlook on a browser

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Send SMS from Gmail

Text directly from your Gmail interface

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    Send SMS from Outlook

    Works w/ Microsoft Outlook 2003-19 & the Microsoft 365 Outlook app

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    Send SMS Using Microsoft SMS

    Use this add-on to send SMS through Outlook on a browser

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    Send SMS From Gmail

    Send SMS directly from your Gmail interface on a computer or Android phone

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    Send Bulk SMS

    Personalize, create templates and send them all at once

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    Connect with our API to send SMS

    Configure our API with your existing software or CRM

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    Send SMS through a browser

    Log in from any device through any browser. No installation required.

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    Send SMS from Microsoft 365

    Use this add-on to send SMS through Outlook on a browser

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    Send SMS from Gmail

    Text directly from your Gmail interface

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Pet Professionals SMS FAQ

Is SMS the right choice for your veterinary clinic? Read these answers to some of our most frequently asked questions to find out.

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How do I promote my vet clinic using SMS?

You can use SMS to promote your clinic in several ways. If you have patients who haven’t brought their pets in for a checkup or vaccine in a while, you can send those pet parents a text to gently remind them that their animal companion is due for an appointment.

You can also use SMS to run promotions and specials, such as discounts on services that are nice to have but not always necessary for a pet’s health, like teeth cleaning. If your clinic sells pet food and supplies, you can create a loyalty or rewards program and keep customers in the loop about it using text messages. 

Do veterinarians use text appointment scheduling and reminders?

Yes, veterinarians often use text messaging to send appointment confirmations and reminders. Once a client books an appointment, your clinic can send them a text confirming the details, including the date, time and vet their pet will be seeing. 

In the days leading up to a visit, your clinic can send appointment reminders to clients. The reminders can give clients the option of confirming or rescheduling the appointment. Using reminders can cut down on your clinic’s no-show rate and keep you from having valuable appointment times go unfilled. 

How can veterinarians use SMS?

Veterinarians can use SMS in multiple ways. Texting clients is an efficient and cost-effective way to set up appointments, confirm visits and remind them of upcoming appointments. 

Your clinic can also use SMS to promote services or remind clients of treatments or preventive care their pets may be due to receive, such as rabies shots or X-rays. For pets that take medication, your clinic can use texts to send clients refill reminders or to let them know when a prescription is ready for pickup.

How can I integrate Red Oxygen with my veterinarian CRM?

We’ve made it easy to integrate Red Oxygen with your existing CRM. Our gateway API includes CRM integration capabilities with no extra hardware required.

Why use SMS communication for my veterinary clinic?

Your veterinary clinic can benefit from SMS in a few ways. It’s a cost-effective method to increase client bookings and reduce no-shows. It can also help you upsell products and services to clients while increasing your clinic’s retention rate.