The Study of Customer Attitudes towards SMS Advertisements

The use of mobile phones and the Internet has been increasing rapidly with the continuous developments in technology. This increase helps businesses have a more interactive relationship with their customers both increasing the customer satisfaction and the quality of the organizations. Especially, short message services are of importance to maintain the customer relations. The focus of communication has turned to mobile technologies with the availability of the Internet in mobile devices. Thanks to these developments in technology, businesses have begun to focus on mobile marketing in order to reduce the costs and address more people than before. In addition, whether they are positive or negative, the attitudes of customers can have a certain influence the reputation of the companies. This study aims to examine the attitudes of the college students at Trakya University, Kesan Yusuf Capraz School towards the sms marketing advertisements and the differences stemming from their ways of life.