We've all seen billboards, television shows, print ads, and online ads urging us to use our cell phones to text a keyword such as "college" to a cell phone short code number, such as 876289.

In fact, give it a try. Text the word "college" (without the quotes) to 876289. You'll instantly receive an automated response from CollegeRecruiter.com and we'll instantly receive an emailed notification of your request to learn more about our offer.

Consider how to engage with your target market as you add this incredibly compelling response option to some or even all of your ad campaigns. You begin by choosing a keyword that best identifies the opportunity you wish to promote. Each ad becomes interactive, and tracking responses to them is automatic. Put your chosen keyword and our short code, 876289, on your brochures, business cards, web site, billboards, emails, print ads, and job postings. Anywhere you're currently putting your web address can feature your keyword and our short code, as well.

When people respond to your ad by texting your keyword to our short code, 876289, we'll automatically send, on your behalf, a brief text message - no more than 145 characters or about two sentences long - to their cell phones. In the message you may include a phone number link to your web site, or other instructions for how they can learn more about your exciting offer. And if you wish, we'll send you an email or SMS alert every time someone responds so that you can follow up, add them to your database, or both.

The best news is that cell phone text messaging is as inexpensive as it is efficient. The price for our no-contract (cancel at anytime) service is $40 per keyword per month plus $0.25 per response. But if you really want to save, sign up for one of our three-month plans: